Posts by Christine Weaver
Checking in on the Transbac
It’s delivery time for boats that competed in the Singlehanded TransPacific Yacht Race. If you’re not lucky enough to own a small boat that can be shipped back to the Mainland or you want to experience some more ocean miles, this is the only way to get your boat back to the West Coast. More »
Women Take the Tiller to Race
Women Sailing of Half Moon Bay Yacht Club offers their first-ever Take the Tiller Women Sailing Regatta this Saturday, July 28. All women are welcome, and you don’t need to have your own boat. More »
SF Boys Enjoy Belgian Conditions
"Two Northern California Optimist families headed to Belgium for Nieuwpoort Race Week," writes Cindy Wondolleck.
Connor Bennett (left) and Dylan Wondolleck earned berths on Team USA for Nieuwpoort Race Week.
© Cindy Wondolleck
"At the US Optimist Team Trials in Key Biscayne, Florida, Dylan Wondolleck and Connor Bennett qualified for the USA Optimist team going to Belgium. More »
Solo Sailors All Safely in at Kauai
Lee Johnson arrived yesterday at the finish of the Singlehanded TransPac on Morning Star. He was the only finisher wearing blue jeans! Although he needed to do laundry and the full battens in his main had broken, the Valiant 32 arrived looking like she was ready to depart on a voyage, not like she had just completed one. More »
Singlehanded TransPac’s Big Day
Birders might have what they call a ‘Big Year‘; the Singlehanded Sailing Society had a Big Day when seven boats out of a 16-boat fleet finished the Singlehanded TransPac yesterday, Sunday, July 8. More »
First Pacific Cup Starts Are Off
After much anticipation and preparation — by both organizers and competitors — the 20th Pacific Cup yacht race officially gets underway today, with the first four starts off the San Francisco Cityfront, including three racing divisions and one cruising. More »
First Finishers in Singlehanded TransPac
In the light of early morning, Singlehanded TransPac vets Rob MacFarlane and Synthia Petroka take newly minted vet Philippe Jamotte off Double Espresso (sailboat anchored on the right) and to the beach. More »
Week 1 in the Singlehanded TransPac
"The slow exit from the Gate was costly," remarked Lee Johnson of Morning Star, sailing in the 21st Singlehanded TransPac. "Saturday night and a good part of Sunday were spent wallowing in a wind hole and drifting north." More »
Iris Comes Down the Coast
"I’ve been intrigued with singlehanded distance races since reading about Chichester winning the first modern-day Transatlantic race in 1960," says John Colby of Portland, Oregon. "Then several years ago my crew and I mutually parted ways on Cocos Keeling Island in the Indian Ocean — no place to recruit new crew. More »
YRA Racing Roundtable
The Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay’s series of seminars and socials will continue on Thursday, June 28, when Kame Richards and Seadon Wijsen will facilitate a roundtable discussion on Racing Tactics. More »
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