Racing
May Racing Preview
C420s raced in the Elvstrom Zellerbach Regatta out of StFYC over the weekend.
© Chris Ray
With the YRA’s Great Vallejo Race and St. Francis Yacht Club’s Elvstrom Zellerbach Regatta occurring in the last weekend in April instead of the more-typical first weekend in May, that leaves next weekend wide open. More »
Will the Vallejo Race Be Great?
Hey! Wait up! Where’s everybody going? Why, to Vallejo, of course.
latitude/Tim
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC When registration closed on Thursday, the YRA was showing 164 boats signed up for this weekend’s Great Vallejo Race. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC When registration closed on Thursday, the YRA was showing 164 boats signed up for this weekend’s Great Vallejo Race. More »
All Seven Volvo 65s Make Leg 8
Team Dongfeng beats upwind on the first evening at sea of Leg 8. With hot, tropical conditions and frequent squall activity near the coast of Brazil, the first couple of days of Leg 8 have been full of variable conditions and plenty of sail changes. More »
Friday Night Light
Last Friday night on the Estuary was short on air movement. More fine weather is expected today, and the afternoon breeze is expected to die in the evening.
latitude/Monique
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Friday the 13th ended up being an unlucky night when it came to wind. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Friday the 13th ended up being an unlucky night when it came to wind. More »
California Condor Spotted in Tiburon
The boat, not the bird.
Mikey Radziejowski goes out on a limb — er, boom — trying to heel California Condor off the mud.
© 2018 Erik Simonson
Buzz Blackett and Mikey Radziejowski were sailing Buzz’s Antrim Class 40 California Condor in the Round the Rocks Race on Saturday when their 10-ft keel found — not rocks, fortunately — but mud. More »
New Trimaran’s Shocking Capsize
A shocking bit of news came out of western Europe over the weekend as current Vendée Globe champion and Banque Populaire skipper Armel le Cléac’h and a shorthanded crew capsized the brand-new Banque Populaire IX maxi-trimaran west of Morocco and the Strait of Gilbraltar while on a delivery from the team’s base in Lorient, France, to Nice for the boat’s first major regatta. More »
Dean Barker Wins Ficker Cup
Dean Barker dominated the 2018 Ficker Cup to win the Grade Two World Sailing regatta and advance to the Congressional Cup, which will start this Wednesday. Also qualifying for the Congo Cup is Johnie Berntsson of Sweden, who finished second in the three-day regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club. More »
Clipper Fleet Pursued by “Creatures”
“Let me paint a picture. Outside it’s blowing a solid 50 knots and gusting 70-75 in the hail squalls. The temperature is sub-zero. The sea state is massive and regularly breaking. More »
Racing and Rigging and Meetings
The Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay will present a seminar this Wednesday, April 11, on Preparing Your Boat and Crew for Racing. Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda will host the event starting at 7 p.m. More »
Dismasting in Volvo Ocean Race
Onboard Vestas/11th Hour Racing after dismasting on Friday. They arrived in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on Saturday.
© Jeremie Lecaudey / Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race has been dramatic on the boats and for sailing fans following along at home. More »
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