It seems like Bay Area sailors have been seeing a wealth of whales this summer. It’s always fun to catch an unexpected glimpse of a spout, a tail — and for those lucky few — a full-on breach. More »

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Did you feel the ocean ripple a little in the last 24 hours? It might have been a floating ice shelf named Larson C, which scientists confirmed broke off Antarctica on Wednesday and is now being called "one of the largest icebergs ever recorded," according to the New York Times. More »

In one of the larger paddle outs we’ve ever seen, an estimated 6,000 people were both in the water and on shore to pay their respects to the late Jack O’Neill. More »

In what we’re calling the Main Event of this year’s Transpac, Phaedo3 and Maserati crossed the starting line yesterday and are sprinting for Honolulu — and possibly into Transpac history. There’s been endless hype about records being set (or more accurately, recent records being broken). More »

Like a fun, loud and slightly annoying friend who’s overstayed their welcome, the America’s Cup just never seems to go away — even though it came to a decisive conclusion a week ago, which we analyzed at length in the July issue. More »

In one of the more bizarre races of the year, the Queen Mary 2 has beaten four maxi-trimarans in a race from France to New York. But the ninth-longest ship in the world may have earned a penalty in the process of racing against four approximately 100-ft trimarans in a 3,000-plus-mile sprint across the Atlantic in the one-off event known as "The Bridge," and one of the QM2’s competitors has suggested a ‘penalty’ commonly seen in small-boat sailing. More »