The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
May 20, 2013
"Like a Clint Eastwood movie, the Singlehanded Farallones Race unreeled in segments: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly…" Read on…

America's Cup Review Committee
May 14, 2013
The America's Cup Race Management held a press conference today to announce an independent review panel that will look into Thursday's capsize of Artemis Racing's AC72 #1 and the death of crewmember Andrew Simpson. The panel may look familiar… Read on…

South Tower Race
May 13, 2013
Nine boats signed up for the 40th South Tower Race. Eight made it to the line. Pre-race, I needed some Ibuprofen – it was going to be a long day, or two… Read on…

Great Vallejo Race
May 6, 2013
The weathermen must be singing the blues, as their dire predictions for the Great Vallejo Race on the weekend could be thrown overboard – luckily… Read on…

All or Nothing
April 28, 2013
"Like a sharp stick in the eye," was how one sailor described the finish of the Singlehanded Sailing Society's Round the Rocks Race. The finish represented the "all" in the story title. But, it would be a long time to… Read on…

Farewell to Bill Merrick
April 25, 2013
Bill passed away on Monday, April 15, at the age of 64, after a battle with cancer. A native of Scranton, PA, a U.S. Marine and Vietnam vet, Bill was a commodore of the Singlehanded Sailing Society, and sailed his Ericson 35 MkII Ergo in the Singlehanded TransPac in 2004 and 2006… Read on…

Dashing into Spring
April 24, 2013
The warm and sunny weather had crews sailing in T-shirts and shorts. Sunscreen was applied liberally. Winds peaked at about 17 knots on Saturday, with occasional 20-knot gusts… Read on…

Berkeley Beer Cans and More
April 24, 2013
I was squirming a bit on the race deck as the sun went down and felt that the loss of wind and the choice of course was all MY FAULT… Plus, an announcement of a new race series… Read on…

Friday Night Recipe
April 21, 2013
Friday night's beer can race at Corinthian Yacht Club, the first of the season, had all the ingredients of a delicious CYC Friday night race… Read on…

Big Dinghy Photo Gallery

Big Dinghy
April 15, 2013
Sometimes big things happen on little boats, and this year's Big Dinghy proved that you don't need forty feet of keelboat to have fun. Richmond Yacht Club uses the same format for the Big Dinghy as for their other spring race… Read on…

Wheeler Regatta
April 15, 2013
April 13-14 proved to be a fantastic weekend of racing for the lucky folks in Berkeley Yacht Club’s 41st Wheeler Regatta. There was some wind, some sun, some light flat places, and some fun lumpy… Read on…

Tuna Running
April 13, 2013
Tuna was running in Treasure Island's Clipper Cove on April 6 when nine (ten, counting the committee boat) Santana 22s came out to play for a fleet practice session. The skippers emerged from the southerly morning mist into… Read on…

Bulls in the Mist
April 7, 2013
The 60th running of the El Toro Bullship Race was full of surprises and weather trickery for the 24 boats that showed up in the cold drizzle, fog and… Read on…

Friday Night Races Are On!
April 7, 2013
We are off to a rousing start to our Berkeley Yacht Club Friday Night Series with 14 boats on the starting (and finish) line. The days are getting longer and so will the… Read on…

Chowder and GravlaX
April 2, 2013
Under gray skies and showers after the start, Berkeley Yacht Club concluded the 2013 Chowder Series on Easter Sunday with a spirited… Read on…

NorCal Sailors Do the Cabo Crawl
April 1, 2013
"It was a cruiser's wet dream kind of conditions. Flat and mellow…" Read on…

The Force Sails with At-Risk Kids
March 31, 2013

Rites of Spring
March 24, 2013

SSS Corinthian Race and More
March 17, 2013

Big Daddy Regatta
March 16, 2013

In the Tiburon Box
March 16, 2013

RYC Midwinters Go Out with a Bang
March 7, 2013

Another Cup O' Soup
March 4, 2013

Berkeley Winners Race
February 25, 2013

Red Bull Youth AC Teams Selected
February 25, 2013

Windy Sadie
February 25, 2013

Hüsker Dü
February 18, 2013

"È Record!"
February 17, 2013

Sailing Valentines: Ohana Means Family
February 15, 2013

Sailing Valentines: Blue Umbrella
February 14, 2013

Maintaining AC45s for Trials
February 9, 2013

Lazy Midwinters
February 4, 2013

Westerly Soup
February 3, 2013

Challenged America – Urban Miyares
January 30, 2013

Three Bridge Fiasco Photo Gallery
January 29, 2013

Three Bridge Fiasco on Makaira
January 28, 2013

Bad Bottle
January 27, 2013

Light Jack
January 22, 2013

Corinthian Demolition Derby
January 21, 2013

Marin Kiteboarder Yachtsman of the Year
January 14, 2013

Berkeley YC Midwinters
January 14, 2013

Tiburon YC Midwinters
January 14, 2013

News Beat
Week of January 7-14, 2013
Jratings Come to Jibeset, NorCal Kids Named to Jobson All-Stars, America's Cup Pitchpoles AC World Series. Read on…

A Galloping Maserati
January 7, 2013

Small Boat Midwinters
January 7, 2013

Mild Midwinters
January 6, 2013

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