General Sailing
America’s Cup Surprises
Just when you think you’ve heard everything, the America’s Cup serves up another surprise.
© Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA
Don’t let anybody say the 34th America’s Cup isn’t full of surprises, because they just keep coming. More »
O’pen Bics Wow Crowds
While yesterday’s Louis Vuitton racing might not have been all that thrilling, there was some racing in front of the AC grandstands on Marina Green that was fast and furious when about 30 sailors aged 9-15 took to the water to race O’pen Bics on the ‘treacherous’ America’s Cup course. More »
LVC Finals Start Tomorrow at One
Can Luna Rossa beat the lighning-fast Kiwis? For that matter, can anybody beat them?
© ACEA / Abner Kingman
With the clock ticking down to tomorrow’s first race of the Louis Vuitton Cup Finals, the big question is: How much has Luna Rossa Challenge improved since their last match-up with Emirates Team New Zealand during the Round Robin series. More »
Experienced Journalist Wanted
After more than seven years of being a fabulous member of Latitude 38‘s editorial team, LaDonna Bubak — not to be confused with Doña de Mallorca — is leaving Latitude at the end of the year to do what you’d expect: go cruising with her husband Rob on their Wauquiez 47 Gazelle. More »
Kingpostgate Slogs On
Some things start small and seemingly innocuous, but grow big and nasty. Just ask the ghost of Richard Nixon about his early denials of having anything to do with the little burglary at Watergate. More »
Boater Rescues Dog from Bay
Did your dog fall overboard? Adam Cohen pulled this black lab-pit bull mix from San Francisco Bay on his way home from work on Monday.
© 2013 Adam Cohen
Imagine scooting across the Bay on your windsurfer and spotting a pooch swimming around a couple miles from shore. More »
Biting the Hand That Feeds You?
The construction of James ‘Hot Rod’ Lane’s 65-ft catamaran Flyin’ Hawaiian was one of the more bizarre efforts in the annals of Bay Area boatbuilding — right alongside Tin Can and Plastiki. More »
Oracle to Be Banned from the AC?
It could happen.
Bob Fisher, one of the world’s most respected yachting journalists declared, “I would have thought Oracle would have the common decency to withdraw [from the America’s Cup]."
Oracle Team USA’s AC45s were illegally altered. More »
Biggest Fastnet Race Ever
Dona Bertarelli and Yann Guichard’s Spindrift 2 rounds Fastnet Rock.
© 2013 Kurt Arrigo / RORC
For reasons nobody seems to be able to explain, distance yacht racing in the south of England seems to be booming despite an economic downturn and modern life pressing everyone for time. More »
Family of Five Rescued
The Gastonguay family were reportedly frustrated with the U.S. government, so Sean, 30, and Hannah, 26, decided to move their family to the remote island nation of Kiribati by sailing there. More »
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