Posts by Rob Grant
Groupama 3 Powers Home
As of a day ago, Franck Cammas’ 105-ft trimaran Groupama 3 had spent as much time behind the pace of the Jules Verne Trophy holder as she had in front of it. More »
Sell Your Boat at the Boat Show
"As a result of my Classy Classified, our boat sold quickly. Thanks for your help in making the placement of the ad easy and for your great customer support!"
If you want a proven method to sell your boat, it’s not too late to get your ad into the April issue of Latitude 38, which will be heavily distributed at Strictly Sail Pacific. More »
‘California’ in the Hunt in Clipper Race
Despite not being able to fly their main for the last 12 hours, California is still within striking distance of the leaders in Race 7 — from Qingdao to San Francisco — of the ’09-’10 Clipper ‘Round the World Race. More »
Make Your Voice Heard
Back in January, we launched a reader survey to find out a little more about our readers and what they want to read about. Some of the results have been surprising, some are about what we expected. More »
MEXORC Heats Up
Cirque and Horizon rumble down Banderas Bay during yesterday’s 25-miler to Las Caletas.
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©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Today’s a lay day at the ’10 Nextel Regatta Copa México, and to be perfectly honest, we’re ready for a little break. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Today’s a lay day at the ’10 Nextel Regatta Copa México, and to be perfectly honest, we’re ready for a little break. More »
PV Race Wraps-Up, MEXORC Kicks Off
Alchemy navigator Artie Means won the “photo of the race” contest for his end-of-the-spin-pole photo of the boat surfing toward Banderas Bay.
© 2010 Artie Means
On hearing that Bill Turpin’s Northern California-based R/P 77 Akela broke Magnitude 80‘s Vallarta Race record, we knew that it had to have been a fast race. More »
Groupama 3 Rollin’ On
At the halfway mark, Groupama 3 is rolling along in the Southern Ocean, reeling off 700-mile days and slowly increasing their lead against the Jules Verne Trophy reference time. After 25 days at sea, skipper Franck Cammas and his nine-man crew — which includes the Bay Area’s Stan Honey at the nav station — have, as of this writing, built up a 371-mile lead over the ’05 progress of current record holder, Bruno Peyron’s Orange 2. More »
‘Akela’ Sets New PV Race Record
Los Gatos’ Bill Turpin and Southern California-based partner Dave Janes’ Bay Area-based R/P 77 Akela set new record in the San Diego YC’s Vallarta Race when it crossed the finish line off Punta Mita around 9 p.m. More »
Corinthians Winners Decided
This weekend marked the final installment of the Corinthian Midwinters, and much like last month’s, featured a wet day and a dry day. The rain held off on Saturday, and in its place was breeze reported to be in the 15- to 18-knot range. More »
The Cup Comes to San Francisco
Provided it doesn’t get hung up in customs, the America’s Cup should arrive at SFO this afternoon around 4:15 p.m. It will go on display tomorrow for the general public in the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda at 11 a.m. More »
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