18ft Skiff International Regatta - Top four turn up the heat



5:07 AM Wed 25 Aug 2010 GMT
'18ft Skiff International Regatta - day 3' Erik Simonson/ h2oshots.com ?
18ft Skiff International Regatta day 3 on San Francisco Bay and it was a different look for sailing. On The City's hottest day of the year no locals could recall offhand when their thermometers last touched 96 degrees, especially following what they were calling their coolest summer in years. The breeze felt like Waikiki and the beach at Crissy Field overrun with sun-soakers, dogs and joggers looked like Mardi Gras at Rio de Janeiro---but, no, that was the Golden Gate to the west without the usual shroud of fog, and after a two-hour wait for decent wind the most skilled ...


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