Racing
Racing Outlook
There wasn’t much racing scheduled this weekend, given the holiday, so instead of wrapping-up what wasn’t, we’ll give you a heads-up on what’s coming. Before we get to the weekend, bear in mind that the Port Comission’s special meeting regarding the America’s Cup is, as far as we know, still on for tomorrow at its hearing room on the second floor of the Ferry Building at 9:30 a.m. More »
Support the Cup, Save the Dates
If you were one of the dozens of people who showed up October 4 for the Board of Supervisors Land Use Committee meeting to support San Francisco’s bid to host America’s Cup 34, then you know the impact your presence made on the tenor of the public comment. More »
Big Sail a Big Show
Stanford’s varsity has Cal’s varsity hooked in the pre-start on Tuesday.
© Sergei Zavarin
Alumni, students, parents, spectators, and media converged on St. Francis YC Tuesday for the Big Sail — the annual match race between Cal and Stanford which takes place the same week as the storied ‘Big Game’ between the two schools. More »
Route du Rhum Almost Over
Lionel Lemonchois’ Prince de Bretagne blazes into Guadeloupe for the Multi50 win.
© Marcel Mochet
With less than 100 miles to go, Thomas Ruyant looks poised to win the 44-boat Class 40 division in the ’10 Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale. More »
Cammas Set to Win, Van Liew Builds Lead
Franck Cammas is poised on the brink of his first Route du Rhum win in a monster of a boat that was designed solely for crewed sailing.
© 2010 Yvan Zedda
Franck Cammas has never won the Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale, but it looks like this may be his year. More »
Cammas, Van Liew Still Lead
Franck Cammas’ Groupama 3 (in red) has the rhumbline well-protected against his closest competition, Thomas Coville’s Sodeb’O, to the north. The orange line represents Lionel Lemonchois’s record-setting 2006 run, and the final zag is roughly indicative of the final course to the finish. More »
Cammas Takes Lead in RdR
After exiting the Bay of Biscay, Franck Cammas took a hard left and headed South, a strategy that’s paying off in the ’10 Route du Rhum-La Banque Postale. With about 2,250 miles to go Groupama 3 has gained a lead of 250 miles, although in a race featuring G-class multihulls, that’s about equivalent to a couple botched sail changes. More »
Cal Maritime Takes Top-Five
After completing one race today, the Cal Maritime Keelhaulers have locked up fifth place overall in the ’10 Student Yachting World Cup in La Rochelle. Although the race committee took the spinnakers out of the sailors hands in the 20-knot, big wave conditions, the team was able to finish fifth in what would turn out to be the final race of the regatta. More »
Racing for a Cause
Due to all this Baja Ha-Ha hoopla, we’re going to have save the weekend Racing Wrap-up for Wednesday. In the meantime, we wanted to give you a heads up on a couple worthy items. More »
Van Liew Leads Velux 5 Oceans
Three days out from La Rochelle, the lone American entry in the Velux 5 Oceans Race, Brad Van Liew, has already amassed a 50-mile lead over his nearest competitor. As the boats search for the northeasterly trades off the coast of Portugal, Van Liew’s Le Pingouin has taken a hitch out to sea, no doubt to close the east-west separation between him and his nearest competitior, Polish sailor Gutek Gutkowski aboard Operon. More »
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