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Racing Shorts

March 12, 2008
Does four days of racing in the Caribbean sound like fun? If you’re reading this and haven’t just come back from the 28th running of the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta, then you’ll have to wait until next year to get in on that action. More »

The Weekend’s Racing Report

March 10, 2008
Sweet Okole and Bad Hare Day grind around Alcatraz. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The weekend decided to thumb its nose at the National Weather Service and gave racers breeze, sun and generally pleasant weather. More »

Big Daddy Regatta This Weekend

March 7, 2008
If work or other commitments kept you from making the Banderas Bay Regatta or MEXORC, don’t sweat it too much — you’ve got a local alternative. Then again, if the "Some Like it Hot" Mexican theme of this year’s Big Daddy Regatta lives up to its billing, you’ll probably end up breaking a sweat anyway. More »

West Oz Dismasted in Clipper Race

March 5, 2008
A failed cap shroud terminal has dismasted the Clipper Round the World Race boat Westernaustralia2011.com. According to reports from race organizeers, the 81-ft rig buckled in half some 700 miles east of Yokohama, Japan, while the boat sailed under spinnaker in 10- to 15-knot winds. More »

Perfect Weather for Vallarta Race Week

Five of the 19 boats in the MEXORC fleet have at it in ideal conditions during the second of two races on Tuesday. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After what’s generally considered to have been a surprisingly cool winter cruising season in Mexico, somebody flipped on the switch labeled Perfect Weather for Vallarta Race Week. More »

Spring Pops Early for Racers

March 3, 2008
Saturday’s breeze caught more than a few boats on the wrong side of a jibe demonstrated here by Steve Klein’s Express 27 Magic. © 2008 Peter Lyons Spring doesn’t officially start until March 20 but Mother Nature held a pre-party Saturday, popping the cork on a bottle of 20- to 25-knot northwesterly that sent some boats sideways. More »

Mag 80 Takes PV Record

February 27, 2008
Doug Baker and his Mag 80 crew took six hours off the old PV record when they crossed the line at 4 a.m. SDYC Vallarta Race
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Doug Baker’s Magnitude 80 finished the San Diego to Puerto Vallarta race just after four this morning, taking six hours off the course record when she crossed the finish line off Punta Mita. After More »

PV Fleet Making Tracks

February 25, 2008
The San Diego Yacht Club’s race to Puerto Vallarta got underway Saturday for Divisions 1, 2, and 3 in a 10- to 12-kt southwesterly. The boats started off Shelter Island, serenaded by a Mariachi band, before settling in for some upwind sailing that lasted into Sunday morning. More »
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IYC’s Sadie Hawkins Race is a Go

February 20, 2008
If you think the threat of a little rain is going to stop the hardy ladies signed up for this Saturday’s Sadie Hawkins Race on the Estuary, think again, buster. Joanne McFee wants everyone to know that, come rain or shine, the race will happen and she’d like to see even more boats sign up for this fully crewed (with a woman at the helm) event. More »

Groupama 3 Capsizes

February 18, 2008
Groupama 3 upside down off New Zealand; game over for their Jules Verne Record attempt. Groupama 3
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC A reported failure in her port ama has turned both Groupama 3 and her Jules Verne record attempt upside down some 80 miles off the coast of southeastern New Zealand. More »