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Land Rover BAR Takes Oman

February 29, 2016
Despite the soft breeze, the AC45F cats were able to get up on foils yesterday. © Ricardo Pinto / ACEA The first real competition in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series was sailed in light air over the weekend off Muscat, Oman. More »

March Latitude Out Tomorrow

As the March cover of Latitude 38 might suggest, among the many sailing stories within will be one about the Three Bridge Fiasco. latitude/Annie
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Someone — not us — inserted an extra day into the month of February this year, but no worries, March 1 is tomorrow and that’s when the March issue of Latitude 38 will begin appearing in all the usual places. More »
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Big Swell Captures Cat

 
Thursday’s big swell also affected the Big Island of Hawaii, as this catamaran entering Kona’s Honokohau Harbor demonstrates. More »

America’s Cup Racing Resumes

February 26, 2016
The Cup arrives in Muscat’s Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque for a photo shoot. Left to right: Glenn Ashby, skipper of ETNZ; Adam Minoprio, who is taking the place of the injured Franck Cammas in Oman only for Groupama Team France; Dean Barker, SoftBank Team Japan skipper and CEO; Jimmy Spithill, Oracle Team USA skipper; Sir Ben Ainslie, Land Rover BAR skipper; Iain Percy, Artemis Racing team manager. More »

Racing into PV

February 24, 2016
Mighty Merloe crossed the PV Race finish line Tuesday morning at 8:30. © 2016 John Rogers HL Enloe’s ORMA 60 trimaran Mighty Merloe crossed the finish line of San Diego Yacht Club’s Puerto Vallarta Race at 8:30 Tuesday morning, for an elapsed time of 2 days, 19 hours, and 49 minutes. Their More »

Corinthian Midwinters/Robgatta

February 22, 2016
Although the weather was perfect for a raft-up on Saturday, it wasn’t so keen for a Bay tour yacht race. The shifty northerly softened as the ebb built, and the later-starting boats didn’t see more than 6 knots. More »

Vallejo Race Change-Up

February 19, 2016
Subscribers to the YRA of S.F. Bay newsletter learned of changes to the organization’s biggest race of the year, the Great Vallejo Race, earlier this week. The only change that affects the race itself is the intention to use downwind ratings for PHRF divisions in Saturday’s race to Vallejo Yacht Club on April 30. More »

When Cruisers Become Racers

February 17, 2016
A light-air spinnaker start to a casual race in the La Paz Channel. Astraea
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC When do cruisers become racers? Whenever two or more of them want to! More »

El Niño Ate the Boat Show

February 8, 2016
Anyone who’s spent a real winter on the water there can tell you that San Francisco’s South Bay can fetch up some nasty wave action in stormy weather. We hadn’t had a ‘real’ winter in a few years, until this season’s El Niño broke the trend of fine weather in January. More »