Racing
When Monkey’s Fists Go Bad
The injury to Robin Stout’s left eye shows why maritime agencies don’t allow weights to be put in monkey’s fists. Robin says she’s been recovering nicely and that she and Mike will probably spend hurricane season in the San Blas Islands aboard their Aleutian 51 Mermaid. More »
Golden Boy Gabart Does It Again
François Gabart and Macif arrived in New York Harbor yesterday evening, crossing the finish line at 6:24 p.m. local time.
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‘Golden Boy’ François Gabart has done it again. More »
New Fleet of 52s on the West Coast
If the name Manouch Moshayedi sounds familiar to our readers, it should. The Newport Beach-based sailor owns and skippers the Bakewell-White 100 Rio100. But he’s also keen on a design that’s half the size of Rio. More »
New Zealand Takes New York
A bird’s-eye view of Team France, racing on Sunday in the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series.
© 2016 Ricardo Pinto / ACEA
New York offered up a little bit of everything for the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series over the weekend. More »
ACWS NYC Preview
SoftBank Team Japan and Oracle Team USA sailing in front of the Manhattan skyline yesterday.
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Many San Francisco Bay sailors are bummed that the Bay was not selected to host any America’s Cup 35 events — despite the fact that Cup defender Oracle Team USA flies the burgee of the Golden Gate YC. More »
Racing Solo Across the Atlantic
Vincent Riou’s PRB is ahead of the rest of the monohulls in the Transat Bakerly singlehanded race from England to New York.
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Originally known as the OSTAR (Observer Single-Handed Trans-Atlantic Race), the 2016 edition of the quadrennial Transat Bakerly has been underway for just over two days now. More »
The Great Vallejo Beat
The 1D48 Bodacious+ on the beat to Vallejo Saturday.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The great irony for which the YRA’s 2016 Great Vallejo Race will be remembered is the use of downwind ratings to score an all-upwind race. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The great irony for which the YRA’s 2016 Great Vallejo Race will be remembered is the use of downwind ratings to score an all-upwind race. More »
Records Trampled in Ensenada Race
Tom Siebel’s MOD70 Orion takes off for Ensenada — and a place in the record books.
© 2016 Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing
Every yacht race has had that one special year when it blows like stink out of the right direction and an unprecedented level of race craft shows up to absolutely demolish all the records. More »
Solo TransPac Racers Cruise In
A group of Singlehanded TransPac racers (past, present and future) and volunteers gathered at Oakland YC for a cruise-in last weekend.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Each month from November through June, the Singlehanded Sailing Society is holding seminars for those who intend to cross the Pacific alone in this July’s Singlehanded TransPac. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Each month from November through June, the Singlehanded Sailing Society is holding seminars for those who intend to cross the Pacific alone in this July’s Singlehanded TransPac. More »
Clipper Race Arrives in Washington
Here they come! Even the tail-enders of the Clipper Race fleet have only a few days left to reach landfall in Washington.
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As we were writing this, Clipper Race entry Derry~Londonderry~Doire reached the finish line of the Pacific Ocean leg, at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca. More »
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