Posts by Christine Weaver
Women ‘Capture the Power’
Women teach women how to sail at Island Yacht Club’s annual Northern California Women’s Sailing Seminar, the slogan of which is ‘Capture the Power’. "Top-notch women sailors from all along the Pacific Coast volunteer their expertise to provide instruction in workshops in the classroom and on the water," says organizer Nancy Hird. More »
Delta Doo Dah This Weekend
Potato Slough is an anchorage popular with cruisers of the California Delta, and puttering around in a sailing dinghy is a popular way to pass a hot, sunny afternoon.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Next weekend’s Delta Doo Dah events will wrap up the official itinerary of the inland cruising rally’s eighth year. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Next weekend’s Delta Doo Dah events will wrap up the official itinerary of the inland cruising rally’s eighth year. More »
Olympic Sailing on TV
470 racing on the Copacabana course during the 2014 Test Event.
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If you’re looking forward to watching Olympic sailing on TV, we now have a little more info for you. More »
Clipper Race Closes the Circle
Led by victor LMAX Exchange, skippered by Frenchman Olivier Cardin, the Clipper Race fleet parades under the Tower Bridge to arrive home in London after completing its circuitous loop of the planet. More »
Olympics Sailing Preview
Sugarloaf Mountain towers majestically above Guanabara Bay, site of this month’s Olympic sailing.
© Pedro Martinez / Sailing Energy
The 2016 Rio Olympic Games will begin on Wednesday, August 3, and run through August 21. More »
A Dolphin Frolics with a Tuna
San Francisco Bay Area sailors have been thrilled by more than our fair share of humpback whale sightings this year, but Julia Smith, Marianne Armand and Debbie Fehr had a close cetacean encounter of another kind on July 23. More »
Britannia Rules the Waves
Rule, Britannia! Team Land Rover BAR celebrates their win in the latest Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event.
© 2016 Ricardo Pinto / ACEA
The sun may have set on the glorious heyday of the British Empire, but the Brits still rule their own waters. It More »
Record Falls in Vic-Maui
The TP52 Valkyrie finished the Vic-Maui Race in record time yesterday in the late afternoon.
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It wasn’t a record year for the Singlehanded TransPac, which started a week or more earlier than the Pac Cup and the Vic-Maui, but it sure was for the latter two Hawaii races. More »
Solo Racers Sail into Hanalei Bay
Finishing in the rain, Jirí Šenkyrík circles his Olson 30 Kato around to meet the shore boat after finishing the Singlehanded TransPac. Born in the Czech Republic, Jirí flew the Czech flag at the start and finish. More »
Drag Race to the Solo TransPac Finish
The solo TransPac’s youngest skipper, 27-year-old Jirí Šenkyrík, is currently in a drag race to the finish aboard his vintage Olson 30 Kato.
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Excitement was building last night, as two finishers in the Singlehanded TransPac sailed within 100 miles of Hanalei Bay. More »
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