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SSS 3 Bridge Fiasco SH/DH

Central Bay

An annual favorite in the bay, the SSS Three Bridge Fiasco is the biggest yacht race in the US west of the Mississippi River, with 300+ boats every year.  The race is a pursuit race (slowest boats start first), starts and finishes on the city front at the Golden Gate Yacht Club, and the course…

SSS Corinthian Race SH/DH

Central Bay

The SSS Corinthian starts and finishes at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, and features a course going past Alcatraz to the Blossom Rock buoy, up the cityfront to Alcatraz, down to Southampton Shoal, and then back to Tiburon via Harding Rock.  In addition to what are often challenging starts and finishes, the race involves…

SSS Round the Rocks SH/DH

Central Bay

One of the bigger races in the bay, with 100+ entrants, the SSS Round the Rocks race is a bay tour race going around some of the prominent "Rocks" in the bay.  From a start on the Berkeley Circle, the race goes around Alcatraz, Harding Rock, the Brothers and Red Rock to a finish by…

BAMA Double Handed Farallones

Ocean

The course has racers starting in the early morning off Baker Beach, rounding the Farallones in either direction and then finishing off the Golden Gate Yacht Club race deck. Covering a total distance of 54nm, the conditions for the DHF can be challenging, testing a double-handed crew's stamina and seamanship. The race requires that participating…

SSC/RYC Delta Ditch Run

North Bay / Delta

One of the most popular races of the year, the Delta Ditch Run is a long, almost-all-downwind, race from Richmond to Stockton.  You can usually fly the spinnaker almost the whole way, except for one bend in the river just past Antioch.  Enjoy the change in scenery and finish in nice and warm temperatures in…

BYC Big Windward/Leeward

Central Bay

The Big Windward Leeward starts and finishes outside the Berkeley Yacht Club breakwater, with racers rounding one buoy--Point Bonita Light- making it the longest windward leeward race in the central bay.

SSS Vallejo 2 SH/DH

North Bay

A unique two-day race, featuring a singlehanded race downwind from the Berkeley Circle to Vallejo on Saturday, and a doublehanded race back from Vallejo to Richmond Yacht Club on Sunday (but you can sail singlehanded both days if you want).  This race runs late in the season, usually in lighter winds, and there's always a…

RYC Great Pumpkin Pursuit Race

Central Bay

Starting near Southampton shoal, the Great Pumpkin Pursuit Race has racers rounding Angel Island and Alcatraz, in either direction, and finishing near the Richmond Harbor entrance. A well attended, fun race to round out the racing season