Racing
Not So Fast
BMW Oracle Racing’s mega-tri, now dubbed USA and bearing the sail number 17, Larry Ellison’s vanity number, tears it up off Valencia.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
The Société Nautique de Genève released a revised Notice of Race for AC 33 yesterday, with some changes that have rankled BMW Oracle Racing. More »
First Corinthians Draws a Crowd
Charles Brochard’s Olson 34 Baleineau soaks down the North Bay during Saturday’s racing at the ’10 Corinthian Mids.
© 2010 Peter Lyons
The most common question after Saturday’s opening race of the ’10 Corinthian YC Midwinters was, "Did you finish?" More »
Clipper Race Boat Wrecked, Crew Saved
This isn’t the first time Cork has seen trouble. In November, they T-boned England’s Hull & Humber at the start of Race 4, leaving both boats behind to effect repairs.
© Clipper Ventures PLC
Every sailor who signs up to crew on the Clipper Round the World Race expects a high level of excitement. More »
First Corinthians This Weekend
Last year’s Corinthians didn’t get the breeze, but this weekend is looking good!
© 2010 Peter Lyons
It’s not too late to join the more than 140 boats that have already signed up for the ’10 Corinthian Midwinters; you have until Friday to sign up here. More »
Rolex Yachtsman and Woman Named
Bora Gulari smoked the Gorge, and the competition, at last year’s CST Moth World Championships. He also scored a landslide victory from the panelists for the 2009 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. More »
January Racing Forecast
They call it a “fiasco” for a reason. It’s about the most fun charlie-foxtrot you can willingly get yourself into.
© Peter Lyons
January brings a little bit more to the midwinter racing schedule in the form of the first installment of the ever-popular Corinthian YC Mids January 16-17. More »
Roy Disney Succumbs to Cancer
Roy Disney, top left, with his ’07 TransPac crew from Pyewacket. Disney passed away earlier today. He was 79.
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One of the world’s preeminent yachtsmen, Roy E. Disney, passed away earlier today in Newport Beach — less than a month from his 80th birthday — after a year-long bout with stomach cancer. More »
Giant ‘Berg Heading for Western Australia
B17B is headed for warmer climes, wandering toward Western Australia, already clear of the Freezing Fifties.
© NASA
A 55-sq-mile iceberg measuring some 12 miles long by five miles wide — twice the size of Manhattan — is drifting slowly north from Antarctica towards Western Australia. More »
Vessella Takes Piana Cup
Peninsula-based St. Francis YC member Peter Vessella and his crew of Tracy Usher and John Callahan beat a "who’s-who" field at the Piana Cup on Biscayne Bay last weekend. The first of the four events that constitute the Jaguar Cup midwinter series for Etchells, the regatta brought out 45 boats for what had been scheduled to be a two-day regatta. More »
Meet Solo TransPac’ers at EYC
If you’re on the fence about entering next summer’s Singlehanded TransPac, you’ll have a chance to meet with some race veterans, check out their boats and even have your boat ‘pre-inspected’ this Sunday, December 13, at Encinal YC. More »
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