March 22, 2001
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Big Daddy Regatta
March 22 – San Francisco Bay
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Saturday night’s ‘20,001 Leagues Under You either love or hate Sunday’s pursuit |
 Goldilocks finished second in the pursuit race. |
 Express 37s at the weather mark |
 Wabbits on parade |
 Pole up! Photos Latitude/JR and Chris |
 The post-race gathering on RYC’s sunny decks. |
Sailing in the (San Diego) NOODMarch 22 – San Diego The Sailing World San Diego NOOD While we’re name-dropping, Peter Isler |
 Melges 24s at the weather mark Photo Courtesy San Diego Yacht Club |
The
Race Update
March 22 – Atlantic Ocean and Mediterranean
Sea
Team Adventure passed through the Strait of Gibraltar at
1800 GMT yesterday and are in the home stretch for the finish
at Marseille. As of 1030 GMT today, they had 430 miles to go.
Warta Polpharma was damaged during the night of Sunday
the 18th. After hearing a suspicious sound emanating from the
bow of the boat, they found a crack through the hull, not just
a surface breakage. Water was leaking into the port hull. After
pumping the hull, the crew reinforced the damaged area. The damage
is a mystery; they hadn’t hit anything and they were only doing
around nine knots in moderate waves. Warta Polpharma is
headed towards Brazil and hopes to make repairs that will allow
them to get back in The Race and duel it out with Team Legato.
Only thing is, the deadline to finish is 20:56 GMT on April 2,
and Team Legato still has 4,223 miles to go.
Jules Verne Trophy
March 22 – Around the World
Tracy Edwards is hunting for backing for another Jules Verne attempt
by an all-female crew. But this time the former Whitbread skipper
and skipper of Royal & Sun Alliance will project-manage
the campaign and leave the sailing to others. Now 38 and the mother
of a 15-month-old baby girl, Mackenna, Edwards has had enough
risk-taking for one lifetime and is happy to devote herself to
raising the money and putting together another ambitious campaign.
The plan this time is to be in a position to have a go at the
71-day Jules Verne record in early 2003.
Edwards says she hopes to charter or buy
one of the maxi-cats from The Race or possibly commission a new
boat, depending on what a future sponsor might want. The crew
is likely to consist of almost all the sailors from the Royal
& Sun Alliance campaign.
For Ed Gorman’s full story see www.madforsailing.com.
YOTREPS
March 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 Updates
March 22 – Pacific Ocean
San Francisco Bay Weather
To 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 Weather
Looking 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 Sea State
Seas are normal in the Pacific. But you
might check out the Pacific Ocean sea states at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.
For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.
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