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September 18 GGR Update

Published on 09-18-2018 09:12 AM

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Following in Bernard Moitessier's wake? Australian Mark Sinclair made an impromptu stop in Table Bay to hand across films, just as French sailing legend Bernard Moitessier did during the inaugural GGR 50 years before – then inexplicably continued cruising around the Cape and up the east coast towards Port Elizabeth, rather than follow the fleet down into the Southern ...

Everyone Loves A Parade: PAC52 2018 BBS Wrap Up

Published on 09-17-2018 01:48 PM

After Saturday’s chilly windy start and lengthy on the water marathon, crews welcomed the warm sun and lighter winds to start the Sunday ROLEX Big Boat Series Finale Bay Tour. Well at least the warm sun part. Entering the day, Frank Slootman’s Invisible Hand had already secured the series class title with a 5-point advantage over 2nd place RIO, and didn’t have to sail. “We came to sail, so sail ...

Hell, Hath No Fury Like SF Bay in September

Published on 09-16-2018 07:55 AM

Saturday September 15 came in like a Lion and went out with a bang! With a strong residual ebb sucking out of the Bay, and winds ripping in in the 20-25 knot range at the start of play, the awe factor was pegged to the 11 mark on the Spinal Tap volume scale. Picking up where they left off the day before, the PAC 52’s moseyed over to the Alcatraz starting area for a 13.8 nm Course 7 breakfast. ...

BBS Day 3 Official Report

Published on 09-15-2018 08:05 PM

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Strong airs and freshening white caps greeted the third day of racing at the 54th edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club. Long uphill bashes in three to four-foot seas and 20 knots, gusting higher, were rewarded with blistering downwind runs and adrenaline-saturated kite rides juiced ...

Day 2 Rolex Big Boat Series: The Hand Is Quicker Than The Eye

Published on 09-15-2018 09:08 AM

Friday’s racing on the Bay was greeted with cooler yet colorful weather as an early season weather front rotated offshore pulling in subtropical high elevation clouds from the south, and lower elevation stratus from the north. Racing for the PAC 52 class began off of Treasure Island, with course 14, an 11.5-mile jaunt up to Fort Mason, back to the starting area gates, back to Fort Mason return to the Gates and an upwind finish ...

DAY 2 BBS Official Report

Published on 09-15-2018 06:27 AM

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — What goes up must come down, but the flat, fast conditions that greeted sailors at Day One of the 54th edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by the St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California (September 12-16, 2018), continued on Day Two, following a short postponement to let the breeze gather. But once the starting guns began sounding, racers were rewarded for their pre-racing patience ...

Day One Provides Excellent Thrills for PAC52 Fleet At 2018 Rolex Big Boat Series

Published on 09-13-2018 09:45 PM

Day One Provides Excellent Thrills for PAC52 Fleet At 2018 Rolex Big Boat Series

Sunshine, big currents, and wide variety of winds provide the PAC 52 a superb variety of challenges in the 1st two races of the StFYC Big Boat Series sponsored by Rolex. A short delay to low tide preventing the deeper draft boat kept the 52’s from starting until noon on the Alcatraz ...

Big Breeze & Big Fun Predicted For 4th PAC 52 Stop

Published on 09-13-2018 08:55 AM

The predictive wind forecasts show bundles of sun and fun for the fleet in the 2018 St Francis YC Big Boat Series sponsored by Rolex. With winds expected in the 15 -25 knot range, temps in the mid 60's to low 70's, the PAC 52 fleet will be battling on the edge and eating up the racecourse in spectacular fashion. The prior 3 Southern California stop ...

Florence From Space

Published on 09-12-2018 11:22 AM

Images of Hurricane Florence taken by Alexander Gerst of the International Space Station
shows a magnificent yet terrifying storm as it rumbles across ...

Mikey Likes It! Claims 2018 Melges 24 Diversified U.S. Nationals

Published on 09-12-2018 09:55 AM

Welch Wins 2018 Diversified Melges 24 U.S. National Championship Trophy, Pierce Captures Corinthian Division Title

Belvedere, CA (September 11, 2018) - The 2018 Diversified Melges 24 U.S. National Championship, hosted by The San Francisco Yacht Club in Belvedere, CA concluded ...

Hurricane Florence Sept 12 UPDATE

Published on 09-12-2018 09:11 AM

Hurricane Florence Remains A Strong Category 4 Hurricane And Should Gain Strength As She Crosses The Gulf Stream:

BULLETIN
Hurricane Florence Advisory Number 53...Corrected
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL062018
1100 AM EDT Wed Sep 12 2018

Corrected second headline

...AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT FINDS FLORENCE HAS CHANGED
LITTLE WHILE MOVING TOWARD THE U.S. SOUTHEAST COAST...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND RAINFALL EXPECTED ACROSS
PORTIONS OF THE CAROLINAS...

SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...29.8N 71.3W
ABOUT 485 MI...785 KM SE OF WILMINGTON NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 520 MI...840 KM ESE OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...130 MPH...215 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NW OR 305 DEGREES AT 15 MPH...24 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...943 MB...27.85 INCHES

WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None.

SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT:

A Storm Surge Warning is in effect for...
* South Santee River ...

And Then There Were 10

Published on 09-11-2018 09:41 AM

Jean-Luc Van Den Heede extends his lead
Loïc Lepage stops in Cape Town
Tapio Lehtinen and Istvan Kopar meet up in mid-ocean
Igor Zaretskiy calls on the Doctor

Day 71: Dateline 10.9.2018 – Les Sables d’Olonne, France
As Jean-Luc Van Den Heede continues to set the pace across the South Indian Ocean, fellow Frenchman Loïc Lepage docked his Nicholson 32 Laaland in Cape Town, and Finland’s Tapio Lehtinen surprised himself and American/Hungarian Istvan Kopar by meeting up in mid-ocean.

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44' Catamaran Arne Givika Sinking A Close Call

Published on 09-10-2018 03:55 PM

As reported yesterday by one of the Norwegian newspapers, on the night of 6 September near Morocco, there was a breach and sank a sailing 44-foot catamaran with the Norwegian crew. People are safely saved. The newspaper brings the story of the captain of the ...

September 10th GGR Update

Published on 09-10-2018 11:40 AM

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1000 miles! If we had predicted such an advance to Jean-Luc van den heede after 70 days of race, he might have had a hard time believing it. Tapio Lehtinen and istvan and would ...

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