Racing
Friday Night on the Estuary
The start of a Friday night race in front of Encinal YC. In the background, the construction of Oakland’s new Brooklyn Basin development can be seen.
© 2017 Fred Fago
Based in Alameda, Encinal Yacht Club holds their Friday night Twilight Races on the Estuary. More »
World Sailor of the Year Nominations
World Sailing is inviting nominations for the 2017 Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards. There are two categories — male and female — and sailors nominated may represent any discipline of the sport. Nominations More »
Protests Disrupt San Francisco Races
Usually when we talk about "protests" in the context of yacht racing, we’re talking about disagreements over rules and right of way between competitors, not the kind of protests with speeches, chanting, sign waving and yelling. But More »
Beer Can Challenge in September
On Monday, ‘Lectronic Latitude brought you a report and some fab photos of Sausalito Yacht Club’s Tuesday night race. That unusual choice of a weeknight is a key component in making Latitude 38’s Beer Can Challenge possible. More »
Tuesday Night Racing in Sausalito
A typical summer evening in Sausalito: A thick fog bank rolls over Wolf Ridge and down the Waldo Grade, seeking out Richardson Bay.
© 2017 Roxanne Fairbairn
Sausalito Yacht Club’s August 8 Summer Sunset race was sailed in typical Bay Area summer conditions, with a brisk westerly wind, waning ebb and an early sunset. More »
Phaedo3 Off to New Zealand
Phaedo3 flies down the homestretch of the Transpac, in Molokai Channel at sunset.
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©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Hong Kong-based department-store baron Karl Kwok has long had an affinity for ultra-fast racing sailboats and has owned a plethora of them over the years. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Hong Kong-based department-store baron Karl Kwok has long had an affinity for ultra-fast racing sailboats and has owned a plethora of them over the years. More »
High and Dry in Drake’s Bay
Last weekend’s Drake’s Bay Race, a two-day event that combined OYRA and Singlehanded Sailing Society fleets, saw more wind than in the past few years. After racing from the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon up to the finish off Point Reyes, boats anchor and/or raft up to spend the night and then race back the next day. More »
Volvo Ocean Race Intro
Volvo Ocean Race Team Dongfeng rounds Fastnet Rock.
© Jeremie Lecaudey / Team Dongfeng
Every two years the Volvo Ocean Race has proven itself the best at giving couch sailors a chance to see and hear what it’s like to race around the world. More »
Team Wolfhound Treks to Scandinavia
The crew of a Marina del Rey-based 11:Metre are the first Americans to be invited to the class’s Scandinavian Nationals since 2002. Jamie Myer acquired Wolfhound five years ago, and the team has scored trophies in Santa Barbara to King Harbor races, Del Rey Yacht Club’s Berger/Stein Series and the Sunset Series King of the Hill. More »
August Racing Preview
Among the exciting regattas coming up in the month August, we’re particularly paying attention to the following.
The 29er World Championship is being hosted by Alamitos Bay Yacht Club in Long Beach today through August 5. More »
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