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Calling all Youth Match Racers

February 8, 2017
Balboa YC in Corona del Mar will host the 2017 Youth Match Racing World Championship on July 30-August 5. Teams will be racing in the new Governor’s Cup 22s. To compete, sailors must be under the age of 23 in 2017. More »
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Alameda Marina Crane Back in Action

Good news for the weekend: not only is the weather predicted to clear, but the hoist at Alameda Marina is back in action. We received this note from harbormaster Paul Houtz: "The 3-ton hoist in the East Lot is now up and running. More »

Seminar Season Is Upon Us

February 6, 2017
During the years that we’ve been editing Latitude 38’s Calendar, we’ve noticed that a mustering of energy in preparation for the spring sailing season manifests itself as a spate of seminars during the break between the holidays and the beginning of evening beer can racing. More »

America’s Cup Agreement

February 1, 2017
Defending skipper Jimmy Spithill and challengers Sir Ben Ainslie, Iain Percy, Dean Barker, Franck Cammas and … um, someone’s missing. © ACEA The five skippers shown in the above photo represent the teams that signed the new ‘Framework Agreement’ for the next two editions of the America’s Cup. More »

Three Bridges, One Big Fiasco

January 30, 2017
In Saturday’s Three Bridge Fiasco, a trio of counterclockwise boats rounds their first ‘bridge’ at Yerba Buena Island. On the left, the Cal 40 Azure might have been one of the first finishers — had it not run aground just short of the finish. More »

Three Bridge Fiasco Outlook

January 27, 2017
"According to Wikipedia, it’s the largest sailboat race in the United States," Rick Elkins, the race chair of the Singlehanded Sailing Society, told the crowd gathered at Wednesday night’s Three Bridge Fiasco skippers’ meeting. More »

Joyon and Crew Crush Jules Verne

Francis Joyon (far right) and his crew (left to right: Sébastien Audigane, Gwénolé Gahinet, Alex Pella, Clément Surtel and Bernard Stamm) celebrated their arrival in Brest yesterday. © 2017 Jean-Marie Liot / DPPI After Thomas Coville shattered the solo round-the-world record, and a Vendée Globe in which Armel Le Cléac’h and Alex Thomson both finished several days under the record for a solo monohull to circumnavigate the globe, it was with bated breath that we followed IDEC Sport’s attempt at the Trophée Jules Verne record. More »

Seattle Boat Show Goings-on

Boat shows are fun for the whole family. © Seattle Boat Show The Seattle Boat Show, which starts today on Lake Union and in the CenturyLink Center, will be the hub for a host of goings-on over the next week, starting with this evening’s Uncorked. More »