Racing
Master Mariners Put On a Show
Ouessant chases Credit who chases Curlew.
latitude/JR
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the largest, hardest fought and most colorful regattas of the year took place over the weekend. But there were no megabucks one-offs or uber one-designs, and the only carbon-based material in evidence was the wood the boats were built of and the life forms sailing them. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the largest, hardest fought and most colorful regattas of the year took place over the weekend. But there were no megabucks one-offs or uber one-designs, and the only carbon-based material in evidence was the wood the boats were built of and the life forms sailing them. More »
Vessella Takes Laser Masters NAs
Conditions at the 2009 Laser Masters North Americans weren’t as breezy as they were here in this photo of the 2007 Laser PCCs on the Bay, but it didn’t faze the Peninsula’s Peter Vessella (right). More »
It’s Official
The future’s comin’! Dogzilla got the invite to the party, in early February of next year.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
Yesterday the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court upheld an earlier decision by the state’s Court of Appeals that — barring an unlikely mutual consent agreement — Alinghi must meet BMW Oracle Racing for a Deed of Gift America’s Cup match on February 7 or 8 of next year. More »
Get Out the Vote
The Bay Area’s Dan Woolery is up for the Seahorse Sailor of the Month. Make sure to get out the vote!
© Sharon Green
Readers of ‘Lectronic Latitude and Latitude 38 should be familiar with Dan Woolery’s Soozal and her successes in Florida and the Caribbean this winter. More »
The Call of the ‘Seaward’
Okay, so we know it looks like we just told Katinka Kieliger to stand next to Seaward’s wheel, but you better believe it – this girl can drive! She took the helm for a solid 20 minutes and only gave it up when we pulled into the dock. More »
Taking the Bulls by the Horns
The start of the 2009 Bullship was in very light breeze. A butterfly actually passed us.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was about midmorning on Saturday when the theme from Rawhide started playing in our heads: “Movin, movin, movin; Though they’re disapprovin’; Keep them dogies movin’; Rawhide!" More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was about midmorning on Saturday when the theme from Rawhide started playing in our heads: “Movin, movin, movin; Though they’re disapprovin’; Keep them dogies movin’; Rawhide!" More »
In the Bay, Outta This World
The Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Season keeps ramping up, with the Corinthian Race drawing a record turnout just months after the Three Bridge Fiasco did the same.
© 2009 Erik Simonson
If Saturday’s Corinthian Race (formerly known as the In the Bay Race) was any indication, the Singlehanded Sailing Society is really on a roll this year. More »
BVI Spring Regatta
Whether you were sailing in the regatta’s only one-design division, the IC 24s, or even Bareboat B, the B.V.I. Spring Regatta was warm, breezy and just downright pleasant.
© 2009 Todd VanSickle
It’s tough work, if you can get it, but sometimes a Racing Editor is forced to take one for the team and travel to far-flung destinations in order to track down Northern California sailors who venture beyond our region. More »
Weekend Racing Wrap Up – Best of the ‘Fest
The Bay was busy this weekend, and not only with the nearly 50 J/boats participating in St. Francis YC’s J/Fest.
© 2009 Erik Simonson
The ‘main event’ in local racing this past weekend was the 2009 J/Fest Regatta, hosted by the St. More »
Weekend Racing Wrap Up
With Monday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude dedicated to the dramatic rescue during the Doublehanded Farallones Race, we didn’t have room for our usual weekend racing review. So we bring it to you now. More »
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