Racing
Kiters Sweep Bridge to Bridge Podium
A decidedly mellow Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race allowed the kiters to take the top-three spots.
© Rich Roberts
The Ronstan Bridge to Bridge Race drew 37 entries yesterday afternoon for what by all accounts was a pretty mellow 7.5-mile slide from the Gate to Yerba Buena Island. More »
18-ft Skiffs Getting Ready
Blast-off! The 18-ft Skiffs get going on Sunday on the Cityfront.
© Sharon Green
The St. Francis YC’s 18-ft International Regatta is the only event of its kind in the United States. More »
Fastnet Carnage
George David’s Juan K 100 Rambler may have been lost, but thankfully none of the crew were.
© Carlo Borlenghi/Rolex
The 266 boats still racing in the biennial Rolex Fastnet Race are running into lighter air after an initial two days of breeze on conditions that produced two elapsed time records and claimed one of the world’s fastest monohulls. More »
ACWS Cascais Wraps Up
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 »
Readers Share Their Wit
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 »
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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 »
Uhh. . . Really?
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
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
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
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 »
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