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Photo of the DayJanuary 22 - Southampton, UK Photo Courtesy www.cnn.com Vittoria is no stranger to large sloops. He set up a yard in Thailand in '87, and subsequently built three 131-foot, Farr designed sloops. We sailed with one of them in Antigua a few years ago, and then again two weeks ago in Antigua. The amazing thing about these three boats is the quality of construction . . . in a place where the boats were launched by elephants! When she's completed in 2003, Mirabella's expected to charter in the Med and then the Caribbean. We imagine there will be teething problems, because everything will be bigger than ever before. The working sail area, for example, won't be much smaller than the size of a football field. We want to see the genoa blocks and roller furling gear for that. When all is sorted out, she'll have 12 crew for the 12 guests. Vittoria's new boat won't be the biggest, however. In fact, two Northern Californians are building considerably larger sailboats - although not sloops. We'll tell you about them soon. |
Zihua Sail Fest Coming TogetherJanuary 22 - Zihuatanejo, Mexico "As of this morning we have 32 boats signed up for the parade and daysail for Zihua Fest in Zihuatanejo on February 1-3," reports Jimmie of Dry Martini. "In addition, we have 35 people making donations to be aboard Profligate and Capricorn Cat for the charity race between the two boats. In addition, 55 people are due for the party, and we've sold out of the first printing of T-shirts. We're now putting together a raffle for prizes to be donated by the local merchants. The parade and daysail are going to be led by the port captain. The beneficiary for all profits of the event will be the Nezahalcoyoltl Indian School here in Zihua, a most worthy charity." |
What the Hail! In Paradise?January 22 - Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico |
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You'd think a snowball would have about as much of a chance in Puerto Vallarta as it would in Hell. But as these photos prove, that's not the case. One night earlier this month, there was some turbulent weather at Nuevo Vallarta. Winds blew up to 50 knots, but even more unusual, it hailed 3/8" hailstones for quite a period. Some folks staying on boats reported as much as two inches of hail on the decks. Only a little was left in the morning, however, when Dick Markie took these photos. |
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Corinthian MidwintersJanuary 22 - Tiburon Regulars at CYC summer races will notice that the wind is blowing backwards. . . . . .Of course, any wind is better than none. Wired, one of five Beneteau 40.7s The famous Saturday night raft-up |
The J/120 Mr. Magoo raced in PHRF 1. The dodger doesn't do much good when you're rail meat. Birds in flight: Raven and White Dove |
Sick of Gray Skies?January 22 - Sea of Cortez
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Photos Courtesy Air Ops |
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YOTREPSJanuary 22 - 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 UpdatesJanuary 22 - 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/. The National Weather Service site for San Francisco Bay is www.nws.mbay.net/home.html. 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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