Racing
In Praise of Club Racing
Casual club racing brings an alternative style to the normally very competitive and very challenging high-profile sailing events found on San Francisco Bay. These events usually operate quietly in the background of the YRA season, the OYRA season, Rolex Big Boat Series, Etchells Worlds, Express 27 Nationals and an endless number of other events vying to attract significant fleets. More »
Volvo Ocean and Rolex Middle Sea Races
Aboard Turn the Tide on Plastic at the start of the Volvo Ocean Race in the Med on October 22.
© Jen Edney / Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 1 of the 13th edition of the Volvo Ocean Race began on Sunday in Alicante, Spain, when the fleet of seven Volvo 65 monohulls set off for the lengthened 1,600-plus-mile leg to Lisbon, Portugal. More »
San Diego Delivers Extreme Sailing
Team Extreme San Diego, skippered by Santa Cruz native Morgan Larson, sails close to shore during racing in San Diego.
© 2017 Lloyd Images
Act 8 of the Extreme Sailing Series is now in the books, and San Diego delivered the goods in wholesale fashion. More »
Big Boats in Seattle
The J/145 Jedi raced on the North Course in the PSSC Big Boats Regatta.
© Jan Anderson
The Puget Sound Sailing Championship for Small Boats was followed up, of course, by the PSSC Big Boats, held on Seattle’s Shilshole Bay. More »
Sailing Gets Extreme This Week
Long one of our favorite racing series out there, the Extreme Sailing Series will bring eight teams to sunny Southern California to contest the penultimate round of their 2017 championship in a weekend that promises to provide plenty of action and a few surprises. More »
PSSC Small Boat Regatta
That’s Amoore. Joy Dahlgren’s Moore 24 hailing from Royal Victoria YC prepares to hoist the spinnaker.
© 2017 Jan Anderson
Jan Anderson of Jan’s Marine Photography sent us these photos of the PSSC Small Boats Regatta. More »
Joan Storer Race Smoked Out
In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we previewed Tiburon Yacht Club’s Joan Storer Regatta, scheduled for tomorrow, October 14. But TYC has decided to postpone the women’s/coed race. This announcement appears on the TYC website: "As we pray for our friends and neighbors in Sonoma and Napa counties, we also are concerned about the unhealthy air quality resulting from the devastating fires. More »
A Flurry of Female Races
The fall sailing season in the San Francisco Bay Area brings us a flurry of female-friendly regattas, starting this Saturday. October 14’s Joan Storer Regatta will be hosted by Tiburon Yacht Club on the east side of the Tiburon Peninsula. The More »
US Sailing Nominations Open
US Sailing is accepting nominations for 2017 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year through November 30. Each member of US Sailing may nominate the one American male and one female sailor they believe turned in the most outstanding on-the-water performance during the 2017 calendar year. More »
Beer Cans Fade to Black
Richmond Yacht Club’s super-casual and very popular beer can series faded out on Wednesday night, wrapping up for the season. With the Bay Area in the grip of a heat wave, T-shirts and shorts were in ample supply but wind was not. More »
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