Racing
Race Talks Galore
If you weren’t one of the 70 or so people who showed up last night to see ’08-’09 Vendée Globe veteran Rich Wilson kick off the Corinthian YC‘s speaker series, you really, really missed out. More »
Next Two Clippers Reach the Bay
A relieved Qingdao crew makes it to SF Marina.
Clipper Ventures
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eighteen hours after Qingdao finished Leg 7 of the Clipper Round the World Race, Jamaica Lightning Bolt carried its 32 hours of redress with it across the finish line off North Farallon late last night. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eighteen hours after Qingdao finished Leg 7 of the Clipper Round the World Race, Jamaica Lightning Bolt carried its 32 hours of redress with it across the finish line off North Farallon late last night. More »
Cape Breton Island Makes the Bay
Cape Breton Island gets a fireboat welcome as they sail into the Bay yesterday morning.
© Erik Simonson
Cape Breton Island, the first of nine boats in the ’09-’10 Clipper ‘Round The World Race, sailed through the Gate yesterday morning after 28.5 days of sailing across a storm-lashed North Pacific. More »
DH Farallones? Plan on Having an EPIRB . . .
You’d better have your EPIRB certificate ready for the DH Farallones skippers’ meeting or you won’t get to play.
© 2010 Peter Lyons
All skippers planning to do the Bay Area Multihull Association‘s Doublehanded Farallones are required to have a registered 406 MHz EPIRB aboard for the race on April 3. More »
California Dismasted, Crew Safe
California’s rig goes the way of Cal’s ’10 NCAA Tournament trip.
Clipper Ventures
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In what has to be one of the most saddening developments to date for supporters of the first Golden State entry in the ’09-’10 Clipper ‘Round the World Race, our namesake boat California was dismasted Sunday evening some 1,800 miles from the Bay. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In what has to be one of the most saddening developments to date for supporters of the first Golden State entry in the ’09-’10 Clipper ‘Round the World Race, our namesake boat California was dismasted Sunday evening some 1,800 miles from the Bay. More »
Groupama 3 Smashes Jules Verne Record
Groupama 3 glides into Brest after a setting a new ’round the world record of 48d, 7h, 44m.
Groupama
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just before 10 p.m. Saturday, Franck Cammas and his nine-man dream team passed the Ushant lighthouse after 48d, 7h, 44m, 52s, becoming the first crew to sail around the world in under 50 days, and take the Jules Verne Trophy in the process. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just before 10 p.m. Saturday, Franck Cammas and his nine-man dream team passed the Ushant lighthouse after 48d, 7h, 44m, 52s, becoming the first crew to sail around the world in under 50 days, and take the Jules Verne Trophy in the process. More »
Groupama 3 Powers Home
As of a day ago, Franck Cammas’ 105-ft trimaran Groupama 3 had spent as much time behind the pace of the Jules Verne Trophy holder as she had in front of it. More »
‘California’ in the Hunt in Clipper Race
Despite not being able to fly their main for the last 12 hours, California is still within striking distance of the leaders in Race 7 — from Qingdao to San Francisco — of the ’09-’10 Clipper ‘Round the World Race. More »
MEXORC Heats Up
Cirque and Horizon rumble down Banderas Bay during yesterday’s 25-miler to Las Caletas.
latitude/Rob
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Today’s a lay day at the ’10 Nextel Regatta Copa México, and to be perfectly honest, we’re ready for a little break. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Today’s a lay day at the ’10 Nextel Regatta Copa México, and to be perfectly honest, we’re ready for a little break. More »
PV Race Wraps-Up, MEXORC Kicks Off
Alchemy navigator Artie Means won the “photo of the race” contest for his end-of-the-spin-pole photo of the boat surfing toward Banderas Bay.
© 2010 Artie Means
On hearing that Bill Turpin’s Northern California-based R/P 77 Akela broke Magnitude 80‘s Vallarta Race record, we knew that it had to have been a fast race. More »
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