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OYRA Crewed Lightship

March 24, 2008
Most boats in the race carried daisies out in memory of Kirby Gale and Tony Harrow. © 2008 Bob Naber Seventy-three boats were entered in this weekend’s Crewed Lightship Race, the first event on OYRA’s 2008 calendar. More »

Court Validates BMW Oracle’s Challenge

March 19, 2008
Yesterday New York Supreme Court Justice Herman Cahn struck down America’s Cup holder Alinghi’s appeal in the protracted battle for who gets to challenge for the Cup and when. The decision validated BMW Oracle Racing’s Challenge for the America’s Cup 33 which means that, in order to not forfeit the match, Alinghi will need to meet BMW Oracle in October. More »

Doublehanded Lightship

March 17, 2008
Jonathan Livingston’s Punk Dolphin glides under the Golden Gate. Note the twin pole arrangement. latitude/JR
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Thirty-eight of 40 boats that started Island YC’s 37th annual Doublehanded Lightship Race on Saturday finished the 25-mile course around the Lightship buoy and back. More »
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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 »