Photo by Pat Reynolds

This week the second US built Pogo 2, USA 806, was launched in Marina del Rey, CA (see gallery of photos & teaser video). This boat will belong to Team Open Sailing. It will be campaigned on West Coast in the Berger Series, Whitney/Times/Bogart Series, PSSA Singlehanded Dan Byrne Series and more (see all Pogo 2 events). It will also be available for demo sails – if you are interested in the boat don’t hesitate to contact us and schedule your sail today!

A team of sailors from North Sails, skippered by Brian Bissell, ran the Open 6.50 “Chupacabra” through it’s paces on Friday before the big International Sailing Anarchy Festival. More pictures after the jump… (more…)

With Long Beach Race Week already a week behind us it’s already time to start reminding ourselves of what a great regatta it was and how much fun it was planing downwind at 12+ knots!!

Susan Sherrard was on the Open Sailing rib on Friday taking pictures – you can see her pictures here.

Pat Reynolds from The Mariner Magazine was on the Open Sailing rib on Saturday taking even more pictures – his pictures are available here.

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.

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.

“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 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…)

Here is a link to some pictures from the 2nd annual Coupe de France Universitaire held in Brest, France.

Some pictures from the one design race in San Francisco have been posted on the Open 5.70 Class Association Website be sure to check them out.