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America’s Cup is on for Next Week

February 3, 2010
USA getting some hang time off Valencia in preparation for the 33rd America’s Cup match. © Gilles Martin-Raget Barring any unforseeable delays, amid a flurry of last-minute legal action the 33rd America’s Cup will get underway Monday! More »

Three Bridge Fiasco Rewards

February 1, 2010
A Moore 24 or Express 27 was a good choice for this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco. Five of the top ten boats overall were one or the other. © Erik Simonson You’d think that whatever controls the weather might have felt inclined to reward the 322 boats that showed up Saturday for the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Three Bridge Fiasco with a reasonably nice day. More »

Three Bridge Fiasco Tomorrow

January 29, 2010
John Foster of the Nonsuch 22 Blueberry reports that with a PHRF rating of 246, he gets one of the biggest handicaps of the 359 entries in tomorrow’s Three Bridge Fiasco, a San Francisco Bay classic. More »

Three Bridge Deadline Approaching

January 25, 2010
Last year’s Three Bridge Fiasco had sun and some breeze to finish off the day. What will conditions be like this Saturday? We don’t know, but we know someone who does . More »

Awards Season

January 22, 2010
Awards season isn’t just for movies, and while the ISAF and the Rolex US Sailing awards usually garner the lion’s share of the press, they aren’t the only ones out there. More »

Not So Fast

January 20, 2010
BMW Oracle Racing’s mega-tri, now dubbed USA and bearing the sail number 17, Larry Ellison’s vanity number, tears it up off Valencia. © Gilles Martin-Raget The Société Nautique de Genève released a revised Notice of Race for AC 33 yesterday, with some changes that have rankled BMW Oracle Racing. More »

First Corinthians Draws a Crowd

January 18, 2010
Charles Brochard’s Olson 34 Baleineau soaks down the North Bay during Saturday’s racing at the ’10 Corinthian Mids. © 2010 Peter Lyons The most common question after Saturday’s opening race of the ’10 Corinthian YC Midwinters was, "Did you finish?" More »

Clipper Race Boat Wrecked, Crew Saved

January 15, 2010
This isn’t the first time Cork has seen trouble. In November, they T-boned England’s Hull & Humber at the start of Race 4, leaving both boats behind to effect repairs. © Clipper Ventures PLC Every sailor who signs up to crew on the Clipper Round the World Race expects a high level of excitement. More »

First Corinthians This Weekend

January 13, 2010
Last year’s Corinthians didn’t get the breeze, but this weekend is looking good! © 2010 Peter Lyons It’s not too late to join the more than 140 boats that have already signed up for the ’10 Corinthian Midwinters; you have until Friday to sign up here. More »

Rolex Yachtsman and Woman Named

January 8, 2010
Bora Gulari smoked the Gorge, and the competition, at last year’s CST Moth World Championships. He also scored a landslide victory from the panelists for the 2009 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. More »