Team Pure & Wild/Freeburd at the start of Stage 2 in Victoria, BC. The team’s trimaran, Mama Tried, is a Pete Melvin custom-designed 8.5M. © David Tasker Just six minutes separated the first two finishers in the third Race to Alaska. More »

It’s starting to look a little familiar: Team Emirates New Zealand is walking away from Oracle Team USA, and seems to be in a league of its own, taking a 3-0 lead after winning the first four races handily (remember that the Kiwis started with a negative 1. More »

Wipe-out! Despite the Delta Ditch Run’s gnarly conditions — or perhaps because of them — the 28-boat Moore 24 fleet garnered 11 top-20 finish positions in PHRF Monohull. Wet Spot (not pictured here!) More »

Flying a big genoa in light morning breeze, Dave MacEwen’s SC52 Lucky Duck ducks in close to the Sausalito headlands after starting the Spinnaker Cup on May 27. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Racers who competed in every leg of the second annual California Offshore Race Week got exactly what the brochure advertised: 600 miles of offshore racing down the California coast encountering everything from light air to champagne conditions to heavy-air downwind sailing. More »

Are we fired up for tomorrow’s Delta Ditch Run? Heck yeah! latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The San Francisco Bay and Delta region heads into the weekend with unsettled weather. What will this mean for the 138 crews signed up to race or cruise from Richmond to Stockton in tomorrow’s Delta Ditch Run? More »

Team Emirates New Zealand suffered a dramatic wipeout yesterday just before the start of a Semi-Final race against Land Rover BAR — all crew were accounted for and reported safe. Racing has been canceled for today, giving all the teams a chance to lick their wounds. More »

When you pick up your June issue of Latitude 38, out tomorrow, be sure to check our Calendar for an overabundance of intriguing events, including the following regattas: The lake circuit will really ramp up in June, starting with Gold Country Yacht Club’s Go for the Gold on Scotts Flat Lake outside Nevada City this weekend. More »

Snafu after the start of the Spinnaker Cup on Saturday. Steve McCarthy sailed with owner Karl Robrock in that section of the California Offshore Race Week. © Erik Simonson We’ve written about Karl Robrock and Gilles Combrisson numerous times over the past several years. More »

With an extra day to frolic this weekend, we hope you’ll get your boat out or hop aboard someone else’s at some point over the next three days — you could even start your weekend early with a Friday night beer can race or sunset cruise. More »

A TP52 start at the 2017 Key West Race Week, which has offered tropical sailing underon turquoise water since 1988 for boats large… © 2017 …and small. © Whether Key West Race Week was a bucket-list item for you or regular relief from the winter blahs, the latest announcement from the New York-based Organizing Authority will take the wind right out of your sails. More »