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Final exams are stern for a reason and the final day of racing at the 2022 Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, delivered stiff, downright nautical conditions. 


San Francisco Bay presented a morning ebb tide that ran smack-dab into an escalating westerly breeze, stirring up square-faced chop for the first race of Day 3 at Rolex Big Boat Series in San Francisco, California. Breeze continued to build as the afternoon progressed, but a flooding tide damped the whitecaps during the day’s second race, with all 76 competing boats finishing within cheering distance of the Race Deck of St. Francis Yacht Club.


Moderate airs, sunny skies and flatter seas defined the second day of competition and offered crews some reprieve from yesterday’s heavier conditions at the Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California. Peak-puff metrics might have dipped a bit from day one’s fresh velocities, but this did nothing to diminish competition levels at a regatta that has defined West Coast big-boat racing since its creation in 1964. Talent, smart tactics and local wisdom run deep across all 76 teams. Polish and preparation were evident on the racecourse today, with multiple boats continuing picket fence results.


The weather gods delivered plenty of get-up-and-go on the first day of racing at the 2022 Rolex Big Boat Series, running September 14-18 at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California. Morning conditions were moderate for the 76 boats gathered for the West Coast’s most competitive regatta, pressing their sails in 8-12 knots of breeze and flat seas. Conditions built to 20-22 knots raising white caps against the flood tide for the day’s second race, giving all teams the opportunity to air out their sail inventories and lock in for what promises to be three more fantastic days of racing in the country’s greatest natural sailing amphitheater.


If luck is the confluence of preparation and opportunity, the 76 polished teams gathered at St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, for the 2022 Rolex Big Boat Series, will forge their own racecourse fortunes when warning guns fire tomorrow morning. The Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by StFYC September 14-18, 2022, is the West Coast’s most competitive and prestigious sailing event, with perpetual trophies and Rolex rewards for top skippers and crews. To win this world-class regatta, teams need the skills to conjure opportunity in fleets populated with many world-class sailors.


No sailor enjoys seeing summer furl her sails, but for teams participating in Rolex Big Boat Series, the season’s end means four days of world-class sailboat racing on San Francisco Bay. The West Coast’s most competitive and prestigious regatta will be hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, from September 14-18, 2022. 


Hitting the start line on time and in a strong position lays the foundation for winning races. Experienced skippers know that prepping for the start of a big race begins with completing entry forms and locking in crew lists on time. For boat owners competing in the annual Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club, September 14-18, 2022, completing the regatta’s online entry process by midnight on July 31, 2022, saves money and solidifies crew commitment.

May’s flowers might be just arriving after April’s showers, but serious owners are already finalizing their racing calendars for what promises to be sailing’s most competitive racing season in years. For West Coast sailors and traveling teams, few regattas rival the annual Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, this year scheduled for September 14–18, 2022. While StFYC organizes more than 130 on-the-water days of racing annually, Rolex Big Boat Series is the club’s signature event and has a 56-year history of delivering some of the country’s best keelboat racing. The NOR went live in late February, and all interested skippers are encouraged to register early to lock in preferred pricing and join StFYC in creating the best-possible event.

The Notice of Race is posted and registration is open for the 2022 Rolex Big Boat Series, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California. Considered the most prestigious regatta on the West Coast, Rolex Big Boat Series attracts competitors from around the country and the world for four days of racing on San Francisco Bay. Winners of select fleets are awarded perpetual trophies and Rolex timepieces.

On September 15, 2022, when handicap fleets line up to compete in the Rolex Big Boat Series, they will be racing under rating rules established by the Offshore Racing Congress (ORC) rather than the Offshore Rating Rule (ORR). The four-day regatta, hosted by St. Francis Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, has been racing under ORR since 2014; now in 2022, the handicap divisions will be split according to ORC rules and ORC certificates will be required to compete.

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