Racing
The Longest Six and Half Feet
Mark Guillemot’s Safran approaches the stricken Yann Elies aboard Generali.
© Mark Guillemot
It’s only six and a half feet, but the distance separating Yann Eliès from his medical kit might as well be intercontinental. More »
Vendee Globe Update
Ice has been a constant threat to the sailors in the Vendee Globe Race.
© 2008 Sam Davies / Roxy
Attrition is a constant in the Vendée Globe Race. Now that most of the 19 boats remaining — out of the 30 that started — are about halfway around the world, it looks like the amount of attrition is well on its way to the 50% mark many people have come to expect. More »
Finally, A Breeze-On Midwinters!
The surface forecast for tomorrow shows 35- to 50-knot winds are predicted offshore.
© NOAA
This weekend marks the second installment of Berkeley YC’s Midwinters, and the first of any of the Bay’s various midwinter series where the breeze will make a significant showing! More »
BMW Oracle Racing Says “No Thanks!”
BMW Oracle Racing has put a lot of time and effort into the preparing this monster trimaran to race Alinghi in a Deed of Gift AC challenge. If they lose their appeal in the New York Court of Appeals, they may not get to race anything in AC 33. More »
Big Bang on Gitana Eighty
Peyron’s ‘big bang’ has taken him out of the running.
© Yvan Zedda / Gitana SA
In one of the real heartbreakers of the singlehanded, nonstop round-the-world Vendée Globe Race, Loïck Peyron reported that his IMOCA 60 Gitana Eighty had dismasted early this morning in the Southern Ocean. More »
Clipper Recruiters In Bay Area This Week
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 »
©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 »
Banderas Bay Blast Starts Wednesday
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 Keeps ‘The Big Sail’ Trophy
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 »
‘Round the World Report
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 »
Cabo Record Falls
Yesterday, Peter Tong’s SC 70, OEX, finished first in the 2008 Long Beach to Cabo San Lucas Race in record-breaking time of 2d, 22h, and 50m, eclipsing the elapsed time race record set back in 1987 by just under five hours. More »
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