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ACWS Plymouth Wraps-up

September 19, 2011
Going out with a bang, the second installment of the America’s Cup World Series wrapped up in Plymouth, England yesterday. Capsizes and collisions marred a gnarly final fleet race sailed in breeze up to 30 knots. More »

Last Boat Show of the Year

September 16, 2011
The Northern California Power and Sailboat Expo is going on through the weekend at Jack London Square. latitude/John A.
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you geek out on boat gear as much as we do, then you probably like going to boat shows, because . More »

Rolex Big Boat Series Jams

September 12, 2011
We started off Friday’s ‘Lectronic with a photo of this boat ripping along. Saturday threw a little too much power to the fleet. © 2011 Sharon Green After a gorgeous opening day, the St. More »

Rolex Big Boat Series Begins With a Bang

September 9, 2011
Dee Smith and the crew of Team Premier smashing downwind yesterday afternoon. Smith said, “We didn’t get the boat here until Tuesday afternoon, we’ll be a little more organized tomorrow.” © 2011 Sharon Green After last year’s light, mellow event, the ’11 Rolex Big Boat Series got off to a banner start yesterday. More »

Kiters Sweep Bridge to Bridge Podium

August 26, 2011
A decidedly mellow Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race allowed the kiters to take the top-three spots. © Rich Roberts The Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race drew 37 entries yesterday afternoon for what by all accounts was a pretty mellow 7.5-mile slide from the Gate to Yerba Buena Island. More »

18-ft Skiffs Getting Ready

August 19, 2011
Blast-off! The 18-ft Skiffs get going on Sunday on the Cityfront. © Sharon Green The St. Francis YC’s 18-ft International Regatta is the only event of its kind in the United States. More »

Ha-Ha Entry Deadline Approaches

August 17, 2011
If you’re a regular visitor to this site, or are a regular reader of Latitude 38 magazine, you already know that our phenomenally successful Baja Ha-Ha rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas has grown into the second largest cruising rally in the world. More »

Fastnet Carnage

George David’s Juan K 100 Rambler may have been lost, but thankfully none of the crew were. © Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex The 266 boats still racing in the biennial Rolex Fastnet Race are running into lighter air after an initial two days of breeze on conditions that produced two elapsed time records and claimed one of the world’s fastest monohulls. More »

ACWS Cascais Wraps Up

August 15, 2011
Emirates Team New Zealand does a fly-by to celebrate winning a tricky final fleet race at the America’s Cup World Series Cascais. © 2011 Ricardo Pinto Emirates Team New Zealand proved to be the class of the first ever America’s Cup World Series event in Cascais, Portugal, which wrapped-up over the weekend. More »