One great thing about college and college sailing is time on the water during the school year. Once out of college it’s much harder to find the time. Cal and Stanford squared off in light breeze at the annual Big Sail on Tuesday.  More »

Unfortunately for the crew of CV24 Greenings, that entry is out for the remainder of the Clipper 2017-18 Race. On Wednesday, the Clipper Race office confirmed that the vessel was partially underwater on the western side of Cape Peninsula, South Africa, roughly halfway between Cape Town and Cape Point. More »

Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race starts on Sunday, November 5 in Lisbon, Portugal (at 1400, Lisbon time, which is 7 a.m. California time . . . but Sunday will also be the end of Daylight Saving Time, so good luck figuring it out). More »

In Monday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we posted the trivia quiz questions posed to the racers in Sunday’s Great Pumpkin Regatta, hosted by Richmond Yacht Club. Here are the answers, shared with us by quizmaster Gordie Nash: All of the above Nicaragua Suisun Ghost Ship/Mothball fleet Polynesian sailors traded their chickens Australia Vendée Globe, France Named after Hawaiian sheep farmer, Joseph Poalie Friday Betsy DeVos with John Fauth Missed an island and had to go back Afraid of cannibalism Celestial navigation with sextant Imagine trying to read the questions (complete with history lessons) out loud, fielding opinions from the crew, and penciling in answers on a sheet of paper, all while racing more than 100 other boats going in two directions in somewhat sporty breeze. More »

November has California in its sights like a low-pressure system barreling down from the Aleutian Islands. A sample of major midwinter series (in alphabetical order) that start in November in the San Francisco Bay Area includes: BERKELEY YC — Midwinters: 11/11-12 (Chowder Races all other Sundays) ENCINAL YC — Jack Frost Series: 11/4 GOLDEN GATE YC — Manuel Fagundes Seaweed Soup Series: 11/4 ISLAND YC — Island Days on the Estuary: 11/12 REGATTAPRO/SYC — Winter One Design: 11/11 SAUSALITO YC — Sunday Chili Midwinters: 11/5 SEQUOIA YC — Winter Series: 11/4, Redwood Cup pursuit race series: 11/18 SOUTH BEACH YC — Island Fever Midwinters: 11/18 For the ongoing schedules for these and more, see our Calendar in the November issue of Latitude 38, coming out on November 1. More »

Co-skippers Wendy Corzine and Lisa Meier of Long Beach Yacht Club won the 26th annual Linda Elias Memorial Women’s One-Design Challenge on October 14-15, breaking a 14-year dry spell — the hosting LBYC team last won this regatta in 2003. More »

Casual club racing brings an alternative style to the normally very competitive and very challenging high-profile sailing events found on San Francisco Bay. These events usually operate quietly in the background of the YRA season, the OYRA season, Rolex Big Boat Series, Etchells Worlds, Express 27 Nationals and an endless number of other events vying to attract significant fleets. More »

Aboard Turn the Tide on Plastic at the start of the Volvo Ocean Race in the Med on October 22. © Jen Edney / Volvo Ocean Race Leg 1 of the 13th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race began on Sunday in Alicante, Spain, when the fleet of seven Volvo 65 monohulls set off for the lengthened 1,600-plus-mile leg to Lisbon, Portugal. More »

Team Extreme San Diego, skippered by Santa Cruz native Morgan Larson, sails close to shore during racing in San Diego. © 2017 Lloyd Images Act 8 of the Extreme Sailing Series is now in the books, and San Diego delivered the goods in wholesale fashion. More »

The J/145 Jedi raced on the North Course in the PSSC Big Boats Regatta. © Jan Anderson The Puget Sound Sailing Championship for Small Boats was followed up, of course, by the PSSC Big Boats, held on Seattle’s Shilshole Bay. More »