Racing
Singlehanders on Their Way to Hanalei
In the age of insanely tall skyscrapers and self-driving cars it’s nice to know that a San Francisco tradition is still around and unchanged since 1978. On Saturday the start of the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Singlehanded TransPac was off and running with 19 diverse boats heading to Hanalei, Kauai. More »
A Flyer Clinches Volvo Ocean Race
French skipper Charles Caudrelier hoists the trophy after claiming victory. His first win was six years earlier while sailing with Franck Cammas’ Groupama team.
© Eloi Stichelbaut / Dongfeng Race Team
The Volvo Ocean Race has arrived at its closest finish in the race’s long and storied history. More »
The Winners Sail Like a Girl
And the winners are… First Federal’s Team Sail Like a Girl!
Team Sail Like a Girl finished the Race to Alaska yesterday just after midnight.
© Katrina Zoë Norbom
The first monohull and the first all-female team to win the Race to Alaska sailed into Ketchikan over the weekend to claim the $10,000 first prize. More »
The End Is Nigh
It’s like a seven-game series in the NBA finals.
Dongfeng has the slimmest of leads over MAPFRE with about 24 hours of racing left. Team Brunel is currently in fourth place. More »
Iris Comes Down the Coast
"I’ve been intrigued with singlehanded distance races since reading about Chichester winning the first modern-day Transatlantic race in 1960," says John Colby of Portland, Oregon. "Then several years ago my crew and I mutually parted ways on Cocos Keeling Island in the Indian Ocean — no place to recruit new crew. More »
YRA Racing Roundtable
The Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay’s series of seminars and socials will continue on Thursday, June 28, when Kame Richards and Seadon Wijsen will facilitate a roundtable discussion on Racing Tactics. More »
Lipton Cup: Brisk and Refreshing
Friday’s Lipton Cup race finished at the RYC breakwater. An extra bit of south in the stiff breeze made the spinnaker drop particularly challenging.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC This year’s revived and reformatted PICYA Lipton Cup turned out just like Lipton’s tagline, Brisk & Refreshing. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC This year’s revived and reformatted PICYA Lipton Cup turned out just like Lipton’s tagline, Brisk & Refreshing. More »
Three Teams Tied Going into VOR Finish
Another stunning performance by Bouwe Bekking’s Team Brunel has seen the Dutch entry now pull dead even with perennial race leaders MAPFRE and Dongfeng atop the leaderboard of the Volvo Ocean Race, with just one more leg to be sailed. More »
New Crew Learn to Race
This spring, an innovative experiment proved successful in opening up sailing on the South Bay to more people. The experiment was a three-week class for potential race crewmembers. My own first experience as race crew was rather daunting. More »
Race to Alaska Starts This Week
Thirty-seven teams are poised in Port Townsend for the start of the fourth annual Race to Alaska (R2AK), which kicks off on Thursday. ‘Eclectic’ doesn’t even come close to describing the fleet. More »
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