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Bet we know what’s at the top of Dietmar’s Christmas list!Carinthia
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Dietmar Petutschnig, an experienced European sailor who’s sailed a third of the way around the world since completing last year’s Baja Ha-Ha, sent us this very illustrative photo of what happens to a boat’s boom when an electric mainsheet works against a stout preventer.
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Dietmar Petutschnig, an experienced European sailor who’s sailed a third of the way around the world since completing last year’s Baja Ha-Ha, sent us this very illustrative photo of what happens to a boat’s boom when an electric mainsheet works against a stout preventer.
Denis Neumann reports that, on November 24, while walking the beach in Half Moon Bay, he spotted a small, bright yellow canvas pouch.
Like many longtime Mexico cruisers, Chuck Houlihan and Linda Edeiken of the Allied 39 Jacaranda get frustrated when they observe illegal fishing practices which greatly impact Mexico’s fragile marine ecosystem, especially since enforcement of existing laws is inadequate.
Argh matey, we’re gonna whip you into some Christmas spirit!
© 2009 Fred Fago
The holiday season was kick-started last weekend with no fewer than six Bay Area lighted boat parades.
B17B is headed for warmer climes, wandering toward Western Australia, already clear of the Freezing Fifties.
Peninsula-based St. Francis YC member Peter Vessella and his crew of Tracy Usher and John Callahan beat a "who’s-who" field at the Piana Cup on Biscayne Bay last weekend.
Got the Christmas shopping blues? If you’re perplexed about what to buy for hard-to-shop-for friends or family members, we may have the perfect solution: Invest in their mental and physical well-being by giving them a sailing gift certificate.
Designed by the Huntington Beach-based firm Morrelli and Melvin, the Aeroyacht 110 features an optional two-seater Icon A5 amphibious sports plane and pod to house it in.
"Is it time we did something about the shoddy marine forecasts for San Francisco Bay?"
If you’re on the fence about entering next summer’s Singlehanded TransPac, you’ll have a chance to meet with some race veterans, check out their boats and even have your boat ‘pre-inspected’ this Sunday, December 13, at Encinal YC.
A typical NW day – sailing over flat water under sunny summer skies with towering Mt.
Commodore Davis, the buffest grandma on the West Coast, warmed up the carbon fiber initiation paddle on the buttocks of her boyfriend Mike while he held up his prized membership card.
Intrepid solo circumnavigator Jeanne Socrates, who set out from the Canaries on October 10 on a planned non-stop circuit of the globe via the five Capes, is being forced to stop in Cape Town, South Africa, to effect repairs to her Najad 380 Nereida.
"While anchored at North Minerva Reef, a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion did numerous passes over the anchorage," reports Emmy Newbould, who’s cruising with her husband Eric Willbur on their Brickyard Cove-based Flying Dutchman 37 Nataraja.
Demonstrating the true spirit of the Blast, this unidentifiable contestant in the catch-the-waterballoon-from-the-third-floor-Sky-Bar-at-the-Nayarit-Riviera-Marina goes for the big splash.
Ask three sailors for their opinion on any given subject and you’ll get four answers.
Natasza was greeted by adoring friends and family – and magnums of spraying champagne – when she arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday.
Does this look like fun or what?
© Fred Fago
Even in times like these, when the weather is chilly and the breeze is light, diehard sailors can still find valid reasons to fiddle around with their boats.
JoJo as she lay wrecked on the beach in Stillwater Cove.
© Karl Livengood
Karl and Betsy Livengood of Walnut Creek experienced every sailor’s nightmare when their beloved Catalina 36 JoJo ran up on a rock reef in Stillwater Cove on October 20.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard has released five British sailors who were detained on November 25.
The five-person crew of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) entry Pelican abandoned ship yesterday after a massive rig failure 325 miles west off the Cape Verde Islands.
Racing in light air aboard Louis and Laura Kruk’s San Francisco-based Beneteau First 42s7 Cirque during the ’08 event.
Blue Moon, Sin Ti, Candide, Silent Sun and Zeppelin formed the core of the Thanksgiving Day raft-up in Clipper Cove.
The wave-battered 34-ft sloop Sunyata was towed back to the Half Moon Bay anchorage Friday evening.
As much as we all enjoy a good sailing photo, if you’re 2,000 miles from nowhere, you’ll be glad to hear you can still get the text of ‘Lectronic Latitude via Sail Docs on SailMail.
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to try and rescue sailors from a stricken boat, when you’re on a 700-ft long cruise ship?
The Croatian yacht Mambo crossed the start line on Sunday with 208 other boats.
"Hubert Marcoux, a 68-year-old French Canadian solo sailor aboard the 45-ft Mon Pays, is presumed lost on his voyage from Halifax to Bermuda," writes Jack van Ommen of the Gig Harbor, Washington-based Naja 29 Fleetwood.
Killer sailing in a relaxed atmosphere defines the Banderas Bay Blast.
latitude/Richard
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC So far, a total of 21 boats have signed up for this year’s Baja Ha-Ha-like Banderas Bay Blast, which runs from December 2-4.
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC So far, a total of 21 boats have signed up for this year’s Baja Ha-Ha-like Banderas Bay Blast, which runs from December 2-4.
It may be too late to make up a plausible excuse your relatives will buy, but rather than doing the traditional drive-five-hours-in-hellish-traffic-only-to-eat-and-bicker-with-the-family, why not start a new tradition?
With no French team around, Cork takes out Ireland’s frustration at being robbed of a berth in the 2010 World Cup on Hull & Humber.
If you’ve sailed on the Bay in the last four years, you’ve likely seen the 82-ft steel schooner Seaward on a training cruise — and probably more than once.
Need the perfect holiday gift for your favorite sailor? Check out our chandlery for tons of T-shirts and hats — they make great stocking stuffers!
Our correspondent and good buddy Patsy Verhoeven, who just sailed the entire Ha-Ha course for the third time in a row, and who spends most of the year aboard her Gulfstar 50 Talion in La Paz, checks in with the latest from The City of Peace:
"Over 200 people showed at the Baja Ha-Ha welcome party put on by the La Paz Tourism Board and the local marinas.
Nick Jaffe on arrival at Apia, Western Samoa, just a day or two before a devastating tsunami nearly killed his parents who were vacationing on the south end of the island.
Jessica Watson shows her offering to King Neptune.
Ella’s Pink Lady
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Yesterday, sixteen-year-old Aussie solo sailor Jessica Watson crossed the equator — the first milestone in her attempt to set the record for the youngest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop and unassisted.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Yesterday, sixteen-year-old Aussie solo sailor Jessica Watson crossed the equator — the first milestone in her attempt to set the record for the youngest person to sail around the world alone, non-stop and unassisted.
The kind folks at the snazzy Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz have confirmed that they will provide free berthing on the night of Wednesday, December 2, for boats registered for the Banderas Bay Blast, the three-day ‘nothing serious’ regatta on Banderas Bay December 2-4.
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