Posts by Rob Grant
The Call of the ‘Seaward’
Okay, so we know it looks like we just told Katinka Kieliger to stand next to Seaward’s wheel, but you better believe it – this girl can drive! She took the helm for a solid 20 minutes and only gave it up when we pulled into the dock. More »
In the Bay, Outta This World
The Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Season keeps ramping up, with the Corinthian Race drawing a record turnout just months after the Three Bridge Fiasco did the same.
© 2009 Erik Simonson
If Saturday’s Corinthian Race (formerly known as the In the Bay Race) was any indication, the Singlehanded Sailing Society is really on a roll this year. More »
BVI Spring Regatta
Whether you were sailing in the regatta’s only one-design division, the IC 24s, or even Bareboat B, the B.V.I. Spring Regatta was warm, breezy and just downright pleasant.
© 2009 Todd VanSickle
It’s tough work, if you can get it, but sometimes a Racing Editor is forced to take one for the team and travel to far-flung destinations in order to track down Northern California sailors who venture beyond our region. More »
Keep These on Your Racing Calendar
• The Bay Area Multihull Association‘s (BAMA) 30th running of the Doublehanded Farallones Race is Saturday. If you haven’t signed up and can’t make the skippers’ meeting at Oakland YC tonight at 7:30 p.m., More »
Ericsson 3 Leads Volvo Pack Toward Rio
Ericsson 3 (orange), Ericsson 4 (white), Puma (red), and
© 2009 Volvo Ocean Race
What was only a 50-mile lead yesterday has doubled as Ericsson 3 leads the pack toward Rio in the Volvo Ocean Race. More »
Not-So-Strictly Sail Pacific News
With just under a month until the start of Strictly Sail Pacific, exhibitors received a letter yesterday explaining that the show will no longer be the only all-sailing boat show on the West Coast. More »
Crew List Party Packs ‘Em In
Have you ever actually been in an inflated liferaft? If you’d come by Wednesday night’s Spring Crew List Party, you’d have had the chance, thanks to Sal’s Inflatables.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you were one of the over 200 people who spent Wednesday evening with us over at the Golden Gate YC, then you know there was something for everyone at the Latitude 38 Spring Crew List Party. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you were one of the over 200 people who spent Wednesday evening with us over at the Golden Gate YC, then you know there was something for everyone at the Latitude 38 Spring Crew List Party. More »
Wilson Finishes Vendée Globe
Rich Wilson sailed into the record books once again as the second American to finish the Vendee Globe Race when he sailed into Les Sables d’Olonne yesterday afternoon.
© Olivier Blacnhet DPPI/Vendee Globe
Rich Wilson became only the second American to finish the Vendée Globe when he sailed Great American III into Les Sables d’Olonne at 12:43 p.m. More »
Who Won Class B in Cabo Race?
It’s not exactly off Mexico in this photo, but we’re pretty sure that Chip Megeath’s Tiburon-based R/P 45 Criminal Mischief took Class B honors in the Newport Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race. More »
Take One Down, Pass It Around
An artist’s conception of the Plastiki . . . under build at Pier 31.
© Adventure Ecology
Although 12,000 may represent a small fraction of America’s daily consumption of plastic bottles, they’ll comprise a huge part of a 60-ft catamaran under build over at Pier 31. More »
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