Rolex honors the top sailors of the year at St. Francis Yacht Club
For the first time in its 50-year history, the Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year Awards were presented on the west coast in a ceremony at the St. Francis Yacht Club. The process of...
View ArticleAmerica’s Cup to sail in S.F.
On Tuesday, March 28, the San Fran-cisco Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the agreement to host the 34th America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay in 2013, also approving the schedule for America’s...
View ArticleAC72 wingsail and crossbeams arrive at Oracle Team USA
The 12-story-tall wingsail and hull crossbeams for the first of Oracle Team USA’s two AC72 America’s Cup yachts arrived June 12 at the team’s base on Pier 80 in San Francisco. “It’s a major step in the...
View ArticleBattle for the America’s Cup begins on the bay this month
The Marina will get its first taste of America’s Cup racing action live on the Bay starting Aug. 21 as international sailing teams ramp up for the main event in 2013. The 2012–2013 season of the...
View ArticleAC World Series makes a splash
Between a couple of catamarans capsizing during practice to start the week off, to Olympic track star Michael Johnson going overboard off the Oracle Team USA Coutts boat during the final race, the...
View ArticleWings on and over the bay
The second installment of the America’s Cup World Series (ACWS) 2012-2013 season returns to San Francisco Bay Oct. 2–7, together with the ever-popular Fleet Week – which means wings will be sailing...
View ArticleRacing to the Cup
As teams race ahead with preparations — and repairs — on their AC72s, the AC45s are still getting a workout around the world and here on the Bay. You can catch the next generation of competitive...
View ArticleQuandary over the Cup
In recent hearings before the Board of Supervisors, questions have been raised regarding the upcoming America’s Cup finances and the City’s commitment to see the event through. But even with questions...
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Quiet before the storm
Its all quiet on the bay as we head into what’s being billed as the “Summer of Racing” with the America’s Cup scheduled for July 4 through Sept. 21. The AC World Series has just wrapped up its second...
View ArticleSafer sailing
On May 9 it was a typical blustery day on the bay when tragedy struck the America’s Cup. Andrew “Bart” Simpson — a two-time Star class Olympic medalist, winning gold in Beijing and Silver in London —...
View ArticleThe battle on the bay
The “Summer of Racing” is scheduled to kick-off on July 5, now with a time trial featuring at least three of the teams instead of the originally scheduled Fleet Race; but the future of the Louis...
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