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Tuesday Night Racing in Sausalito

August 21, 2017
A typical summer evening in Sausalito: A thick fog bank rolls over Wolf Ridge and down the Waldo Grade, seeking out Richardson Bay. © 2017 Roxanne Fairbairn Sausalito Yacht Club’s August 8 Summer Sunset race was sailed in typical Bay Area summer conditions, with a brisk westerly wind, waning ebb and an early sunset. More »

Phaedo3 Off to New Zealand

August 18, 2017
Phaedo3 flies down the homestretch of the Transpac, in Molokai Channel at sunset. Phaedo3
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Hong Kong-based department-store baron Karl Kwok has long had an affinity for ultra-fast racing sailboats and has owned a plethora of them over the years. More »

High and Dry in Drake’s Bay

August 16, 2017
Last weekend’s Drake’s Bay Race, a two-day event that combined OYRA and Singlehanded Sailing Society fleets, saw more wind than in the past few years. After racing from the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon up to the finish off Point Reyes, boats anchor and/or raft up to spend the night and then race back the next day. More »

Volvo Ocean Race Intro

August 14, 2017
Volvo Ocean Race Team Dongfeng rounds Fastnet Rock. © Jeremie Lecaudey / Team Dongfeng Every two years the Volvo Ocean Race has proven itself the best at giving couch sailors a chance to see and hear what it’s like to race around the world. More »

Team Wolfhound Treks to Scandinavia

August 4, 2017
The crew of a Marina del Rey-based 11:Metre are the first Americans to be invited to the class’s Scandinavian Nationals since 2002. Jamie Myer acquired Wolfhound five years ago, and the team has scored trophies in Santa Barbara to King Harbor races, Del Rey Yacht Club’s Berger/Stein Series and the Sunset Series King of the Hill. More »

August Racing Preview

July 31, 2017
Among the exciting regattas coming up in the month August, we’re particularly paying attention to the following. The 29er World Championship is being hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach today through August 5. More »

Santana 22 Nationals in the Slot

July 26, 2017
Splashy conditions out by the Berkeley Pier at the start of Race 4 in the Santana 22 Nationals on Sunday. © Kristen Soetebier Fourteen Santana 22s toughed it out in July ‘Slot’ conditions for the 51st Nationals on July 21-23. More »

Reader Submission: Midnight Marathon

The following comes to us from David James as part of our Reader Submission Series (if you have a good sea story or a great photo, please send it here):   "There are some traditions on the Bay that are deserving of resurrection. More »

Local Triumphs in Governor’s Cup

July 24, 2017
The victorious locals of Team Killian celebrated their win at Balboa YC. © 2017 Longpre Photos Sailing for the host club, Balboa Yacht Club, 20-year-old Christophe Killian won the Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship on July 17-22 in Newport Beach. More »

A July Duo of YRA Weekend Regattas

July 19, 2017
Larry Levit’s Express 27 Levitation II at the plenty-windy start of the Westpoint Regatta near Treasure Island. © Rich Ahlf / Treasure Island Yacht Club July 15 was a busy day on San Francisco Bay. More »