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Sailagram: A Snapshot of March Sailing

By Nicki Bennett | April 2, 2021 |

Did you get out sailing in March? It has been an incredible spring for many sailors. This month’s Sailagram feed is full of photos submitted by our readers, the real sailors who make our community so amazing.

'Lectronic Latitude: Friday, May 7

Time to Join the Fleet

Baja Ha-Ha XXVII Entries Off to a Robust Start

Seventy-six paid entries were received in the first 12 hours of sign-ups for the November 1 Ha-Ha.

The weekend starts today.

Who’s Starting the Weekend with a Friday Night Beer Can Race?

If you let go of winning you can relax, stay out of trouble, and just consider it a Friday night buoy tour with friends.

Building Small Wooden Boats

This year we discovered that the Bay Area is also home to numerous small wooden boats that are either under construction or have already been completed — so many, in fact, that it appears to be a growing trend.

Pyewacket Destroys Cabo Record

Pyewacket finished in 1 day, 21 hours, 22 minutes and 52 seconds.

Finistere — Santa Barbara to San Francisco

After purchasing a 1989 Sabre 38 MkII we're renaming Finistere in Long Beach last fall, we'd been waiting for the right moment to bring her north.

Hey Ya, Banderas Bay Regatta!

To get the crew pumped up, I cranked Hey Ya! by Outkast to volume 11. As we crossed the stern of the committee boat to check in, the entire crew was dancing on the deck. Crap, I'd better get back to the wheel before I run into someone.

Max Ebb — Paper Metacenter

Let me show you how to make a real paper boat. And it's not just, like, any paper boat, it's a working model of a Coast Guard self-righting surf rescue boat.

Racing Sheet

The America's Schooner Cup leads off, then we ask Who's Your (Big) Daddy. The SSS Rounds a Box-o-Rocks, BYC's Wheeler Regatta kicks off the YRA Summer Series, an Oregon Man Wins the Camellia Cup, and the OYRA Lights It Up. Box Scores includes some final Midwinters results and more.

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