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05/11/2014
ORR & HPR Rules
The St. Francis Yacht Club is pleased to announce that they will be using Offshore Racing Rule “ORR” and High Performance Rule “HPR” to score all of the handicap classes for the club’s three main events this year. The regattas to use these scoring rules are: Phyllis Kleinman Swiftsure Regatta; Aldo Alessio Regatta, and the 50th Annual Big Boat Series.
2014 Race News
05/11/2014Registration Now Open
The Notice of Race for the 2014 edition of the Rolex Big Boat Series is posted and registration is open. Plan to join us for our 50th Anniversary!
We look forward to seeing you!
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05/11/2014
Ten Years On - TP52s
Ten years ago, Makoto Uematsu debuted his new TP52 Esmeraldaat the Rolex Big Boat Series. After the second day of racing in the 2004 Big Boat Series, Uematsu-san would later remark: “The fastest I have ever gone on a boat is 20 knots, and that was driving my powerboat.” With Ken Read calling tactics, Esmeralda, tracking at 23 knots, would go on to win the City of San Francisco Perpetual Trophy.Ten Years On - Farr 40s
In 2004, the Rolex Big Boat Series also hosted a nine-boat Farr 40 class, which raced the series on the heels of its World Championship held a week earlier at St. Francis Yacht Club. Jim Richardson's Barking Mad won both the Farr 40 World's and the Farr 40 division of the Rolex Big Boat Series.
2013 Race News
09/28/2013Battle on the Bay
San Francisco, Calif. (September 28, 2013) – Just as the America’s Cup finals did for two weeks before it, the Rolex Big Boat Series—St. Francis Yacht Club’s signature regatta—took over San Francisco Bay for four days of spirited racing this week (Thursday through Sunday, September 25-28).2013 Race News
09/28/2013All Told, a Perfect Day
San Francisco, Calif. (September 28, 2013) – Today, as 22 J/105s came running down San Francisco Bay with the Golden Gate Bridge rising from behind their colorful spinnakers, 38 Melges 24s sailed upwind toward them in a freshening 8-12 knot westerly that enabled both fleets to comfortably negotiate the current and wind for optimum speed.