Racing
Blustery Joan Storer Regatta
Saturday was Joan Storer’s granddaughter D’Arcy’s first time on a sailboat — ever (she’s the one holding the winch handle). Susan (pictured left) and Bill Hoehler’s daughter Amanda is at the wheel of the Hoehers’ J/105 Joyride. More »
Express 27s Take Berkeley by Storm
A run on Saturday, the windiest day of the Express 27 Nationals.
© Louis Benainous
The 35th Express 27 National Championship was sailed on the Berkeley Circle during the first storms of the season on October 14-16. More »
Hurricane Matthew Gunning for Florida
With Hurricane Matthew fast approaching southern Florida, boaters are clearing their decks, de-rigging sails, checking their insurance policies and — in many cases — evacuating inland.
© 2016 NOAA / National Hurricane Center
Hurricane Matthew is currently barreling toward the Bahamas, after causing widespread destruction in Haiti and Cuba yesterday. More »
Golden Globe Race Update
We’ve introduced you previously to the 2018 Golden Globe Race, but just a quick reminder — it was conceived in celebration of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s first-ever nonstop solo circumnavigation of the globe, in 1968’s Sunday Times Golden Globe, aboard his Atkins-designed ketch Suhaili. More »
Summery J/70 Worlds
This photo of the new J/70 world champions, Joel Ronning and crew on Catapult, shows how wet the boats are in big breeze. But also take note the rooster tail off the transom, an indication of their abrupt — and thrilling — acceleration. More »
SSS Race to Half Moon Bay
The SSS Half Moon Bay Race started on a light easterly, with many sailors hoisting spinnakers right off the line, on Saturday, September 24.
© Sergei Zavarin
Thanks to a substantial ebb, the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Half Moon Bay Race got underway on time on a negligible easterly last Saturday. More »
Women’s Racing Preview
Fall brings with it a flurry of races for women. Some are women-only, others are for women skippers with coed crew, and one just requires that half the people onboard be women. More »
‘The Weekend Sailor’ Returns
If you missed the award-winning film The Weekend Sailor when it debuted in San Francisco in March, you’ll get a second chance to watch in a theater next month.
The 107-year-old Roxie Theater in San Francisco’s Mission District will host an encore on Wednesday, October 19, at 7 p.m. More »
USA Silver in Paralympic Sailing
The American Sonar team won silver in Rio.
© World Sailing
We took a little break from reporting on the Paralympics to cover the Rolex Big Boat Series in San Francisco, but we couldn’t let another day go by without acknowledging the accomplishments of the Americans who competed last week in Rio. More »
Rolex Big Boat Series Underway
In the choppy, gusty conditions yesterday on the Rolex Big Boat Series Alcatraz course, both Marstrom 32 catamarans dismasted. This one is Ravi Parent’s Aston Harald, seen on San Francisco Bay for the first time. More »
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