Racing
AC Picture Gets Muddled
With the Board of Supervisors Budget and Finance Committee set to vote today on whatever iteration of the Host City Agreement survives the final number crunching, the message from BMW Oracle Racing was disturbing to Cup fans who want to see the Cup come to the Bay. More »
AC Effort Makes Final Push
The final chance to show your support for San Francisco’s bid to host the 34th America’s Cup is coming up this Wednesday. The Board of Supervisors’ Budget and Finance Committee will first review the fiscal impacts of hosting the America’s Cup, before deciding on whether or not to send the Host City Agreement on to the full Board with a stamp of approval. More »
One Step Closer
The San Francisco Port Commission voted 3-0 yesterday on two proposals to host the 34th America’s Cup on the San Francisco waterfront. The overflow crowd of about 100 people was joined by a cadre of local mainstream media to hear the arguments for and against the two proposed locations for the Cup. More »
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 »
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