More than 100 boats gathered in Belvedere Cove Saturday evening to honor five lost sailors. © 2012 Erik Simonson The Bay Area sailing community has been in a state of mourning over the loss of five sailors from Low Speed Chase on April 14. More »

While Saturday’s weather conditions were as close to perfection as one could have hoped — as evidenced by day-long traffic jams as city-dwellers tried to make their escape to the beach — Sunday was a little brisker, with more typical summer-like winds. More »

As a way of honoring Marc Kasanin, Alexis Busch, Jordan Fromm, Elmer Morrissey, and Alan Cahill — the five crew of Low Speed Chase who perished in last weekend’s Full Crew Farallones Race — friends and fellow San Francisco YC members are organizing a memorial flotilla tomorrow evening (Saturday, April 19). More »

As if the cruise ship industry hasn’t taken enough of a public relations beating recently following the Costa Concordia tragedy off Italy and Carnival Splendor losing all power with 4,500 passengers off Mexico, there are now allegations that the crew and/or captain of Carnival’s Star Princess ignored three bird-watcher passengers who alerted them to the fact that three fishermen were desperately signalling for help after their boat broke down off the coast of Panama on March 10. More »

At 10:48 a.m. EDT this morning, Annapolis’s Matt Rutherford crossed his outbound track, closing the loop on his record-setting nonstop solo circumnavigation of North and South America. The 31-year-old sailor set off from his hometown last June 11 aboard his Albin Vega 27 St. More »

Boats rounding after Low Speed Chase watched helplessly as heavy shore break pummeled the grounded hull. © 2012 Rune Storesund (*Note: several corrections have been made to our original posting, as new info was revealed.) More »

The West Coast sailing community was dealt another blow on Saturday when Don Anderson was discovered dead aboard his Valiant 47 Summer Passage in Oxnard. "Don was known as the weatherman on so many radio nets throughout Mexico and the Pacific," writes Jim Barden of the Santa Rosalia, Mexico-based Morgan Out Island 28 Ann Marie. More »

Aboard a Coast Guard helicopter, an overhead camera captures the airlift of one of three sailors rescued from the grounding of Low Speed Chase yesterday afternoon. © U.S. Coast Guard The heavy gray cloud cover that shrouded the Bay Area this morning echoed the somber mood of the Bay Area sailing community, as details of yesterday’s Farallon Islands Race tragedy were slowly revealed. More »

The OYRA Crewed Farallones Race ended in tragedy today when James Bradford’s Sydney 38 Low Speed Chase somehow ended up on the rocks at the Southeast Farallon. USCG Petty Officer Levi Read confirmed the well-known offshore race boat went aground around 3 p.m. More »

Ka’iulani’s majestic presence won’t be felt on the Bay until next year. © 2012 Jim Rimmer It was clear, sunny and calm this Saturday when the Sausalito-based 86-ft gaff schooner Ka’iulani cast off her dock lines and headed for Tahiti. More »