On a day that started grey and not particularly windy, the St. Francis Yacht Club hosted their annual Aldo Alessio & Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regattas for boats LOA >35′ or holding an ORR-fully measured certificate. Friday’s races involved heading out the Golden Gate to marks out in the ocean. Then, […]

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The weather started out gloomy, then got downright nasty for the 13th edition of the Ida Lewis Distance Race, which started Friday, August 18 off Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI. A forecast calling for storms to pass over the race course during the night convinced seven of the […]

At the 25th annual Verve Cup Offshore Regatta in Chicago, the J/105 fleet of 10 boats witnessed a walk-away, as Gyt Petkus