Racing
Big Boat Series Recap
John Kilroy Jr.’s Samba Pa Ti smokin’ past Alcatraz on the way to a hard-fought win in IRC A.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 2008 Rolex Big Boat Series is in the books, and after four days and seven races, a lot of familiar names ended up at the top of the heap. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 2008 Rolex Big Boat Series is in the books, and after four days and seven races, a lot of familiar names ended up at the top of the heap. More »
Usual Suspects Top BBS Leaderboard
Stephen Pugh’s Taboo pulverizes a ‘mogul’ during yesterday’s second race. The twitchy Melges 32s proved a handful for some of the teams when the breeze topped-out in the low-20s.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Bay didn’t disappoint for the opening day of the St. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Bay didn’t disappoint for the opening day of the St. More »
It’s Time For Big Boat Series
Nothing has said ‘September on the Bay’ for the last 44 years like the Rolex Big Boat Series at St. Francis YC. With a near-record 111 entries, the premier big boat regatta in on the West Coast keeps on truckin’, with a quality fleet of custom boats ranging from 35 to 78 feet sailing under IRC, plus one design divisions for J/105s, Melges 32s, Express 37s, J/120s, Beneteau 36.7s and 1D35s. More »
BMW Oracle Decamps to San Diego
BMW Oracle Racing will be changing latitudes at the end of the month, moving its monster trimaran to San Diego to continue the work-up of this impressive beast. At over 100-ft of LOA, the Deed of Gift challenger has a sailplan that far exceeds any of the world’s giant multihulls like Orange II, Groupama 3 and the new Banque Populaire — the mainsail requires a crane to be loaded on and off the boat. More »
Branson to Tackle Transatlantic Record
The Juan K 98 Speedboat in her new Virgin Money livery and ready to take on the Transatlantic record for boats with powered sailing systems.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Taking one’s kids on ocean races is becoming quite popular these days. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Taking one’s kids on ocean races is becoming quite popular these days. More »
Schooner ‘Parade’ Graces the Bay
Who needs synchronized swimming when you can watch Santana and Elizabeth Muir do battle in the Central Bay.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Anyone daysailing within the Central Bay Saturday couldn’t help but notice an inordinate number of spectacular schooners traveling in a counter-clockwise loop. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Anyone daysailing within the Central Bay Saturday couldn’t help but notice an inordinate number of spectacular schooners traveling in a counter-clockwise loop. More »
J/105s Beat by Donkey
Scott Sellers, Eric Ryan and Rolf Kaiser’s Donkey Jack provided plenty of scenes like these at the J/105 North Americans hosted by St. Francis YC.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After four days of pushed-start lines and crowded leeward gates, Donkey Jack ass-kicked the 36-boat fleet at the St Francis YC-hosted J/105 North Americans with an emphatic heeeee-haaw! More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After four days of pushed-start lines and crowded leeward gates, Donkey Jack ass-kicked the 36-boat fleet at the St Francis YC-hosted J/105 North Americans with an emphatic heeeee-haaw! More »
Vintage Schooners to Race Saturday
Hayden Brown’s 70-ft Marconi schooner Aldebaran will be one of a dozen classic beauties to grace the Bay Saturday.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As every S.F. Bay sailor knows, our watery playground has long played host to every sort of boat race you could image — except one. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As every S.F. Bay sailor knows, our watery playground has long played host to every sort of boat race you could image — except one. More »
BMW Oracle Unveils New Weapon
BMW Oracle Racing unveiled their new trimaran in Anacortes today. It’s pretty, but the question is, will it have a dance partner? Unless the team is successful in its appeal, they won’t likely be sailing a Deed of Gift Challenge with it against Alinghi. More »
Tunnicliffe Takes Only U.S. Gold
On Monday, Anna Tunnicliffe hit a home run on the penultimate leg of the women’s singlehanded medal race at the Quingdao Olympics, hitting a massive left shift that sent her from zero to hero. More »
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