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Photo of the DayAugust 30 - Brittany, France Photo Benoit Stichelbaut/DPPI |
Treasure Island YC Back in BusinessAugust 30 - San Francisco |
San Diego Harbor Police Extend Hand to Southbound CruisersAugust 30 - San Diego "We are sure that many southbound cruisers had heard, that as usual, there aren't many open slips in San Diego. But Lt. Ken Franke of the Harbor Police has been very cooperative in finding a solution for the Baja fleet. Today, for example, he had decided that folks will be able to get their anchoring permits by phone at (619) 686-6227 or by emailing their request to [email protected]. Doing this in advance will take a lot of pressure off of everybody. "I can't tell you how supportive and easy Lt. Franke has been to work with, so please let your entrants know that this opportunity now exists and encourage them to do something now. By the way, the Visitor's Dock at the Harbor Police Office is scheduled to go through a complete overhaul starting October 1, 2001, and will not be in service when the fleet gets into town. So he who acts now will avoid a real problem later." Nobody needs to get their knickers in a twist over the shortage of slips in San Diego and Cabo, as it happens every year. Actually, the problem probably won't be as bad as in previous years because of the faltering economy. Folks having trouble getting space in San Diego are reminded that Newport Beach is proud of the fact that they never turn anybody away, Dana Point usually has lots of room in the fall, and Long Beach's Shoreline Marina always has many transients slips. So for many people, it simply means not arriving in San Diego until a week or so before the start of the Ha-Ha. Newport Beach Wants You to Stop byAugust 30 - Newport Beach Kasules wants to do more than just put out a big welcome for transients, he wants to be able to offer them loaners bikes in Newport - which is a great place to have a bike. He's got the go-ahead from County Counsel and has just a couple of more hurdles to clear before this program gets underway. We salute his attitude. |
Sayonara Sold?August 30 - San Francisco Having heard on the dock that Larry Ellison has sold his super successful Farr 84 Sayonara, we called Oracle Racing for confirmation. The PR folks say nobody has told them anything, but they've also read it in the papers. By the way, Oracle Racing finally has its Web site up again - well, most of it - at www.oracleracing.com. |
America's Cup DatesAugust 30 - Auckland, New Zealand One reason Ellison doesn't need Sayonara is that he's busy trying to win the America's Cup for the Golden Gate Yacht Club. Achieving that goal will start with the Louis Vuitton Cup, October 1 - November 4 of '02, followed by Round Robin II on November 15-28, the Round Robin Finals on December 9-22, the Semi Finals on January 3-12, and the Finals January 23-February 4. The winner will meet the Kiwis for the Cup starting on February 15. So you can start making those berth and hotel reservations now. |
Volvo Ocean Race Around the WorldAugust 30 - Southampton, UK The Volvo, formerly the Whitbread, starts on September 23. Local aces John Kostecki and Mark Rudiger will be skippers or co-skippers, and Dee Smith is on the Nautor entry. How much wind does it take before the Volvo 60-footers - which are capable of 35 knots - are up to full power? A mere seven knots. The official Web site for the event is www.volvooceanrace.org/homepage.html. The illbruck Challenge team tests their new Volvo 60 off Charleston Photo Courtesy Volvo Ocean Race Djuice Dragons battles Team SEB in the Round Gotland race Photo Courtesy Djuice Dragons |
YOTREPSAugust 30 - The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace Who is out making passages in the Pacific and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS - 'yacht reports' - at http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/ |
Weather UpdatesAugust 30 - Pacific Ocean San Francisco Bay WeatherTo see what the winds are like on the Bay and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/. California Coast WeatherLooking for current as well as recent wind and sea readings from 17 buoys and stations between Pt. Arena and the Mexican border? Here's the place - which has further links to weather buoys and stations all over the U.S.: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/stuff/southwest/swstmap.shtml. Pacific Winds and PressureThe University of Hawaii Dept. of Meteorology page posts a daily map of the NE Pacific Ocean barometric pressure and winds. Pacific Sea StateCheck out the Pacific Ocean sea states
at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.
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