Racing
PV Race Starts Friday
The 13 boats in this year’s San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race will get underway Friday and Saturday. The 1100-mile downhill slide will feature two Northern California boats, Tom Akin’s TP 52 Flash, and Bill Turpin and David Janes’ R/P 77 Akela, and you can follow their progress by clicking the "tracking" button at the link above. More »
The Cup Comes Home
The triumphant braintrust from BMW Oracle Racing from left: helmsman James Spithill, team CEO Russell Coutts, team founder Larry Ellison, and Bay Area-product and tactician John Kostecki.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
A 2-0 win in the best-of-three 33rd America’s Cup yesterday means that the Golden Gate YC’s BMW Oracle Racing became the first Bay Area team to successfully challenge for the America’s Cup. More »
USA Gets a “W”
USA hunts down Alinghi 5 in the pre-start, drawing a penalty on the Swiss team shortly after this photo was taken.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
It didn’t start until 2:30 p.m. local time, but the first race of the 33rd America’s Cup finally got underway today in Valencia. More »
America’s Cup a Non-starter
Alinghi 5 and USA displace very little of the “painted sea” off Valencia.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
Last night we resolved to get to bed early and watch the first race of the 33rd America’s Cup this morning on delay. More »
Groupama 3 Charges Ahead
Groupama 3 taking flight across the starting line off Ushant in her Jules Verne Record attempt.
© Team Groupama
Three days into a Jules Verne Trophy attempt, Franck Cammas’ 105-ft trimaran Groupama 3 has broken into the tradewinds and is eyeing a six-day passage to the equator. More »
America’s Cup is on for Next Week
USA getting some hang time off Valencia in preparation for the 33rd America’s Cup match.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
Barring any unforseeable delays, amid a flurry of last-minute legal action the 33rd America’s Cup will get underway Monday! More »
Three Bridge Fiasco Rewards
A Moore 24 or Express 27 was a good choice for this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco. Five of the top ten boats overall were one or the other.
© Erik Simonson
You’d think that whatever controls the weather might have felt inclined to reward the 322 boats that showed up Saturday for the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Three Bridge Fiasco with a reasonably nice day. More »
Three Bridge Fiasco Tomorrow
John Foster of the Nonsuch 22 Blueberry reports that with a PHRF rating of 246, he gets one of the biggest handicaps of the 359 entries in tomorrow’s Three Bridge Fiasco, a San Francisco Bay classic. More »
Three Bridge Deadline Approaching
Last year’s Three Bridge Fiasco had sun and some breeze to finish off the day. What will conditions be like this Saturday? We don’t know, but we know someone who does . More »
Awards Season
Awards season isn’t just for movies, and while the ISAF and the Rolex US Sailing awards usually garner the lion’s share of the press, they aren’t the only ones out there. More »
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