Racing
Pacific Cup Starts Today
If you’re looking for an excuse to ditch work this week, we suggest you sneak out the back door, head down to your boat and go witness the departure of the 2012 Pacific Cup fleet. More »
When It Rains, It Pours
Brian VanderZanden on TurboCamper will have finished the 2,120-mile solo race by the time you read this.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC As this post is being uploaded to our servers, Brian VanderZanden on the Hobie 33 TurboCamper has crossed the finish line of the Singlehanded TransPac and is probably enjoying his end-of-race drink of choice — a piña colada — the second boat to do so. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC As this post is being uploaded to our servers, Brian VanderZanden on the Hobie 33 TurboCamper has crossed the finish line of the Singlehanded TransPac and is probably enjoying his end-of-race drink of choice — a piña colada — the second boat to do so. More »
A Racing Hodgepodge
The Vic-Maui race had a scenic start.
© Andrew Madding / Bow Shot Productions
As the Vic-Maui Race fleet are passing San Francisco Bay’s latitude (at 128 to 132 degrees longitude), they’re beginning to swoop south-southwest. More »
Groupama Wins Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama’s French skipper Franck Cammas lifts the Volvo Ocean Race trophy, claiming first place overall, at the final public prize-giving in Galway, Ireland.
© 2012 Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race
After placing second in the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race (from Lorient, France, to Galway, Ireland) Franck Cammas and his French team aboard Groupama, secured top honors in the overall event, which began last October. More »
Truth Smashes Solo TransPac Record
Truth at the start of the race just 8.5 days earlier.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In an age when sailing records are ‘smashed’ by just a few hours — if not minutes — beating a 16-year-old transPacific record by nearly two and a half days is mind-blowing. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In an age when sailing records are ‘smashed’ by just a few hours — if not minutes — beating a 16-year-old transPacific record by nearly two and a half days is mind-blowing. More »
Solo Sailors Keep on Truckin’
Most of the fleet – which are nearing their halfway mark – has packed together like a school of fish since the start. Very unusual for this race.
© 2012 Yellowbrick Tracking
The 23 racers in the Singlehanded TransPac have pushed through the uncomfortable beam seas of the first third of the course and are now enjoying a more comfortable ride, if not an abundance of wind and sun. More »
Coastal Cup with My Three Sons
The Moonlight crew just after they tied up at Santa Barbara YC. Left to right: Matthew, 38, Nick, 17, Jonathan, 16, and Jim Gibbs (age not disclosed).
Moonlight
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jim Gibbs raced his Express 27 Moonlight in last month’s Coastal Cup with his three sons as crew. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jim Gibbs raced his Express 27 Moonlight in last month’s Coastal Cup with his three sons as crew. More »
Singlehanded TransPac Starts
Al Germain’s Wyliecat 30 Bandicoot leads the way for Brian Boschma’s Olson 34 RedSky and Whitall Stokes’ Tartan Ten Slacker during Saturday’s start of the Singlehanded TransPac Race.
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©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 18th running of the Singlehanded TransPac, a biennial 2,120-mile jaunt from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, started off Corinthian YC at noon on Saturday. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 18th running of the Singlehanded TransPac, a biennial 2,120-mile jaunt from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, started off Corinthian YC at noon on Saturday. More »
Next Stop San Francisco for AC45s
The final event in the 2011-12 AC World Series Championship — raced in purpose-built AC45 catamarans — drew to a close yesterday at Newport, RI, with Jimmy Spithill’s Oracle Team USA campaign taking series honors in the fleet racing, and Sweden’s Artemis Racing winning the Match Racing Championship. More »
Fourth of July Sailing Preview
The Newport 30 No Agenda and Black Watch 37 Brigadoon just after the start of 2010’s windy Brothers and Sisters race.
© 2012
Planning to get the boat out to celebrate Independence Day? More »
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