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AC World Series in Full Swing

August 10, 2011
Emirates Team New Zealand is indeed flying high at the America’s Cup World Series in Cascais, Portugal. © Gilles Martin-Raget The America’s Cup World Series got going in Cascais, Portugal, over the weekend with eight teams and nine boats. More »

Maritime Day Tomorrow in Sausalito

August 5, 2011
The dinghy racing (or just the route to the racecourse!) can be a great show when the breeze pipes up in the afternoon. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’ve never been to Galilee Harbor’s Maritime Day, then make sure you check it out tomorrow at Napa St. More »

4.7s Set To Wrap Up Tomorrow

August 1, 2011
The Laser 4.7 worlds have had plenty of breeze for the 163 competitors. © Erik Simonson The Laser 4.7 Worlds are steaming right along over at the St. Francis YC. The boy’s fleets started in light air at noon on a very foggy, gray day. More »

Lasers Seize Control of the Bay

July 29, 2011
Laser 4.7s practice on the waterfront prior to the class’s worlds, which started yesterday. © 2011 Jessie Simonson The Laser 4.7 worlds got underway yesterday at St. Francis YC, marking the beginning of a two-week-plus stretch of some hardcore Laser racing on the Bay. More »

Whidbey Island, Double Damned

July 27, 2011
The Santa Cruz 27s used Whidbey Island Race as their nationals. Their 12 boats were the largest one design class out of a 100-boat fleet. © 2011 Clear Ahead Marine Prodcutions The 29th Annual Whidbey Island Race Week attracted 109 keelboats from the West Coast over July 17-22 for what’s the last week-long "race week" in the U.S. More »

TransPac Notes

July 18, 2011
A moment of TransPac zen. Bob Lane’s Andrews 63 Medicine Man sending it into the finish at Diamond Head. latitude/Rob
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The last three days have seen a flurry of TransPac arrivals in Honolulu, with welcoming parties taking place at all hours of the day and night. More »

Ocean Racing News

July 15, 2011
The Oakcliff American Offshore Team on the STP 65 Vanquish is in some good company, finishing the 2950-mile Transatlantic Race next to Karl Kwok’s Farr 80 Beau Geste. © Amory Ross While much of our offshore focus has been on the Pacific of late, there’s a strong Bay Area connection to the Transatlantic Race. More »

TransPac-ers Get a Case of the Slows

With much of the fleet at, or past the halfway mark, the 46th TransPac is turning out to be a pretty compelling yacht race. After their remarkably fast leap off the coast, the big boats have consistently seen their breeze drop and become more variable as they compress against Monday’s starters. More »

TransPac Big Boats Blazing

July 11, 2011
Hap Fauth’s R/P 74 Bella Mente is tearing up the racetrack en route to what looks like a new Barn Door record. © Sharon Green The big boats in the 46th TransPac are smoking down the course, having put up some big numbers since their start on Friday afternoon. More »