Racing
TransPac Big Boats Blazing
Hap Fauth’s R/P 74 Bella Mente is tearing up the racetrack en route to what looks like a new Barn Door record.
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The big boats in the 46th TransPac are smoking down the course, having put up some big numbers since their start on Friday afternoon. More »
LongPac’ers Get Hammered
Twenty-seven boats started the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s LongPac Wednesday and, as of this morning, only four boats were still racing — all of them singlehanded entries. Bob Johnston’s J/92 Ragtime! was the first to touch 126° 40’W, and is 170 miles away from the Bay after a blistering outbound leg. More »
TransPac Starts Monday
The Diamond Head Lighthouse and buoy have served as the finish line for the TransPac since 1906.
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© 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 »
© 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
The proof, in case you needed any, that this editor got the short experience of sailing on an AC 45.
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© 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 »
© 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 »
Coastal Cup Gets Breeze
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
Team principals from the America’s Cup Challengers join Oracle Racing CEO Russell Coutts on stage this morning.
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© 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 »
© 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 »
AC 45 Shenanigans in Full Swing
Don’t Ditch the Ditch Run
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
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 »
AC 45s Coming to the Bay
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