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ACWS Cascais Wraps Up

August 15, 2011
Emirates Team New Zealand does a fly-by to celebrate winning a tricky final fleet race at the America’s Cup World Series Cascais. © 2011 Ricardo Pinto Emirates Team New Zealand proved to be the class of the first ever America’s Cup World Series event in Cascais, Portugal, which wrapped-up over the weekend. More »
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Readers Share Their Wit

August 10, 2011
On Monday we couldn’t resist sharing the astounding video of the sloop Atalanta trying to squeak past the bow of an 870-ft long supertanker during Cowe’s Week off the Isle of Wight. More »

AC World Series in Full Swing

Emirates Team New Zealand is indeed flying high at the America’s Cup World Series in Cascais, Portugal. © Gilles Martin-Raget The America’s Cup World Series got going in Cascais, Portugal, over the weekend with eight teams and nine boats. More »
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Uhh. . . Really?

August 8, 2011
The annual Cowes Week is a bit off our normal beat, but we couldn’t resist sharing this jaw-dropping video with you, which seems to illustrate an over-abundance of wishful thinking. Did crewmen aboard the sloop Atalanta really think they could make it past the supertanker’s bow in time? More »

4.7s Set To Wrap Up Tomorrow

August 1, 2011
The Laser 4.7 worlds have had plenty of breeze for the 163 competitors. © Erik Simonson The Laser 4.7 Worlds are steaming right along over at the St. Francis YC. The boy’s fleets started in light air at noon on a very foggy, gray day. More »

Lasers Seize Control of the Bay

July 29, 2011
Laser 4.7s practice on the waterfront prior to the class’s worlds, which started yesterday. © 2011 Jessie Simonson The Laser 4.7 worlds got underway yesterday at St. Francis YC, marking the beginning of a two-week-plus stretch of some hardcore Laser racing on the Bay. More »

Whidbey Island, Double Damned

July 27, 2011
The Santa Cruz 27s used Whidbey Island Race as their nationals. Their 12 boats were the largest one design class out of a 100-boat fleet. © 2011 Clear Ahead Marine Prodcutions The 29th Annual Whidbey Island Race Week attracted 109 keelboats from the West Coast over July 17-22 for what’s the last week-long "race week" in the U.S. More »

TransPac Notes

July 18, 2011
A moment of TransPac zen. Bob Lane’s Andrews 63 Medicine Man sending it into the finish at Diamond Head. latitude/Rob
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The last three days have seen a flurry of TransPac arrivals in Honolulu, with welcoming parties taking place at all hours of the day and night. More »

Ocean Racing News

July 15, 2011
The Oakcliff American Offshore Team on the STP 65 Vanquish is in some good company, finishing the 2950-mile Transatlantic Race next to Karl Kwok’s Farr 80 Beau Geste. © Amory Ross While much of our offshore focus has been on the Pacific of late, there’s a strong Bay Area connection to the Transatlantic Race. More »

TransPac-ers Get a Case of the Slows

July 13, 2011
With much of the fleet at, or past the halfway mark, the 46th TransPac is turning out to be a pretty compelling yacht race. After their remarkably fast leap off the coast, the big boats have consistently seen their breeze drop and become more variable as they compress against Monday’s starters. More »