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Magazine Features: April 2025

SailGP’s back-to-back crash course

Two sunny California weekends were served up for SailGP's first back-to-back race weekends with the Rolex Los Angeles and then the Oracle San Francisco Grand Prix delivering the thrills, spills and excitement the League was hoping for.

A soft launch into cruising — California coast to the South Pacific

Three of my college friends and I quit our jobs to sail across the Pacific on our 1989 Beneteau 50, which, at 36 years old, is the oldest member of the crew by a decade.

Nereus’s world cruise

Every so often, a story will bring together sailors who crossed tacks many years earlier. Such was the case when Sausalito's Margaret "Pinkie" Pomeroy shared a story of voyaging with her family.

What a boatyard taught me about loneliness

Community is key to our survival, but in modern American life, it's become increasingly difficult to find. This is why one of my top goals in life is to maintain my interpersonal connections with friends and family, and I work hard to nourish those relationships. They are as vital to me as the air that moves through my lungs.

Max Ebb — nature vs. nurture

Never quote a racing rule without first taking a look to see what the rule actually says. They change the wording from time to time, and sometimes a subtle word substitution can alter the meaning.

The Racing Sheet

We transition out of midwinter season into spring this month, with reports from GGYC's Seaweed Soup Regatta, RYC's Big Daddy, the SSS Corinthian Race, Island Fever in South Beach, OYC's Rites of Spring and DRYC's Opti Midwinters

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