
Events
July Racing Preview
The SSS Great Pacific Longitude Race, a qualifier for the Singlehanded TransPac, leads off a busy July race schedule, with a start off San Francisco on July 3. Doublehanded and singlehanded boats sail west for 200 miles…
Reveling at the Rendez-vous
"Doing the Rendez-vous has been the most fun we’ve had on our entire trip,” said Tara Travers-Stephens with an ear-to-ear grin. She and her husband John had vowed to take part in the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous aboard their Redwood City-based Tatoosh 50. But in order to make good on that promise they had to battle abnormally unsettled wind and sea conditions on their 200-mile crossing from the Tuamotus to Tahiti.
The “Sex Raft” and the Maiden
In 1973, five men and six women embarked on a 101-day scientific sea adventure, drifting across the Atlantic on a raft called Acali. In 1989, the first all-female crew raced around the world in the Whitbread on Maiden.
Bay View Boat Club’s Plastic Classic
1960s thru '94 vintage fiberglass sailboats are invited to the San Francisco Plastic Classic Regatta.
Classic Beauties at Wooden Boat Show
It takes a lot of effort to maintain any Master Mariner classic boat in such Bristol condition.
The Founding of Stockton Sailing Club
Back in 1933, sixteen 16-year-old boys founded the club as the Ionic Sailing Club. The teenage founders included three sets of brothers: the Stephens brothers, the Colberg brothers, and Fred and Jim Van Dyke.
Movie Night at the Rafael: The Raft
Mary's eight decades have been filled with salty adventures. "I never wanted a normal life," she told us.
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.
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