Posts by Christine Weaver
Great Pumpkin Spotted in Richmond
Each October, as Halloween approaches, the Great Pumpkin visits San Francisco Bay. This is not Linus van Pelt’s Great Pumpkin, rather it is Richmond Yacht Club’s Great Pumpkin Regatta. The festivities began with a pumpkin carving party and pasta feed for kids on Friday evening and continued with three buoy races on three courses in the Southampton and Berkeley Circle racing areas. More »
The 25th Baja Ha-Ha Is Off with a Bang
Did you just hear horns blasting, fire hoses firing, and the sound of a mariachi band? That was the sound of the 25th Baja Ha-Ha headed out of San Diego Bay and making a left turn for the border. More »
Test Your Sailing Trivia Skills
There’s a whole lot of racing going on at Richmond Yacht Club’s Great Pumpkin on the last weekend in October, but it’s also one of the busiest regattas we can think of in terms of extracurricular fun. More »
Midwinters and Turkeys Arrive with November
Midwinters
Don’t be afraid, but here comes ‘winter. Not the actual calendar season — the winter solstice is still 53 days away — but the midwinter racing season. A variety of midwinter series begin in November. More »
The Future of Estuary Park
The City of Oakland is soliciting public comment for their plans to expand and renovate Estuary Park, a lobe of landfill that juts out into the Oakland-Alameda Estuary east of Jack London Square. More »
Red Bra Action
Frances Larose reports:
On Saturday, October 20, the seventh annual Red Bra Regatta — sponsored for the first time by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau — was a celebration of women’s sailing on San Francisco Bay. More »
Doing the Monster Mash
Costumes, light air and sun defined Del Rey Yacht Club’s 2018 Halloween Monster Mash Regatta. The race was held Saturday, October 20, on the Santa Monica Bay Olympic Circle. The picture-perfect winds that prevailed in September gave way to Santa Anas, high 80+ temps and doldrums. More »
Another Dismasting in Golden Globe Race
The rate of attrition has been high in the around-the-world solo nonstop Golden Globe Race. The latest entry to fall came over the weekend, with the loss of Laaland’s rig some 600 miles southwest of Perth in Western Australia. More »
Extreme Catamaran Sailing in San Diego
Like last year, the GC32 catamarans of the Extreme Sailing Series have come to San Diego for some high-level stadium-style racing. And also like last year, an American team has joined the small fleet. More »
Newsy Week in Golden Globe
The week is only half over but it’s already been a newsy one in the Golden Globe nonstop solo around-the-world race.
Jean-Luc Van Den Heede Reaches Pacific
On Monday, the veteran professional sailor Jean-Luc Van Den Heede was the first to reach the Pacific Ocean. More »
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