Paul and Anton were snapped sailing on USA 190 on San Francisco Bay and the picture was published in the June issue of Sailing Magazine.

Early Saturday morning two brand new Open 5.70s left Columbia Yachts headed for Marina del Rey. Six hours later both of them took the start at Cal Race Week.

This coming weekend is Cal Race Week. Open Sailing is going to be running the Kattack software at the event for all the one-design classes, including the Open 5.70. D.I.S.C. is sponsoring the use of Kattack and you can see their introductory video after the jump.

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Check out these latest pictures from France – 38 Open 5.70s racing in the “Grand Prix de l’ecole navale”. There are some great aerial shots too.

USA 274 is the 3rd American made hull and is going to be based in Marina del Rey, CA. Congratulations to David Brown, the new owner. We’re all looking forward to seeing him on the race course this coming weekend at Cal Race Week.

“CRASH” the Open 6.50 based in Marina del Rey, CA has been out doing the beer can races on Wednesday nights hosted by California Yacht Club. (more…)

Open Sailing were invited to race on Cheetah – a Peterson 68 – for Cal Cup 2009. It was a very competitive fleet with many famous faces. The racing was close was quite an experience considering the length of these boats. Racing around the bouys on big boats like this is not only exciting but incredibly exhausting. Jerome and I were trimmers and by the end of each day could bearly lift our arms after grinding winches all day!

Plenty more pictures of the action here.

Open 5.00 in a Blow

Some great pictures from a recent Open 5.00 regatta at the Club Nautique du Lanfonnet.

The Great Vallejo Race is a downwind sail from the middle of the Bay all the way up to Vallejo. This year the breeze was only 12-15 knots and there was a 3 knot ebb to fight against. (more…)

To warm up for The Great Vallejo Race we went out on a very stormy, windy, and wet evening to race in Berkley Yacht Club’s Friday Night Race. (more…)