Racing
Vallejo Race Change-Up
Subscribers to the YRA of S.F. Bay newsletter learned of changes to the organization’s biggest race of the year, the Great Vallejo Race, earlier this week. The only change that affects the race itself is the intention to use downwind ratings for PHRF divisions in Saturday’s race to Vallejo Yacht Club on April 30. More »
Double Trouble on the Forbidden Island
Peter Krueger and his well-traveled Double Trouble team continued their adventuring winter ways last week by helping make history in Cuba. After a strong showing at Key West Race Week, the team of Bay Area sailors participated in the first government-approved edition of the Conch Republic Cup from Key West to Cuba. More »
El Niño Ate the Boat Show
Anyone who’s spent a real winter on the water there can tell you that San Francisco’s South Bay can fetch up some nasty wave action in stormy weather. We hadn’t had a ‘real’ winter in a few years, until this season’s El Niño broke the trend of fine weather in January. More »
Artemis Racing’s New Turbo
Although they’ve since moved their sailing operations to Bermuda, in January Artemis Racing launched a second turbo development boat out of their base in Alameda’s former naval air station.
They may not be ‘our’ team, but Artemis Racing maintained a sailing presence on San Francisco Bay for much longer than Oracle Team USA. More »
Seminar Season Selections
If it’s February it must be seminar season. Some events of interest to Bay Area sailors include the following.
February 4: Not exactly a seminar, more of a talk — USCG Captain Gregory Stump, Commander of Sector San Francisco, joined by Joseph Phair of the Coast Guard Foundation, will address the crowd at Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon at 7 p.m. More »
When a Fiasco Is a Success
Welcome to the big party in San Francisco.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco was a busy place this weekend. While thousands waited in line at the Embarcadero to celebrate one sport, hundreds more lined up along the Marina to compete in another: the biggest — and oddest — yacht race of the year, and they didn’t even have to go through security. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco was a busy place this weekend. While thousands waited in line at the Embarcadero to celebrate one sport, hundreds more lined up along the Marina to compete in another: the biggest — and oddest — yacht race of the year, and they didn’t even have to go through security. More »
Monthly Racing Preview
The SSS received 367 entries for this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco (registration is now closed). What will all those singlehanders and doublehanders encounter on the race course tomorrow?
The current map at noon on Saturday. More »
Three Bridge Fiasco Preview
Was there ever a crazier, more challenging race to start than the Three Bridge Fiasco? The start line buoy, a yellow ball marked with an X, can be seen mid-frame. Three hundred boats are starting in either direction, at various odd times. More »
Key West Wrap-Up
The Melges 24 Shaka shakes off her rig on Friday at Key West Race Week, in breeze building past 20 knots and monstrous seas.
© 2016 Max Ranchi
The 2016 Quantum Key West Race Week ended just the way it started, with nuking breeze, driving rain and lightning all around. More »
Key West Race Week
Peter Krueger and the Bay Area-based Double Trouble crew racing on Monday at Quantum Key West Race Week.
© Martha Blanchfield
Quantum Key West Race Week is back for 2016 and as good as ever in its first year under the management of the Storm Trysail Club. More »
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