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09/15/2019Fastest Guns in the West Decided at the Rolex Big Boat Series
Cool onshore temperatures, ebbing fog, flooding waters and a gathering sea breeze greeted the 79 teams gathered on San Francisco Bay to contest the final day of racing at the 55th edition of the St. Francis Yacht Club’s annual Rolex Big Boat Series (September 11-15, 2019). Despite a slow start to the regatta, courtesy of higher-than-usual onshore temperatures earlier in the week, today’s longer-form Bay Tour course gave teams a chance to whip their horses around the West Coast’s most competitive racecourse one last time. Better still, the day’s course selection allowed all teams to strut their big-air skills while enjoying a stadium-style finish in front of cheering fans ashore on StFYC’s Race Deck.
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09/15/2019Remembrance on Final Day of RBBS
On the Sunday morning of Rolex Big Boat Series, on the way to the race course, sailors drop flowers at A Buoy in remembrance of those loved ones lost in the last year.
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09/14/2019The Breeze Is Back at the Third Day of the 2019 Rolex Big Boat Series
After two days of light-air racing, Mother Nature finally flipped the fun switch on day three of the 2019 Rolex Big Boat Series, giving all 79 competing teams the kinds of big-air grins that make San Francisco Bay a truly world-class sailing venue.
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09/13/2019Inauspicious Racing at the Second Day of 2019 Rolex Big Boat Series
The morning dawned bright, blue and warm, with barely a cat’s paw aggravating the Bay. While this certainly wasn’t the lucky start that many competitors were hoping for at a regatta that does not drop races, the day’s silver lining was a weather forecast that promised breeze by mid-afternoon. The AP flag remained hoisted with sailors idling ashore until 1400 hours when enough sea breeze arrived to allow the race committee to score a single race.Video Embed
09/13/2019Waiting for the Wind to Fill
Waiting for wind is part of sailing and the sailors of the Rolex Big Boat Series have spent the better part of the day waiting for the breeze to fill the day. We asked sailors while they waited on the docks what they do to pass the time.
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09/13/2019Friday the 13th at Rolex Big Boat Series
It is Friday the 13th, so we asked some of the sailors if they have any superstitions.
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09/12/2019Practicing Patience and Anticipating Breeze at the 2019 Rolex Big Boat Series
Unfortunately for these sailors, today delivered one of the Bay’s rare, windless mornings forcing the StFYC’s Race Committee to make the difficult decision to downshift from the day’s two planned races to a single afternoon race, allowing the fleet to press gang the gathering sea breeze into service while dodging the unseasonably warm onshore temperatures enshrouding the city.Video Embed
09/12/2019The Anticipation Is Over - Day 1 Highlights
Rolex Big Boat Series is on, and one year of waiting is over!
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09/11/2019Battle Flags Hoisted at the 2019 Rolex Big Boat Series
War is inevitably messy, but few battlegrounds are as civilized as St. Francis Yacht Club and its docks on the eve of the 55th edition of its annual Rolex Big Boat Series (September 11-15, 2019), where 79 polished teams and racing yachts have gathered on the waters of San Francisco Bay to trade nautical fisticuffs and determine dockside bragging rights.