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Latest Issue: June 2025
48Greatest Vallejo Race Ever?
The brass at the Vallejo Yacht Club pulled out all the stops to put together what may have been the greatest Great Vallejo Race in history. If you like sailing, dancing, feasting, or watching fellow sailors performing acts that are likely to go viral on YouTube the next day, Vallejo was the place to be on May 4-5.
52Singlehanded Transpacific Race
Following the COVID interruption in 2020, the race to Hanalei Bay switched from even years to odd years and picked up where it left off in 2021. Since 1978, a lot has changed in Hawaii, even idyllic Kauai, which has grown and become less agricultural and more touristy.
56The Creation Of C3
One of the most unique boats to sail the Bay in recent years is Charles Ray's 60-ft C3 ("C cubed"). Part catboat, part "Batboat," part performance art, it's not hard to imagine the Caped Crusader himself might be on the tiller as the boat hisses by.
62Cruising Then and Now
Condesa sailed under the Golden Gate 17 years ago, after a 10-year circumnavigation. After my marrying Alison and our having Henry (age 12) and Lena (age 10), Condesa is finally back at it for a six-month family cruise around the Gulf of California.
66Max Ebb — Tides And Details
No question about it, young techies are the best navigators. They know how to extract the latest weather info from the web, and they can make Expedition dance.
70Racing Sheet
It's a melange of regattas for us this month, with Sailing League, the Area G Sears Cup Qualifier and the S.F. Bay J/105 Women Skipper Invitational at StFYC; the YRA Lightship Race; a skipper overboard in the YRA In the Bay Series; SCYC's Moore 24 Roadmaster and Laser NorCals.
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