While some West Coast racing fleets are shrinking, we’re thrilled to announce that a new breed of cutting-edge racing machines will soon be heading our way.  Frank Slootman’s brand-new Pac 52 Invisible Hand was lookin’ good during sea trials in New Zealand.  More »

Lia Ditton was the youngest skipper and the only female to complete the 2005 OSTAR (Original Singlehanded Transatlantic Race), in a 34-ft trimaran called Shockwave.  Lia Ditton
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Tomorrow night (Thursday, January 12), the Corinthian Yacht Club Speaker Series will present 36-year-old British sailor Lia Ditton, who will talk about her upcoming attempt to row, solo and unsupported, the 5,000 miles from Japan to San Francisco, early next year. So More »

Now that the holidays are over, the racing season is starting in earnest in the Eastern Caribbean. It doesn’t matter if you’re cruising or chartering in the area, regattas bring a lot of sailing spirit to wherever they happen. More »

On a fabulous SoCal December day, the Fantasy Sail was held on blue water under blue skies. © 2016 Bronny Daniels / Joysailing More than 100 sailors, representing the top fundraisers from Leukemia Cup Regattas throughout the country, and their guests took to the waters off Bahia Corinthian Yacht Club in Newport Beach on December 3. More »

As scenic a venue as any for a raft-up, Corinthian YC facilitates both competition and camaraderie during their popular Midwinter Series. latitude/Chris
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Like storms in a wet year, the winter season of racing on San Francisco Bay rolls along. More »

John Kostecki (second from left) called tactics on Joel Ronning’s J/70 Catapult at the Worlds on San Francisco Bay in September; Catapult won the championship. © Among the eight men and six women shortlisted for US Sailing’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year are five Californians. More »

Le Souffle du Nord on December 19. The IMOCA 60 monohull hit a UFO, and her hull is breaking apart. © 2016 Thomas Ruyant Day 43 for the Vendée Globe nonstop solo race around the world sees some trials and triumph in the Southern Ocean. More »

Wayne and Suzie Koide’s Richmond Yacht Club-based Sydney 36 CR Encore has won the ORR West Coast Championship Northern Division for a second year in a row.  Seen here racing in the St. More »

The rail on a J/24 in the 2015 Crew You Regatta was a wet ride, but not because of rain. © Martha Blanchfield In addition to the usual roster of midwinter racing this weekend will be OPBYC’s Crew You Regatta. More »

In a remote region of the Southern Indian Ocean, French solo skipper Kito de Pavant, 55, was enduring an anxious wait yesterday afternoon on his IMOCA 60 monohull Bastide Otio after he struck an object that nearly ripped keel from hull. More »