Dekker's Circumnavigation Nears End

The waves are rolling nonstop over deck now that Gup and the Trade Wind have found each other… And so between the closed hatches and the wind blowing outside I am left with two choices: either I stay inside in the stuffy heat or I go have a salt water bath outside and freeze in the wind ...I am doing both. Guppy is enjoying herself in the wind as she is charging through the waves at a good 6,5 knots eating down the miles to Sintt Maarten with 1450 nautical miles left to...

"Bobby the J" got some new inhauler leads for his boat for Christmas, and we gotta say,
the presentation is priceless! Bob by didn't state who the wise cracker was ya gotta love
their spirit!

What Did Santa Bring You this Christmas?...

39 Year old Morgan Larson of Santa Cruz is sitting high on the sailing plateau these days, having just won two major events, the RC 44 Worlds with Torbjorn Tornqvist’s Artemis as Tactician and Match Racing helmsman. Shortly thereafter Morgan hopped across the Atlantic and joined forces with Steve Howe aboard his Melges 32 where they completely dominated the 18 boat Gold Fleet in Fort Lauderdale at the Gold Cup


Torbjorn and Morgan celebrate the RC 44 World Championship Victory ...

A very intriguing and insightful introspect of the legendary Peyron brothers.

"CNN Mainsail episode from May 19th 2011 featuring an intimate
portrait of legendary multihull sailing brothers Loïck and Bruno Peyron.
Olympic veteran sailor Shirley Robertson goes behind the scenes with the Peyron's
in France as they mount Energy Team's campaign as Challenger for the 34th America's Cup." And of this typing Loïck Peyron and Banque Populaire a...

When we 1st met Fred Eagle he was a simple, average american joe, from a simple average american town, living the simple average american life




Fred

Sayonara, The Beast That Started It All And The Crew Behind It.


Sayonara leads arch rival Morning Glory in 1996 Big Boat Series
Having been holed up in Holland Michigan since the 2000 Chicago Mackinac Race, Sayonara, Larry Ellison’s 80’ Maxi is headed home. Her destination, Pier 80 in San Francisco which is currently HQ for Oracle Racing and ground zero for all things Americas Cup on SF Bay until the construction of the new piers on the City Front are co...

Quiksilver's Kelly Slater clinched an historic and unprecedented 11th ASP World Title Sunday in the cold and challenging waters of San Francisco's Ocean Beach. Slater, 39, is the first surfer to achieve 11 ASP World Titles, an accomplishment spanning two decades of an astounding career during which he has dominated competitive surfing as both the youngest and oldest ASP World Champion....

The crew of CAMPER, Emirates Team New Zealand's entry in the Volvo Ocean Race
show their support for the All Blacks ahead of the World Cup final against France.
Go the All Blacks!

See how it all turned out...

Nestled in Pierre Cayard's San Bruno Garage, earlier this year, Paul Cayard's original El Toro
awaits Pierre loving touch as he prepped the vessel for it's final home, The National Sailing Hall of Fame







Cayard Sailing Report

National Sailing Hall Of Fame The last of "The Stache", the last known image of Paul sporting his trademark mustache during an interview earlier this spring. ...

"I'm Thomas Watson and I am leaving San Francisco September 25th, 2013 and will return to it after circling the earth via the Great Capes, alone, and without stopping.

Our Mission:The Pink Boat has partnered with The Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the pursuit to prevent and cure breast cancer and help save the lives of hundreds of thousands of women each year through sailing.

Our Goal: The Pink Boat's first goal is to raise $1 million...

Who would you nominate and why?...

As the afternoon progressed, I saw 3 of the Wyliecats marching out of the fog in formation, sailing from the Blackaller/Alcatraz/Knox course in the YRA season closer. Attempted to get them just so but task became impossible without fouling other boats, so waiting for an aft shot became the next best option. I noticed YRA main man for years, Pat Broderick holding up a mask with a female face on it as he passed and could not make out it's purpose or connection. Pat later wrote: ...

After years of struggling and combating to see the surf contest he founded return to it's roots, Mavericks pioneer, Jeff Clark has finally been rewarded fro his efforts. In a 3-1 vote in his favor in front of the San Mateo Harbor Commission last night, Clark and his 5 board member team were approved as the official permitee for the 2011-2012 contest. Along with his wife Cassandra, big wave legend Ken "Skindog" Collins and local business affilates Rocky Raynor and Brian Overfelt, the grou...

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The 27' "Amber" outside the Gate on previous trip ALAMEDA, Calif. -- The Coast Guard is responding to an overdue-mariner report filed by family members of a Concord man. The 62-year-old Krzysztof Krasnodebski reportedly sailed his white, 27-foot vessel Amber on July 25 from the Grand Marina in Alameda en route San Diego. Krasnodebski's son contacted the Coast Guard on Aug. 1 when he could not reach his father on the telephone. The family has not filed a missing-perso...