It’s been less than one month since the Clipper 70 Greenings ran aground on the opening day of the Clipper’s Race 3. While the remaining 11 boat-fleet has now completed the race into Fremantle, Western Australia, the salvage operation to remove the monohull from Cape Peninsula is also now close to completion. More »

Blink and you’ll miss her. Bay Area kiteboarder phenom Daniela Moroz flies past the camera in Muscat, Oman, during the IKA Formula Kite Worlds. © 2017 Toby Bromwich For the second year in a row, Daniela Moroz of Lafayette has won the Women’s IKA Formula Kite World Championship, held in Muscat, Oman, on November 19-24. More »

While racing from South Africa to Fremantle, Australia, the Clipper Race entry GREAT Britain lost a crewmember overboard. On Saturday, November 18, Simon Speirs, from Bristol, UK, was on the bow helping with a headsail change when he was swept overboard. More »

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 »