Racing
Minis Prepare to head South
Emma Creighton and her Pocket Rocket (highlighted in red) are currently well-hedged in what’s turning out to be a very tricky start to the Mini Transat.
© Transat 6.50
The fleet in the Charente-Maritime/Bahia Transat 6.50 have a had a slow first few days, sailing upwind across the Bay of Biscay in predominately light air since the start on Sunday afternoon. More »
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Emma Gets Ready to Send It
La Rochelle, France, is where all the Mini Transat action is until Sunday. The Bay’s Emma Creighton will be one of the 78 starters.
© 2011 Classe Mini
The biennial Mini Transat starts from La Rochelle, France on Sunday, and the Bay Area will have its adopted own, Emma Creighton among the 78 starters. More »
ACWS Plymouth Wraps-up
Last Boat Show of the Year
The Northern California Power and Sailboat Expo is going on through the weekend at Jack London Square.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you geek out on boat gear as much as we do, then you probably like going to boat shows, because . More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you geek out on boat gear as much as we do, then you probably like going to boat shows, because . More »
Rolex Big Boat Series Jams
We started off Friday’s ‘Lectronic with a photo of this boat ripping along. Saturday threw a little too much power to the fleet.
© 2011 Sharon Green
After a gorgeous opening day, the St. More »
Rolex Big Boat Series Begins With a Bang
Dee Smith and the crew of Team Premier smashing downwind yesterday afternoon. Smith said, “We didn’t get the boat here until Tuesday afternoon, we’ll be a little more organized tomorrow.”
© 2011 Sharon Green
After last year’s light, mellow event, the ’11 Rolex Big Boat Series got off to a banner start yesterday. More »
SPECIAL EDITION: Windjammers Cancelled
We bring you this webcam snapshot of the Santa Cruz Harbor Beach not to show you the size of the waves, rather to show that the harbor’s webcams desperately need cleaning! More »
Kiters Sweep Bridge to Bridge Podium
A decidedly mellow Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race allowed the kiters to take the top-three spots.
© Rich Roberts
The Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race drew 37 entries yesterday afternoon for what by all accounts was a pretty mellow 7.5-mile slide from the Gate to Yerba Buena Island. More »
18-ft Skiffs Getting Ready
Blast-off! The 18-ft Skiffs get going on Sunday on the Cityfront.
© Sharon Green
The St. Francis YC’s 18-ft International Regatta is the only event of its kind in the United States. More »
Fastnet Carnage
George David’s Juan K 100 Rambler may have been lost, but thankfully none of the crew were.
© Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex
The 266 boats still racing in the biennial Rolex Fastnet Race are running into lighter air after an initial two days of breeze on conditions that produced two elapsed time records and claimed one of the world’s fastest monohulls. More »
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