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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
I missed the start of the Ronstan Bridge to Bridge race this year, but caught a few pics of the sailors as they were coming in. The race is a 3-way competition between the windsurfers, the Australian 18 skiffs, and the kitesurfers to see who can sail the downwind course from the Golden Gate Bridge to the Bay Bridge in the shortest time.
Here’s Steve Sylvester crossing tacks with the Adventure Cat while sailing back upwind after the race.
And here are the kitesurfers taking the fastest way back upwind – a ride in the RIB.
Tags: kitesurfing, regatta, sailing, windsurfing
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Sunday, August 9th, 2009
Yesterday marked the conclusion of the first ever kiteboard course racing world championship. After countless hours of work translating sailing rules to fit the kite racing style, building specialized boards to go high upwind and deep downwind, and gathering the best sailors from around the world, the St. Francis Yacht Club put on a great event. The beach at Crissy Field was covered with kites and spectators.
Tags: crissy field, kiteboard, kitesurfing, racing, stfyc
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
Today’s racing at College Sailing Nationals was the Women’s semi finals. Teams were competing for 9 spots in the finals taking place later this week. The day started with racing on the B course to offer some protection from the flooding current. Racing in the afternoon was on the A course just off the yacht club.
Tags: college sailing, nationals, regatta, sailing, stfyc
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Thursday, May 14th, 2009
The on-site practice has already begun as the college teams prepare for several weeks of competition at St. Francis Yacht Club. The action kicks off with the Womens’ National Championship on May 25th – May 27th. Then on June 1st – June 3rd the Coed National Championship takes place. Check below for a list of all the teams scheduled to compete.
Coed Teams:
- Yale University
- Boston College
- College of Charleston
- Harvard University
- University of South Florida
- SUNY Maritime College
- Hobart & William Smith Colleges
- Washington College
- University of Pennsylvania
- Georgetown University
- Tufts University
- St. Mary’s College
- Eckerd College
- Roger Williams University
- Stanford University
- U.S. Naval Academy
- Boston University
- Old Dominion University
Womens’ Teams Finals:
- St. Mary’s
- Hobart/WmSmith
- Wisconsin
- Yale
- Harvard
- Western Washington
- Stanford
- Charleston
- Texas A&M Galveston
Womens Team Semi-Finals:
- Navy
- Old Dominion
- Georgetown
- U/Pennsylvania
- Michigan
- Notre Dame
- Connecticut Coll
- Rhode Island
- Boston College
- Dartmouth
- Boston Univ
- Brown
- Hawaii
- UC/Irvine
- USC
- Eckerd
- South Florida
- Oklahoma
Tags: college sailing, nationals, san francisco, stfyc
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Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Today was the last day of the Spring Dinghy regatta at St. Francis Yacht Club. There was a huge fleet of 505s, some 29ers, some small trimarans, and a few other dinghys. The breeze was from the southwest so the windward mark was set just off the breakwall near the yacht club. The offshore winds divided the fleet with some boats going up the right side of the course and some up the left.
Tags: dinghy, regatta, sailing, stfyc
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
This weekend, the St. Francis Yacht Club hosted the Spring Keelboat Regatta. I got a few pictures including this one of a chrome plated Melges 24.
Tags: regatta, sailing, spring keelboat
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008
It seemed like everyone in San Francisco turned out to welcome the Maltese Falcon to the SF. The bay was covered with sailboats. All of a sudden the three tall masts appeared out of the fog just of Baker Beach. She sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge, then past Alcatraz, and then on to Treasure Island. As she passed, all the other sailboats turned to follow. They were no match for the larger boat’s speed and were quickly left fighting against the current.
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
At low tide today (2pm) the 300ft mega yacht, Maltese Falcon, will sail under the Golden Gate Bridge. At any other time there might not be enough room for her giant masts to fit under. The sailboat is owned by Tom Perkins of Kleiner Perkins venture capital fame. Head down to Crissy Field to check it out or check back later to see my photos.
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Sunday, August 17th, 2008
The Australian 18 skiff fleet made their annual trip to San Francisco this past week. Here’s a shot of them racing just after the start of the Bridge to Bridge race, a downwind competition with windsurfers and kitesurfers.
Tags: australian 18, sailing, windsurfing
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Friday, July 25th, 2008
On Friday night, I went for a sunset sail aboard the tall ship Seaward. This past week, San Francisco has hosted several tall ships as part of the Festival of Sail. While some of the ships had traveled across the world for the event, the Seaward had just come across the bay from Sausalito. The Seaward is an 82′ steel-hulled staysail schooner. She is operated by callofthesea.org.
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