Racing
Antigua to Bermuda for the Cup
With the sailing world turning its focus to the America’s Cup in Bermuda, racing yachts have begun their annual pilgrimage to the remote Atlantic island. Just wrapping up its inaugural edition as of this writing, the 935-mile Antigua Bermuda Race attracted a diverse and impressive fleet of 21 competing yachts. More »
US Match Racing Qualifiers
Seven western teams match-raced in StFYC’s J/22s over the weekend on the Cityfront. "The race committee had their hands full keeping a square race course with the shifting currents," commented photographer Chris Ray. More »
Fast Boats, Big Talent at Nacra Clinic
On May 13-14, the St. Francis Sailing Foundation hosted a High Performance Nacra 15 Clinic at St. Francis Yacht Club on San Francisco Bay. An impressive cadre of volunteer coaches came together to train 26 kids aboard a fleet of six Nacra catamarans. More »
A Rookie at the (NALSA) America’s Cup
Several yachts of different classes preparing to head out onto the course.
© 2017 John Nosach
As we waited to board our flight at T.F. Green airport, near our home on Narragansett Bay, RI, I felt excited about the adventure that lay before us. More »
Transpac Pre-Preview
The most famous of all West Coast sailing races, the Transpac, is less than two months away. Back for its 49th edition, the biennial 2,225-mile race from Los Angeles to Honolulu will again turn out some of the hottest boats and most talented sailors in the world. More »
“Perfect” Vallejo Race
The crew of Daniel Thielman’s Melges 32 Kuai, seen here at the start, told us that they’d won PHRF overall in Saturday’s Great Vallejo Race, aka the YRA Season Opener.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Perfect" was one of the descriptions of the Great Vallejo Race we heard on Saturday evening from sailors who were boat-hopping, visiting friends in the big raft-up at Vallejo Yacht Club. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Perfect" was one of the descriptions of the Great Vallejo Race we heard on Saturday evening from sailors who were boat-hopping, visiting friends in the big raft-up at Vallejo Yacht Club. More »
Forecast for Vallejo Race
The Tartan Ten Tartanic and Olson 911S Shanti sail under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge bound for Vallejo in the 2015 YRA Season Opener.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "What happens wind-wise on Saturday for the YRA’s Great Vallejo Race is the topic of great debate," writes Mike Dvorak of Sail Tactics. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "What happens wind-wise on Saturday for the YRA’s Great Vallejo Race is the topic of great debate," writes Mike Dvorak of Sail Tactics. More »
Pac52s Ready to Rumble
All four of the new Pac 52 box-rule class boats are now in San Diego in preparation for the start of their first season, which will kick off with San Diego Yacht Club’s Yachting Cup on May 5-7. More »
Sailors Beat the Traffic to Ensenada
For the second year in a row the first finishers in the 70th Newport to Ensenada Race, which started on Friday, completed the race before the race committee and media could drive from Newport Beach across the border to Ensenada. More »
The Racing Month Ahead
The 70th annual Newport to Ensenada Race starts today; 187 boats will have hit the start line by the time we post this. Among boats to watch are the MOD70 Phaedo3, with which ‘Lectronic readers are no doubt familiar; the R/P 63 Aszhou, defending her monohull record time of 9:35:34; 25-time N2E trophy-winner Bill Gibbs on the Schionning catamaran Wahoo; and America’s Cup legend Dennis Conner sailing the wooden sloop Splendor. More »
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