Racing
ACWS NYC Preview
SoftBank Team Japan and Oracle Team USA sailing in front of the Manhattan skyline yesterday.
© Ricardo Pinto / ACEA
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.
© Lloyd Images
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.
latitude/Chris
©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.
latitude/Chris
©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.
© Clipper Race
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 »
Three-Peat at Congressional Cup
Taylor Canfield, the 27-year-old match-racing wunderkind from the US Virgin Islands, has pulled off an unprecedented feat, vanquishing all comers for his third consecutive win at the Congressional Cup, raced on April 6-9. More »
Sail and Endure Like a Girl
Michelle Boroski of Ventura has formed Team Sistership to sail an F-27 in June’s Race to Alaska. While visiting Port Townsend, WA, last March, Boroski saw the poster for the first R2AK, which started in Port Townsend and finished in Ketchikan, AK, last summer. More »
The Cup Comes to America
Here’s what sailing looks like from onboard one of Artemis Racing’s foiling AC45F catamarans.
© Sander van der Boch / Artemis Racing
We wish we could say that the America’s Cup Event Authority has relented and is bringing racing back to San Francisco. More »
Entries Growing for 2nd Alaska Race
The Race to Alaska was born last June in the spirit of tradition, exploration, and the self-reliance of the Gold Rush. At 750 miles, R2AK claims to be North America’s longest human- and wind-powered race, with the largest cash prize ($10,000) for an event of its kind. More »
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