Racing
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.
© 2015 onEdition
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 »
Pacific Passage Prep
While we’re still wrapping up our coverage of this July’s Transpac Race to Hawaii (be sure to read all about it in the next issue of Latitude 38, coming out on September 1), planning and prep for next July’s Pacific Cup is going full steam ahead, with 49 boats already entered. More »
Ocean Racing in Marvelous Marin
Here’s a pop quiz: What 62-mile ocean regatta starts in Marin County and finishes in Marin County two days in a row? The answer of course is the Drake’s Bay Race. More »
Finishers in Fastnet Driftfest
The year 2015 will be remembered as a slow one for the Rolex Fastnet Race, which started on Sunday afternoon in Cowes, UK, but the first finishers arrived in Plymouth last night and early this morning. More »
Slow Sailing in the Fastnet
A 356-boat Rolex Fastnet Race fleet heads out of the Solent, bound for the Fastnet Rock.
© Kurt Arrigo / Rolex
The Rolex Fastnet Race started from Cowes on the Isle of Wight yesterday afternoon. More »
Rolex Fastnet Starts Sunday
The start of the Rolex Fastnet Race on the Solent, which separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of southern England.
© Ken Arrigo / Rolex
The 46th biennial Rolex Fastnet Race will start this Sunday on the Solent in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. More »
Rolex Big Boat Series Preview
The multihull division will be back for the fourth year at September’s Rolex Big Boat Series. Tom Siebel’s Redwood City-based MOD70 trimaran Orion will be the biggest.
© Daniel Forster / Rolex
If you’re planning on signing up for this year’s Rolex Big Boat Series, to be hosted by St. More »
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