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Sad and Ironic News on Gary JobsonApril 25 - Annapolis, MD |
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| In a terrible, ironic twist, Gary Jobson, who has been Chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's Regatta Series for the past 11 years, has just been diagnosed with lymphoma and will be receiving chemotherapy for the next six to eight months. Jobson has been the familiar face and voice of sailing in North America for all his television work on the America's Cup, Whitbread, and other sailing events. He was also Ted Turner's navigator during their victorious America's Cup campaign. Jobson is a good guy - he recently spoke at the Tiburon YC - and we wish him a swift and full recovery. |
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Fun PhotoApril 25 - Mallorca, Spain While thumbing through a massive stack of unfiled photos last night, we came across this dramatic shot taken from Latitude's old boat, Big O, during a trip to the Med in the mid-'90s. The shot is of a couple of the gal crewmembers - if you look really close you can see they are topless - exploring caves on the north side of Mallorca in Spain's Balearic Islands. The Med may not have the greatest sailing conditions in the world, but it's got great culture, tremendous natural scenery, and stunning variety. Every sailor ought to try to spend at least one full summer there. |
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It Would Have to Happen Just a Few Miles from HomeApril 25 - Atlantic Ocean Just days from finishing the Around Alone singlehanded race, Italian skipper Simone Bianchetti of Tiscali has had to go to the top of his 80-ft mast no less than 11 times in 48 hours to repair a sail track coming off above the third spreader. "My body is shattered - I spent over four hours up the mast at one time. But I haven't slept for 24 hours as I need to push the boat even harder." |
 Simone Bianchetti aboard Tiscali Photo James Robinson Taylor Courtesy Around Alone |
Keeping the Whales AwayApril 25 - Trinity Bay, Canada In recent issues of Scuttlebutt, Cam Lewis - best known for his adventures with the maxi-cat Team Adventure - has been talking about the worries they had about colliding with whales while sailing in excess of 30 knots. In today's 'butt, John Diggins reports that Dr. Peter Beamish of Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, developed a whale warning acoustical system some years ago. "The Canadian Fisheries Department commissioned sonar buoys to attach to nets to protect the whales from becoming entangled in the fishing nets. Dr. Beamish also developed an album of whale calls, which he has used to call whales to his boat or to chase them away." If this sounds interesting to you, visit Ceta Research at www3.nf.sympatico.ca/beamish. |
 Three small whales thinking about ramming a Ha-Ha boat last year Photo John Pettitt |
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Eye Candy from the CaribbeanApril 25 - Antigua  Victoria of Strathern plows through the seas off Antigua during the Antigua Classic Regatta. Photo Tim Wright |
YOTREPSApril 25 - The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace Who is out making passages in the Pacific and what kind of weather are they having? The YOTREPS daily yacht tracking page has moved to www.bitwrangler.com/psn. |
Weather UpdatesApril 25 - 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 at www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey. 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/Maps/Southwest.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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