August 9, 2001
Photo of the DayAugust 9 – Mexico When somebody at Marina Paradise, just north of Puerto Vallarta, |
 Photo Courtesy Rick Strand |
Bad News Leads To Good News from Dana
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 Photo Latitude/Richard “Between our guest berths and moorings, Captain Kasules also wants everyone to know that if they feel |
Bonaire
August 9 – Newport
See the above photo of Newport Beach? We just realized that the
blue boat on the right hand side is Bonaire, the Moody
65 that was recently abandoned by her Orange Coast College Sailing
Program crew on the way back from Hawaii after the mast step failed.
Her fate is currently unknown. Has the mast finally punched a
hole in the bottom of the boat, causing her to sink? Or is she
still afloat? Nobody knows.
In the days after the boat was abandoned,
a number of folks have wondered why the crew just didn’t cut the
mast down. A number of delivery skippers have explained that’s
the kind of thing that sounds easy, but is not only very difficult,
but also very dangerous. We think any suggestion that the skipper
and crew bailed prematurely are out of line. It needs to be remembered
that they all stayed with the boat for two days after the step
failed, and the skipper and mate stayed at least another day.
This was clearly not a case of the skipper chickening out and
running at the first sign of danger. We’ll have the full story
in the September issue.
Ten Year Circumnavigation
August 9 – Seattle
“The other day we saw our first Latitude in a long
time – because we just returned from a 10-year circumnavigation,”
write Jim and Lyn Foley of the Valiant 40 Sanctuary. “We
saw a note about West Coast circumnavigators, and since we qualify,
here are some details: We sailed under the Golden Gate from Alameda
in April 1991. Instead of immediately heading south, we turned
right and spent from April until September going north. We slowly
made our way to Desolation Sound, where we decided we didn’t want
to winter in British Colombia, so we headed south and celebrated
Christmas of ’91 in Turtle Bay, Baja.
From then on, one thing led to another, and our ‘east about’ route
eventually included all of Central America, the Panama Canal,
San Blas Islands, Colombia, up to the Yucatan, Texas, Florida,
across the Atlantic to the Azores, and then on to Ireland. From
then on, we followed a winding path into the Med, parts of Europe
and North Africa, the Middle East, down the Red Sea, over to Southeast
Asia via India, then back to USA from Japan via the Aleutians.
We spent the winter of 2000 at Yakutat, Alaska, and sailed down
the Inside Passage this spring. Having sailed to 40 countries,
we crossed our track at Lund, British Colombia, completing the
circle on June 29. It was 10 years and two months after we’d set
out. Sanctuary is now in Shilshole Marina, Seattle. We
are thankful to have had this adventure/cruise/voyage of a lifetime.”
Oracle RacingAugust 9 – Southern California As we were down in Southern California last week, we decided |
 Photo Latitude/Richard |
Two HarborsAugust 9 – Catalina This is what Two Harbors looked like in April of this year. We |
 Photo Latitude/Richard |
YOTREPSAugust 9 – The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace Who is out making passages in the Pacific |
Weather UpdatesAugust 9 – Pacific Ocean San Francisco Bay WeatherTo see what the winds are like on the Bay California Coast WeatherLooking for current as well as recent wind Pacific Winds and PressureThe University of Hawaii Dept. of Meteorology Pacific Sea StateCheck out the Pacific Ocean sea states |
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