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Posts by Christine Weaver

Peyron Ends Historic Voyage

May 16, 2016
Unfortunately, Pen Duick II only made it about halfway across the North Atlantic this time. © Transat Bakerly Loick Peyron’s nostalgic voyage from Plymouth to New York ended yesterday following damage to the historic ketch, Pen Duick II. More »

Alameda Sailing Extravaganza

Some of the next generation of Bay sailors are getting their start here. Alameda Community Sailing Center’s junior Opti sailors launch off the Alameda Point Shoreline. © 2016 Alameda Community Sailing Center Alameda Community Sailing Center invites members of the public to their Sailing Extravaganza on Saturday, May 21. More »

Golden Boy Gabart Does It Again

May 11, 2016
François Gabart and Macif arrived in New York Harbor yesterday evening, crossing the finish line at 6:24 p.m. local time. © Lloyd Images ‘Golden Boy’ François Gabart has done it again. More »

New Fleet of 52s on the West Coast

May 9, 2016
If the name Manouch Moshayedi sounds familiar to our readers, it should. The Newport Beach-based sailor owns and skippers the Bakewell-White 100 Rio100. But he’s also keen on a design that’s half the size of Rio. More »

New Zealand Takes New York

A bird’s-eye view of Team France, racing on Sunday in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series. © 2016 Ricardo Pinto / ACEA New York offered up a little bit of everything for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series over the weekend. More »

Phaedo3’s Latest Record Run

May 6, 2016
Co-skippers Brian Thompson and Lloyd Thornburg celebrate their record-smashing arrival in England. © Team Phaedo Lloyd Thornburg and his crew on the MOD70 trimaran Phaedo3 have smashed another world sailing record. More »

The Great Vallejo Beat

May 2, 2016
The 1D48 Bodacious+ on the beat to Vallejo Saturday. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The great irony for which the YRA’s 2016 Great Vallejo Race will be remembered is the use of downwind ratings to score an all-upwind race. More »

Records Trampled in Ensenada Race

April 25, 2016
Tom Siebel’s MOD70 Orion takes off for Ensenada — and a place in the record books. © 2016 Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing Every yacht race has had that one special year when it blows like stink out of the right direction and an unprecedented level of race craft shows up to absolutely demolish all the records. More »

HMBYC’s Sail a Small Boat Day

April 22, 2016
Last weekend couldn’t have been finer for being on, in or near the water, even in often-chilly Half Moon Bay. The sailboats were wishing for a little more wind, however. © 2016 Kara Hugglestone Half Moon Bay Yacht Club’s second annual Sail a Small Boat Day on sunny Sunday, April 17, was as much a celebration of small boat sailing as a membership drive. More »