Next Level Sailing

America’s Cup site confirms opportunities available to watch “Oracle Team USA” yachts

warren — Fri, 03 May 2013 17:26:58 +0000

Visitors to San Francisco in July will be excited to know that the ‘defending’ “Oracle Team USA” will also be on the race course during this time.

This announcement on the official America’s Cup web site confirmed this today:

Throughout the Louis Vuitton Cup the defender, ORACLE TEAM USA, will also have access to the race course four days per week, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, sometimes sandwiched around the challengers’ racing.

This is great news for guests on our ‘America’ during our public / ticketed sailing and race viewing July through early August.

See our America’s Cup page for details of these opportunities.

America at San Diego Yacht Club 2013 opening day

warren — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:10:19 +0000

America SDYC open Day 2013

The San Diego Yacht Club always has quite a party during their seasonal sailing opening weekend. This year was no exception and as is usual our beautiful yacht ‘America’ was at the main dock for the day where at the official opening moment the crew raise our huge Stars & Stripes American flag. Of course you should always have your video camera ready when that happens. Accompanied by cannon fire and lots of gunpowder smoke this year’s flag raising was no exception…..just a really great few moments in time. Cannons and smoke were compliments of the Maritime Museum of San Diego vessel ‘Californian’, also at the main dock stern to stern with America’. What a great day!

Yacht ‘America’ really fly’s

warren — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:53:30 +0000

Yacht ‘America’ sailing near the Golden gate Bridge in San Francisco

While out on a corporate leisure sail last friday afternoon in San Diego, our America raised the bar on her own personal speed record.

It may not seem fast when you’re driving on the freeway, but at 16.5 knots (20 mph) this huge 139 Ft yacht was really flying. If the truth be known the America’s reported best speed ever was 17 knots during her sail from Key West to Panama enroute to San Diego in 2006. She regularly achieves 13 & 14 knots during trips on the bay and ocean, and is definitely a thrill to be sailing on when reaching those speeds. While San Diego moderate breezes rarely produce 16.5 knot speeds, when the America is sailing in San Francisco for this summer’s America’s Cup races, you can be assured that 16.5 knots might just be a regular thing. Check our America’s Cup page for your opportunity to sail with us in San Francisco. Do so….and you could find yourself making this phone call: “I’m on the AMERICA….at the America’s Cup!”

April 10 – The first blue whale of the year!

troy — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 04:20:46 +0000

First Blue Whale 2013

February 11 – Three friendly south bound grey whales.

troy — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 04:57:28 +0000

whale watching san diego

February 4 – We thought seeing our first north bound grey whales were special and then … (check out our Facebook link for more photos)

troy — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:32:01 +0000

Humpback Breach whale watching san diego yacht america

January 28 – A picture perfect day

troy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:37:20 +0000

Picture Perfect Grey Whale

January 26 – A very close breach delights our guest.

troy — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 04:22:29 +0000

Grey whale breach as seen from yacht America. Photo by John Jameson

January 21 – Mega Pod! Over a dozen grey whales in one pod plus a mega pod of over 1,000 dolphins amaze our guests.

troy — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 04:30:24 +0000

Triple fin shot from today’s mega pod. Photo by crew member Scott Farris

January 18 – If you were waiting for perfect conditions. They’re here! Sunny, warm, flat seas, fair winds and the south bound grey whales are peaking.

troy — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:40:29 +0000

whale watching san diego on Yacht America photo byMichael Ash