Racing
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 »
Kiter Takes Back Sailing Speed Record
Frenchman Alex Caizergues once again reclaimed the title of world’s fastest human under sail.
Luderitz Speed Challenge
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC On Tuesday French kiter Alex Caizergues reclaimed the mantle of "fastest under sail" at the Luderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC On Tuesday French kiter Alex Caizergues reclaimed the mantle of "fastest under sail" at the Luderitz Speed Challenge in Namibia. More »
Velux 5 Oceans Poised to Start
Brad Van Liew’s Le Pingouin will be one to watch in the ’10-’11 Velux 5 Oceans.
Team Lazarus
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The start of the Velux 5 Oceans is only four days away for the six skippers competing in Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s ’round the worlder. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The start of the Velux 5 Oceans is only four days away for the six skippers competing in Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s ’round the worlder. More »
Fleet Week Rules
It’s time once again for Fleet Week! While that means there’ll be cool stuff like air shows by the Blue Angels and war ship parades and tours, it also means that the Coast Guard has set aside some space for all this to take place. More »
Supes Say Yes!
Hurrah! Two steps closer to the AC!
© 2010 America’s Cup / Carlo Borlenghi
After months of buildup, the race to clear the two most significant initial legislative hurdles for hosting the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay happened so fast that we had to pinch ourselves. More »
Oktoberfest Regatta Update
Oops! We made a mistake in the October issue’s Calendar, noting that the Oktoberfest Regatta on October 16 was sponsored by Richmond YC. Not so! The event, which is a pursuit race around Alcatraz for PHRF boats — or a fun cruiser rally around TI, for those so inclined — is sponsored by Berkeley YC. More »
Help Bring the Cup to America
The time has come when your support could make a huge difference to the fate of the America’s Cup coming to the Bay.
© 2010 Monty Hall
If you missed it, yesterday the City announced that it was offering $270 million for the renovations necessary to host the next America’s Cup. More »
Melges 32s Produce
The Bay is turning out some sterling conditions for the Melges 32 Worlds.
© Sharon Green
Picking up where they left off at the Rolex Big Boat Series, Italian Luca Lalli and his B-lin Sailing team are in the lead the Melges 32 Worlds. More »
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