Racing
New York to Vendée Solo Race
While the West Coast sailing scene celebrates Memorial Day with the running of a revamped Spinnaker Cup race from San Francisco to Monterey and an all-new multi-stage California Offshore Race Week, East Coast sailors are focused on the New York-Vendée solo transatlantic race beginning on Sunday and the Atlantic Cup doublehanded coastal race beginning on Saturday. More »
USA Olympic Team Roster
The West Coast is well represented on US Sailing Team Sperry. Californian Paris Henken and Washingtonian Helena Scutt, a Stanford grad, sail the 49erFX, the women’s version of the 49er skiff. More »
Big Sailing Weekend Coming Up
For reasons we’ll never understand, many people choose to take long road trips over the Memorial Day Weekend, and invariably end up spending long hours in ugly, mind-numbing traffic. That’s not our idea of fun. More »
The Clipper Race’s West Coast Leg
The restart of the Clipper Race at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
© Clipper Race
Following a stopover in Seattle, the West Coast leg of the Clipper Round the World Race started on April 30 at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 15 knots of breeze from the west. More »
San Diego Cat Fight
The highly competitive Cat Fight spinnaker fleet had 19 boats on the start line for six races over two days. Bill Hardesty, nominated by Rolex as World Yachtsman of the Year, and his wife Mandy took the pin. More »
Peyron Ends Historic Voyage
Unfortunately, Pen Duick II only made it about halfway across the North Atlantic this time.
© Transat Bakerly
Loick Peyron’s nostalgic voyage from Plymouth to New York ended yesterday following damage to the historic ketch, Pen Duick II. More »
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.
© Lloyd Images
‘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 »
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