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TransPac Starts Monday

July 1, 2011
The Diamond Head Lighthouse and buoy have served as the finish line for the TransPac since 1906. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 46th TransPac gets underway on Monday, when Division 6, the Aloha Division, and the race’s lone multihull entry set sail from Long Beach’s Rainbow Harbor. More »

Our Ride on an AC 45

June 22, 2011
The proof, in case you needed any, that this editor got the short experience of sailing on an AC 45. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After a week of non-stop media and VIP outreach, Oracle Racing turned its attention to race practice for the first AC World Series in August. More »
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Coastal Cup Gets Breeze

June 17, 2011
For the 16 boats in the Encinal YC’s Coastal Cup, it hasn’t taken long to get down the coast. The first of Wednesday’s starters to reach the finish off the West End of Catalina Island, Steve Stroub’s Tiburon-based SC 37 Tiburon, finished at 6:11 this morning in 10-12 knots of breeze, only 45 hours after starting. More »

AC Teams Announced

June 15, 2011
Team principals from the America’s Cup Challengers join Oracle Racing CEO Russell Coutts on stage this morning. latitude/rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Anyone hoping for a surprise at today’s announcement of the team slate for the 34th America’s Cup was probably disappointed. More »
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AC 45 Shenanigans in Full Swing

June 13, 2011
Oracle Racing’s AC 45s have been out there blasting around the Bay, and as the video above shows, it’s been pretty full-on racing for these "little" monsters. This week will be a busy one for the team. More »

Don’t Ditch the Ditch Run

June 3, 2011
Sure, the forecast is calling for a 70% chance of rain tomorrow. And, sure, the wind is supposed to reach a whopping 10 knots — from the SE, no less. But those are lousy reasons to miss the 21st Annual Delta Ditch Run, a 67-mile normally downind run from Richmond YC to Stockton Sailing Club. More »

Special ‘Lectronic: A Cup News

June 2, 2011
If you’ve been planning on playing hookey anytime in the near future, you might want to save it for next week. Oracle Racing will have two AC45s on the water here starting next Monday. More »
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AC 45s Coming to the Bay

May 27, 2011
As recently as a few months ago, it was looking like the Bay Area would miss the the spectacle of the AC 45s altogether. Given a schedule that saw no official activity on the Bay until August of next year — coinciding with the arrival of the AC 72s — it seemed as if the closest the AC 45s would get to sailing here was the proposed Youth America’s Cup. More »
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Artemis is Challenger of Record

May 18, 2011
Swedish Billionaire Torbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis Racing has taken over the reins as the new Challenger of Record for the 34th America’s Cup. Yesterday’s announcement followed on the heels of last week’s withdrawal of Vincenzo Onorato’s Mascalzone Latino team and its hailing yacht club, the Club Nautico di Roma. More »
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AC News, Weekend Racing Preview

May 13, 2011
The America’s Cup machine has been in high gear recently, with teams sailing their AC45s in the "test event" you can check out in the video below:  
  The test event must have been so encouraging that Samsara decided to knock things back to size, with a pretty demoralizing development. More »