California will be sponsoring a boat in the 2009-10 Clipper ‘Round the World Race. Organizers will be recruiting in the Bay Area this week. Clipper Ventures
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If following the Volvo Ocean and Vendée Globe races has left you with a desire for some ’round the world action but you lack sufficient credentials or a multi-million dollar sponsor to do either, you have an option! More »

There’s no telling who might show up for this week’s Banderas Bay Blast for Charity, three days of tropical sailing fun and games that will see the fleet visit Nayarit Riviera Marina, Punta Mita and Paradise Marina. More »

Stanford held on to The Big Sail trophy with wins in the first and last of the annual best-of-three match racing event against Cal. © 2008 Peter Lyons With wins in the first and last races in fog and 8- to 12-knots of breeze, Stanford beat Cal in the Varsity division at Tuesday’s Big Sail. More »

Loick Peyron is first to the doldrums in the 2008 Vendee Globe. © Jean-Marie Liot DPPI/Vendee Globe Ten days into the singlehanded 2008 Vendée Globe Race, the leaders are running into the doldrums with Loïck Peyron and his Farr-designed Gitana 80 leading the charge. More »

Francis Joyon was snubbed in the voting for the ISAF’s male World Sailor of the Year for 2008. © 2008 Vincent Curutchet/DPPI/IDEC When it voted to discontinue the multihull event for the 2012 Olympics, we started to wonder if all the rancor directed at ISAF wasn’t warranted, at least in part. More »

The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s inaugural RORC Caribbean 600 looks likely to get off to a good start. It will be even stronger if an anticipated first — a head-to-head battle between the two 100-ft super maxis, Mike Slade’s much modified Farr-designed Leopard and Alex Jackson’s Juan K-designed Virgin Money/Speedboat — comes to fruition. More »

Francis Joyon and his IDEC 2 just took 15 hours off the singlehanded Route of Discovery record from Cadiz to San Salvador via Grand Canary Island. © Jean-Marie Liot DPPI/IDEC Francis Joyon sailed his 97-ft Irens/Cabaret trimaran IDEC 2 into San Salvador a little after 6 p.m. More »

Following a slow spot in the middle of the Atlantic, Francis Joyon has his 97-ft Irens/Cabaret-designed trimaran IDEC 2 going in the right direction. Although the "simple sailor from Locmariaquer" is sailing in lighter breeze that will likely continue until he finishes, Joyon’s increased his lead over the current record pace for the singlehanded Route of Discovery run — from Cadiz to San Salvador via Grand Canary Island — to over 350 miles with just 300 miles to go while maintaining a heading that puts him very close to finish. More »

Joyon is building a cushion of time on his Route of Discovery record attempt. © 2008 JM Liot/DPPI/IDEC Only a day and a half into his attempt on the singlehanded Route of Discovery, Francis Joyon is nearly 120 miles ahead of the current record’s pace. More »