Racing
Great Pumpkin Regatta Gets Going Tonight
What’s the most telling thing about the popularity of the Richmond YC’s Great Pumpkin Regatta? The fact that there’s nothing else on the schedule this weekend. With three buoy races tomorrow, followed by one of the best regatta parties of the year later that evening, and a relaxed choose-your-own-adventure pursuit race around Alcatraz and Angel Islands on Sunday, the Pumpkin is the perfect coda to the summer racing schedule. More »
First Singlehanded TransPac Seminar
We’re embarrassed at having forgotten to post a reminder in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic that the first seminar for the 2012 Singlehanded TransPac was held last night at Oakland YC. The discussion focused on a brief recap of the race rules, followed by five vets sharing their experiences sailing in the 2,120-mile race from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay, Kauai. More »
U.S. Team Earns Six Medals in PV
With the Pan American Games being hosted by Guadalajara — Mexico’s “second city” — the sailing events were based out of Nuevo Vallarta last week. Team USA’s sailors wrapped up the regatta at the Vallarta Yacht Club on Sunday, grabbing six medals in nine classes on their way home: silvers in the J/24, Lightning, Snipe and Sunfish, and bronzes in the Laser Radial and women’s Windsurfing classes. More »
Emma Aids Stricken Competitor
Aussie Scott Cavanough waves a thanks to the Bay’s Emma Creighton as she sails away.
Pen Ar Clos
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Following the tracker for the Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 left us a little puzzled when it seemed that the Bay’s Emma Creighton inexplicably got smothered by the ITCZ while the boats near her seemed to still be making progress. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Following the tracker for the Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 left us a little puzzled when it seemed that the Bay’s Emma Creighton inexplicably got smothered by the ITCZ while the boats near her seemed to still be making progress. More »
Sailing Hall of Fame Gets First Class
The first class of the National Sailing Hall of Fame.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’ve been racing for any length of time, and the above photo didn’t make you think "wow!", More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’ve been racing for any length of time, and the above photo didn’t make you think "wow!", More »
Emma Hanging Tough
David Raison’s TeamWork Evolution may look anomalous, but it’s currently proving to be plenty quick. The only scow-shaped mini ever built, the boat benefits from the added form stability of the scow shape. More »
“Best Seat in the House”
"Returning back to Sausalito on our 36-ft Cherubini Hunter Wildaire from a sail out to Pt. Bonita on the evening of August 25, three friends and I found ourselves caught in the cross hairs of the frenetic start of the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race," writes Richard Jardine. More »
Sailors’ Chance to Comment on A-Cup
What will perhaps be the only opportunity for the Bay’s sailing and recreational boating community to actually get on record over how the America’s Cup will affect us is coming up tonight. More »
Bay Sailors Win Vintage A-Cup Challenge
Although it was a gray day on the Sound — maybe a little less gray than this black & white photo — spirits were high aboard Weatherly, as Ken Pimentel drove her into the lead during race two. More »
America’s Cup FAQs Updated
The first two America’s Cup World Series events are in the bag, and we thought it would be a good time to update the America’s Cup FAQ page on our website. More »
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