Free Diving In Shadow Of Golden Gate Bridge?

Article by Gregory Thomas for : This extreme new sport is taking hold in San Francisco Bay (sfchronicle.com)

Bobbing in the morning swell beneath the Golden Gate Bridge’s north tower, five divers in thick, hooded wetsuits clung to an inflatable paddleboard anchored precariously on the bay floor by an 80-pound rock tied with fraying jute rope.

The morning tide had just begun to ebb, sucking water from the bay into the Pacific and dragging the...

For its 26 competitors, the IMA Maxi European Championship set sail at 1700 yesterday with its offshore race, Regata dei Tre Golfi, running between Naples and Sorrento via the turning marks of Ponza in the north and Li Galli, off the Amalfi coast, in the south.

Supported by Rolex as Official Timepiece and Loro Piana, the 150 mile race is organised by the Circolo del Remo e della Vela Italia (CRVI) in conjunction with the International Maxi Association, the...

11th Hour Racing Team won leg 4 of The Ocean Race, leading the fleet into their hometown of Newport, Rhode Island on a spectacular spring afternoon in New England.

Skipper Charlie Enright was beaming as he stepped ashore, moments after his team held off Team Malizia to cross the finishing line for their first leg win of the event.




"This means so much to all of us," Enright said. "Timing is everything and to be able...

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Conservation department confirms probe into SailGP race


News of a Conservation Department investigation emerges after SailGP’s finale. David Williams reports

Monday’s $US1 million SailGP championship race in San Francisco was about momentum and control.

Lifting a catamaran’s average speed relies on keeping the agile craft’s hull above the water, on the foils, to reach speeds of up to 100kmh....

The 2023 YRA Party Circuit Season Opener, otherwise referred to as The Great Vallejo Race was by all means one of the fastest dashes
up to the mouth of the Napa River in recent memory. An overnight, late season weather system brought a mix of moisture, cool temperatures and abundance of clouds to the Bay Area, and despite forecasts of light wind in the morning, the clearing winds ushered the
fleet of 96 boats entered, a quick run from the Bezerkeley Circle across the San...

GUYOT environnement - Team Europe has dismasted in the north Atlantic, just over 600 miles east of Newport, Rhode Island.

The team on board reports all crew are safe and are working to secure the boat.

The team has been racing through challenging conditions, with gale force winds gusting above 30 knots.

We will have more information as it becomes available.




Check www.theoceanrace.com for latest updates....

Provezza on top after champagne racing day on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez




After a day on which the Gulf of Saint-Tropez offered up a strengthening sea breeze and beautiful spring sunshine, Ergin Imre’s Turkish flagged Provezza team lead the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint Tropez Sailing Week by one single point ahead of Andy Soriano’s almost equally consistent Alegre. Defending champions Quantum Racing powered by American Magic are up to third on the general classification....

Platoon top boat for the day, Interlodge still lead.




After modest opening days on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, two of the 52 SUPER SERIES top teams showed a marked return to form as the southerly breezes picked up on the second day of the 52 SUPER SERIES Saint-Tropez Sailing Week.

Harm M?ller Spreer’s German flagged Platoon team – podium finishers for the last five years and two times World Champions – had an inauspicious start to their...

Game on - as close as it gets at the Equator



Just a couple of minutes separated Team Malizia and 11th Hour Racing Team at the equator crossing while Biotherm closes it up







This edition of The Ocean Race has offered extremely close racing on each of the legs. Although Team Holcim-PRB had stretched to a convincing margin on the overall race leaderboard by winning three of four scoring opportunities, the margin of victory...

Kirsten Neuschafer made it very clear from the start that she was aiming to win the 2022 Golden Globe Race. And now the South African skipper has achieved her goal, and made history in the process.

Story By Katy Stickland for Yachting Monthly


https://www.yachtingmonthly.com/boat...-history-93838



After just over 235 days at sea, the sailor crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Olonne in France at 9pm CEST on 27 April...