Sailing

All too often sailing is perceived as snobbish. This year Richmond Yacht Club reminded sailors not to take it – or themselves – too seriously with Beer Can Opening Day, a ‘hoity-toity-themed’ beer can race that fortuitously fell on April 1st. merrick cheney and beer can opening day organizer john dukat in their hoity-toity finery [...] View Post Silly Costumes and Serious Fun at RYC Beer Can Opening Day

The world’s longest ocean race, the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, visits 14 ports in nine different countries over 11 months. Da Nang – Viet Nam races in the prestigious Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. Photo: Clipper Ventures/Paul Miller. Teamwork aboard Da Nang – Viet Nam. Photo: Clipper Ventures/Paul Miller. While the ocean odyssey is [...] View Post Around the World with the Women of the Clipper Race

The Baja Ha-Ha… The 750-mile cruiser rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas beckons with adventure, fun and memories-to-be-made. This year 171 boats and 525 participants answered the call. I had participated in three Baja Ha-Has before, as crew aboard other boats, but in 2014 the time had come to take our own boat, [...] View Post Baja Ha-Ha Cruise Rally Report

Once a year, Shilshole Bay in Seattle, WA gets a dose of pink as sailors decorate their sailboats, and themselves, to raise money for breast cancer research and awareness. the pink boat regatta – photo: jan anderson the pink boat regatta – photo: jan anderson The race itself is born of a saga of perseverance [...] View Post Pink Boat Regatta: Supporting Breast Cancer Research Through Sailing

It was a postcard-perfect day for the Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show, elegant wooden masts stretching into the sky, flags flying. There was almost a fairy tale quality with charming antique boats and a grand luxury yachts on display, the majestic Corinthian Yacht Club in the background. Touring these exquisite boats on such a gorgeous [...] View Post Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show!

The British weather lived up to its reputation, with the second day of racing at the America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth, UK, abandoned due to high winds. Stormy seas at Portsmouth, photo: © ACEA 2015 / Photo Gilles Martin-Raget Enjoying the weather… photo: © ACEA / Gary Williams Race organizers said they had worked on [...] View Post America’s Cup World Series Portsmouth: Big Ben Strikes, British Weather Roars

So who are the Clipper Race sailors, the people who take a year off to race around the world, and what inspired them? In setting out to learn, the first revelation was there are more women than I expected, 40% of the fleet are female. And this is not something the organizer Clipper Ventures sets, [...] View Post Living Their Dream: The Clipper Round the World Race Story

Aberdeen Asset Management Cowes Week is perhaps the best known yachting event in the world – raced at by royals and commoners, amateurs and professional global sailing stars, big boats and small. Sailors gather there from all over the UK – and further afield, world yachtie centres included. cowes week, raced by boats big and [...] View Post Cowes and Its Magic Week of Yacht Racing