Racing
Faces in the Crowd at RBBS
Study in red: James Clappier on the bow of Peter Krueger’s HPR-winning J/125 Double Trouble.
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Although the San Francisco wind machine cranked up to a good 20 knots in the afternoon on Thursday and Friday for Rolex Big Boat Series, the usual chilly breeze was replaced by a sudden heat wave on the weekend. More »
Momentum Building for Super 12s
Tennis has Wimbledon. Golf has the Masters. Horse racing has the Kentucky Derby. Most sports have a premier event that comes to personify, for better or worse, all of its participants. But More »
Wild Oats Chopped; LC2 Rebranded
Two maxi speedsters that wowed the West Coast with their transpacific feats this summer are getting new looks. In the case of the 100-ft Australian monohull Wild Oats XI, the overall winner of July’s Transpac, the surgeon’s knife cuts deep. More »
AC 34’s Foiling Legacy
In the wake of America’s Cup 34 — where deep-pocketed syndicates dumped unprecedented resources into the development and advancement of foiling technology — more and more boats have begun flying. By doing so, sailing has arguably realized its single biggest speed gain since the first Mesopotamian trader hoisted up a piece of cloth to harness the power of the wind some 5,000 years ago. More »
Clipper Race Fatality
In its 20-year history, the Clipper Race, a round-the-world race in multiple legs for paying crew, has had an excellent safety record. In the last edition, a crewman who fell overboard during the wild ride from Qingdao to San Francisco was successfully recovered, despite being separated from the boat for an hour and 40 minutes. More »
How Some .0001-Percenters Race
Big and bold, if we’re not mistaken this is the second largest private sailboat in the world.
© 2015 Carlo Borlenghi / Perini Navi
The shot above is not the kind of sailing shot you see very often for two reasons. More »
Tenth Clipper Race Begins
London’s Tower Bridge is raised to allow the Clipper Round the World Race fleet to parade down the Thames prior to their start on Sunday.
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Twelve Clipper 70s started the tenth edition of the 40,000-mile, 11-month Clipper Race off the English coast at Southend (at the mouth of the Thames) on Sunday. To More »
Kiwis Take ACWS in Sweden
The podium celebration with the obligatory wasting of perfectly good champagne on Sunday in Gothenburg.
© Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA
We can remember the days, back in the ’90s, when we gathered in sociable groups at the homes of friends who had ESPN to watch America’s Cup racing. More »
Foiling AC45s Do Battle at Gothenburg
The second round of the Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series takes place in Gothenburg (Goteborg), Sweden, this weekend, but AC promoters aren’t making it easy for American sports fans to get revved up about the fast-paced action. More »
Race to AK 2016 Is a Go
Exciting isn’t it? Well, this part wasn’t but most of the first Race to Alaska was. This shot is of the Stage 2 start in Victoria, BC, with racers bound for Ketchikan, AK, on June 7. More »
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