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A Peek at the Paralympics

September 14, 2016
Paralympic sailors are just like us — they mill about as the ‘cat in the hat’ flies from the startline boat, indicating a postponement. © Will Ricketson / US Sailing All three sailing classes in the Paralympics were deviled by light air on the second day, yesterday, in Rio. After More »

Light Air Plagues AC World Series

September 12, 2016
The Japanese and Swedish teams sailed within inches of each other at Toulon, France, this weekend — we presume this edgy shot was taken during prestart maneuvers. © Ricardo Pinto / ACEA 2016 As has been the case for most of this year’s America’s Cup World Series events, this weekend’s event in Toulon, France, was another frustrating, light-air affair. More »

Paralympics Preview

September 2, 2016
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be held on September 7-18, with sailing on September 11-17 on Guanabara Bay. The Paralympic Games began in Rome in 1960. Sailing first appeared as a demonstration sport in Atlanta in ’96 and was first included as a full medal sport at Sydney 2000, where the the singlehanded 2.4mR keelboat made its debut. More »

Drake’s Bay Weekend

August 31, 2016
John Kearney’s Express 27 Salty Hotel sails past Point Bonita on the way to Drake’s Bay. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Over the weekend, a combined 46-boat fleet of OYRA and Singlehanded Sailing Society racers participated in a mostly-light-air Drake’s Bay Race. More »

Alessio and Kleinman Regatta

August 24, 2016
St. Francis YC’s annual three-day Aldo Alessio Regatta was established in 1992 through an endowment by Aldo Alessio, who was the club’s commodore in 1970. The Alessio trophy was awarded for Friday’s ocean race, a jaunt out the Gate and back. More »

Fresh from Rio

August 22, 2016
Gary Jobson, who served as commentator for NBC at the Olympics, is coming to St. Francis Yacht Club, and all Bay Area sailors are invited. "This Wednesday, fresh from Rio, Gary will come speak at our Wednesday Yachting Luncheon to talk about how our team performed and what’s next for US Sailing," advises StFYC’s Meredith Laitos. More »

Anatomy of a Round-Down

August 19, 2016
Wild times on the Olympic Circle in SFYC’s Summer Keelboat Invitational. © Erik Simonson Sailing photographer Erik Simonson was on the spot to capture images of this round-down (followed by an accidental jibe turning the mishap into a round-up) complete with man overboard (who fortunately hung onto the boat). More »

Olympic Sailing Medal Drought Ends

August 17, 2016
An ecstatic Caleb Paine won the Finn medal race to collect bronze for the US team. © 2016 Sailing Energy / World Sailing Thanks to Caleb Paine of San Diego, the American sailing team will not go home sans hardware from the 2016 Olympics as they did in 2012. More »

Beer Can Challenge Supersized

August 15, 2016
Last week, the Contessa 33 Warwhoop was at it again, taking on the Beer Can Challenge. She’s pictured above in Sausalito YC’s Tuesday night race on August 9. © 2016 Roxanne Fairbairn Back in 2012, Roger Ruud and Chuck Hooper conquered Latitude 38’s Beer Can Challenge on Hooper’s Contessa 33 Warwhoop. More »

Olympic Sailing on TV

August 5, 2016
470 racing on the Copacabana course during the 2014 Test Event. © ISAF If you’re looking forward to watching Olympic sailing on TV, we now have a little more info for you. More »