Racing
Rich Man, Poor Man
Mark Deppe on Alchera crossed the halfway point in the Singlehanded TransPac yesterday.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The movement of the North Pacific High, as noted in today’s Pac Cup story, has affected many of the singlehanders as well. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The movement of the North Pacific High, as noted in today’s Pac Cup story, has affected many of the singlehanders as well. More »
Dive! Pac Cup-ers Take Southerly Route
The Barran Family’s Antrim 40 XL charges off the Cityfront on a perfect summer day in yesterday’s Division E Pacific Cup start.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The southerly route is definitely in favor amongst the seven Pacific Cup divisions which have started to date. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The southerly route is definitely in favor amongst the seven Pacific Cup divisions which have started to date. More »
Wind Fills for Solo Racers
The tracks of their tears. For the first three days, the Solo TransPac racers were frustrated with light-to-no winds but the breeze has finally filled in.
© 2008 Google Earth
Looking a bit like a giant squid in the throes of death, the position tracker for the 2008 Singlehanded TransPac shows the meandering and (until yesterday) slow progress for this year’s fleet. More »
Coville Claims West-East Transatlantic Record
Thomas Coville enjoys a well-deserved celebratory drink after taking eight and a half hours off the singlehanded west-east transatlantic record.
© 2008 Francois Van Mallenghen / Sodeb’O
Thomas Coville sailed his 105-ft trimaran Sodeb’O past the Lizard 5 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes after leaving New York, taking eight and a half hours off the previous singlehanded west-east transatlantic record set by Francis Joyon in IDEC 1 in 2005. More »
Pacific Cup Racers Into More Breeze
Dean Treadway’s venerable Farr 36 Sweet Okole leads the Pacific Cup fleet as it stands right now.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After a slow first 24 hours, Monday’s starters — which included the two doublehanded divisons and Division A — in the 2008 Pacific Cup finally got into some breeze as they were joined on the course by Divisions B and C yesterday. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After a slow first 24 hours, Monday’s starters — which included the two doublehanded divisons and Division A — in the 2008 Pacific Cup finally got into some breeze as they were joined on the course by Divisions B and C yesterday. More »
Hawaii Bound
Always an eclectic fleet, this year’s Solo TransPac entries include (l to r) Jeff Lebesch’s Hammerhead 54 Hecla, John Hayward’s Valiant 40 Dream Chaser and Nick Ratto’s Hawkfarm Kali O Kalani. More »
Coville Within 200 Miles of Record
Thomas Coville wrestles the gennaker aboard his 105-ft trimaran Sodeb’O. With less than 200 miles to go, a building high-pressure system is throwing a wrench in Coville’s attempt to break Francis Joyon’s singlehanded West-East Transatlantic record. More »
The Seven Day Racing Outlook
After a relatively racing-light Fourth of July weekend, this week is ramping up to be a doozy. Racing concludes tomorrow in the US Sailing Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship for the Ida Lewis Trophy hosted by Sausalito YC. More »
Ragtime Takes Top Honors in Tahiti
As luck would have it, every arrival was at night. Last night Fortaleza was greeted at the line by the commodore of the Tahiti YC and others, who welcomed the crew with an armload of cold Hinano beers. More »
Rest of Vic-Maui Fleet Closing on Hawaii
Warren Hale’s C&C 44 Turicum arrives in Maui after more than 16 days at sea in a slow Vic-Maui Race.
Vic-Maui Race
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Paul Bieker-designed Riptide 50 Strum took elapsed time honors in the 2,308-mile Vic-Maui race on Saturday. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Paul Bieker-designed Riptide 50 Strum took elapsed time honors in the 2,308-mile Vic-Maui race on Saturday. More »
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