Events
So You’ve Had a Sailing Lesson, Now What?
We joined about a dozen other boat owners who volunteered boats and time to teach almost 40 inspired women new skills and take several for their very first sail. It was a perfect intro weekend with gentle breezes and warm temperatures. Now what?
Lipton Cup Serves Up Chills and Spills
Ten yacht clubs raced 10 matched J/22s in a three-day challenge to win some heavy silver Friday through Saturday. Friday's windy race on heavy ebb-chop took the four-person teams, with women at the helm, from St. Francis Yacht Club, which provided the boats, to event co-host Richmond Yacht Club.
Bay View Boat Club’s Plastic Classic
1960s thru '94 vintage fiberglass sailboats are invited to the San Francisco Plastic Classic Regatta.
Calling All Crew Party Success Stories
Did you make a successful crew-skipper connection at a Latitude 38 Crew List Party? If so, we'd like to hear about it.
Koehler Kraft Wooden Boat Show
Boats, music, demonstrations, food, June 15-16, 2019.
Last Call for SoCal Ta-Ta Expressions of Interest
We need the owners of at least 30 boats to express serious interest in the rally, or else it's simply not worth going through the considerable organizational hoops to make it an official event.
Angry Beavers Take R2AK
It was the best kind of win for what’s fast becoming the best kind of race. Due to glitches on boats and ashore, nobody knew who was ahead or who would win the 700+ mile Race to Alaska until they hove into view off the Ketchikan Yacht Club yesterday.
World Oceans Day Is Tomorrow
Saturday, June 8, is World Oceans Day. The United Nations website tells us that oceans play a major role in everyday life. And put it simply: “They are the lungs of our planet, providing most of the oxygen we breathe.”
North to Alaska
The docks at Victoria’s Inner Harbor were a carnage-fest of broken gear, torn sails, drowned radios, lost hatches, hulls or amas filled with water, and things lost overboard.
Americans Win Euro Cup
On June 1, the American team of Mike Holt and Carl Smit won the 51-boat 5O5 Euro Cup Riva del Garda, the second leg of the Euro Cup series. Sailed at Fraglia della Vela Riva on Italy's Lake Garda, the regatta came down to the last leg of the last race.
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