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Sailagram: A Snapshot of February Sailing
Sailing in February saw us enjoying Valentine’s Day, aka “I love sailing day,” plus some wet and wild weather and summery weather.
Sailagram: Snapshot of January Sailing
2024 is off to a racey start! Lots of winter regatta action. Catch it here as Sailagram brings the heat to an otherwise chilly month on the S.F. Bay!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of December Sailing
Happy post-holiday rush to you all, and cheers to a new year ahead with many days out on the water. Here are the last days of sailing in 2023 for your enjoyment.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of November Sailing
Holiday festivities got going in earnest this month with some Thanksgiving sailing!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of October Sailing
October was a big month: fall-themed regattas, Oktoberfest, Halloween and more!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of August Sailing
Sailors gotta sail! Check out what your community was up to last month.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of July Sailing
We’re excited to share all these excellent photos our readers have taken during the past month.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of June Sailing
Here it is, the eagerly awaited June Sailagram! Is your photo among the beautiful images shared from last month’s sailing adventures?
A Racing Hodgepodge
The Vic-Maui race had a scenic start.© Andrew Madding / Bow Shot Productions As the Vic-Maui Race fleet are passing San Francisco Bay’s latitude (at 128 to 132 degrees longitude), they’re beginning to swoop south-southwest. Last night, Guy Walters reported, "The winds are stronger nearer to the coast and boats are not so much heading…
Sea Visas Explained as Fleet Grows
Within the southbound cruising community there’s been a lot of chatter lately about a new Mexican regulation which supposedly requires that "sea visas" be obtained in advance by all vessels heading south. Turns out, though, this has nothing to do with recreational sailors, such as those participating in the annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers rally, from…
The Naked Truth About Sailing
An army of top photographers participated in the Body Issue project. We have to assume Steven Lippman’s task – capturing Tunnicliffe’s winning form in rough waters – was one of the most challenging assignments. © 2012 ESPN Steven Lippman For generations sailing industry promoters have been trying to figure out how to interest the general…
Groupama Wins Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama’s French skipper Franck Cammas lifts the Volvo Ocean Race trophy, claiming first place overall, at the final public prize-giving in Galway, Ireland. © 2012 Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race After placing second in the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race (from Lorient, France, to Galway, Ireland) Franck Cammas and his French team…
Truth Smashes Solo TransPac Record
Truth at the start of the race just 8.5 days earlier. latitude/LaDonna© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In an age when sailing records are ‘smashed’ by just a few hours — if not minutes — beating a 16-year-old transPacific record by nearly two and a half days is mind-blowing. But that’s exactly what Alex Mehran did early…
Attacks on Cruisers In the Western Caribbean
A newly arrived American couple were brutally attacked aboard their boat in the south anchorage near Isla Colon in Panama’s Bocas del Toro region early on Sunday morning, reports Don Winner in his Panama Guide. The couple wasn’t identified, nor was their boat or hailing port. The Bocas del Toro region of Panama’s east coast…
Yearning for Freedom in Brazil
“Don’t give up the ship!” That famous quote from the War of 1812 is the credo Holger and Tracy have lived during more then five years of ‘captivity’. © Holger Kreuzhage For well over a year now, an American flag has been flying upside-down from the rigging of the 72-ft gaff tops’l schooner Lord Jim,…
Tragedy and Farce on the Fourth
As much as we’d like to, we never take our 63-ft cat Profligate out on the Fourth of July. As far as we’re concerned, the Fourth — more specifically the evening of the Fourth — is one of the spookiest times to be on the water. For not only is it probably the busiest boating…
Solo Sailors Keep on Truckin’
Most of the fleet – which are nearing their halfway mark – has packed together like a school of fish since the start. Very unusual for this race. © 2012 Yellowbrick Tracking The 23 racers in the Singlehanded TransPac have pushed through the uncomfortable beam seas of the first third of the course and are…
Singlehanded TransPac Starts
Al Germain’s Wyliecat 30 Bandicoot leads the way for Brian Boschma’s Olson 34 RedSky and Whitall Stokes’ Tartan Ten Slacker during Saturday’s start of the Singlehanded TransPac Race. latitude/LaDonna©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 18th running of the Singlehanded TransPac, a biennial 2,120-mile jaunt from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay on the Hawaiian island…
Sailagram: A Snapshot of March Sailing
Spring has sprung, along with our clocks and our docklines. Sailors have been making the most of the warmer, sunny weather and enjoying the spring breezes on the Bay.