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Anatomy of a Round-Down

August 19, 2016
Wild times on the Olympic Circle in SFYC’s Summer Keelboat Invitational. © Erik Simonson Sailing photographer Erik Simonson was on the spot to capture images of this round-down (followed by an accidental jibe turning the mishap into a round-up) complete with man overboard (who fortunately hung onto the boat). More »

Olympic Sailing Medal Drought Ends

August 17, 2016
An ecstatic Caleb Paine won the Finn medal race to collect bronze for the US team. © 2016 Sailing Energy / World Sailing Thanks to Caleb Paine of San Diego, the American sailing team will not go home sans hardware from the 2016 Olympics as they did in 2012. More »

Beer Can Challenge Supersized

August 15, 2016
Last week, the Contessa 33 Warwhoop was at it again, taking on the Beer Can Challenge. She’s pictured above in Sausalito YC’s Tuesday night race on August 9. © 2016 Roxanne Fairbairn Back in 2012, Roger Ruud and Chuck Hooper conquered Latitude 38’s Beer Can Challenge on Hooper’s Contessa 33 Warwhoop. More »

Olympic Sailing on TV

August 5, 2016
470 racing on the Copacabana course during the 2014 Test Event. © ISAF If you’re looking forward to watching Olympic sailing on TV, we now have a little more info for you. More »

Clipper Race Closes the Circle

August 3, 2016
Led by victor LMAX Exchange, skippered by Frenchman Olivier Cardin, the Clipper Race fleet parades under the Tower Bridge to arrive home in London after completing its circuitous loop of the planet. More »

Olympics Sailing Preview

August 1, 2016
Sugarloaf Mountain towers majestically above Guanabara Bay, site of this month’s Olympic sailing. © Pedro Martinez / Sailing Energy The 2016 Rio Olympic Games will begin on Wednesday, August 3, and run through August 21. More »

Pac Cup Highs and Lows

Because some Pacific Cup entries were still finishing last week as we went to press with the August issue of Latitude 38, it was a high-stress scramble for us to put together the race overview that appears within the magazine. More »

20th Solo TransPac a Wrap

July 25, 2016
The 23 finishers of the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Singlehanded TransPac gathered at Nawiliwili Yacht Club for their awards party on Saturday, July 23. © Kristen Soetebier The 20th edition of the Singlehanded TransPac came to a close Saturday night with awards at Nawiliwili Yacht Club on Kauai Island, Hawaii. More »

Britannia Rules the Waves

Rule, Britannia! Team Land Rover BAR celebrates their win in the latest Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event. © 2016 Ricardo Pinto / ACEA The sun may have set on the glorious heyday of the British Empire, but the Brits still rule their own waters. It More »

Raucous Pac Cup Finish

Skies were stormy and the troughs were deep over the weekend, as Rufus Sjoberg’s Melges 32 Rufless sailed to the finish line. Despite riding winds stronger than what his "lake boat" was designed for, he said, "We had an awesome adventure the whole way through!" More »