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This file shot of Jeff Hartjoy posing beside a phallic Mexican cactus reminds us of what a great sense of humor he has — no doubt an invaluable personality trait during his round-the-world endurance contest.©
Although they’ve since moved their sailing operations to Bermuda, in January Artemis Racing launched a second turbo development boat out of their base in Alameda’s former naval air station.
Anyone who’s spent a real winter on the water there can tell you that San Francisco’s South Bay can fetch up some nasty wave action in stormy weather.
Here on the West Coast, a great variety of high-volume smuggling attempts have been discovered — including open panga-style fishing boats with bales of pot piled higher than their gunwales and semi-submersible submarines carrying tons of cocaine.
The bigger the boat, the bigger the ground tackle, and the bigger the ground tackle the bigger the potential for environmental damage.
If it’s February it must be seminar season. Some events of interest to Bay Area sailors include the following.
Initially it looked fine to our untrained eye. But after talking to Jim Drake, we looked closer and saw the sides of the belt were glazed — and bits of debris from it ended up on the bottom of our Yanmar diesel. 
Welcome to the big party in San Francisco. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco was a busy place this weekend.
Our Valentine to you: the February issue of Latitude 38. latitude/Annie
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sweet!
The SSS received 367 entries for this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco (registration is now closed).
If you’re always looking for ‘silver linings’, you’ll be interested in recent discoveries made by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) scientists thanks to diminishing sea ice in the Arctic. 
As every Pacific Northwest sailor undoubtedly knows, the massive Seattle Boat Show begins this week and runs through February 6 at CenturyLink Field (plus in-the-water boat viewing at South Lake Union).
Profligate on her own hook in the rather deep water of Yelapa. The dark color of the water indicates how deep it is.
The Melges 24 Shaka shakes off her rig on Friday at Key West Race Week, in breeze building past 20 knots and monstrous seas.
Canadian cruisers George Juri and Grit Chiu had been battling strong winds and high seas for days when they chanced upon Thai barge worker Thar Hlaing, who’d been alone in the water for four days. 
Although Aussie Rules is a 34-ft Catalina designed for coastal cruising, Dave and Rose found that she was big enough for the crossing to Australia about 80% of the time.
In November, the introduction of preliminary plans to dramatically redevelop the Alameda Marina drew widespread concern and condemnation by many within the Oakland-Alameda sailing community.
Peter Krueger and the Bay Area-based Double Trouble crew racing on Monday at Quantum Key West Race Week.
Saturday’s Corinthian Midwinters racers converged at the penultimate mark of course 5, the R4 buoy designated as YRA 8 east of Angel Island’s Point Blunt.
About a year ago, when ex-America’s Cup employee Tom Ehman introduced his pipe dream of staging a 12-Meter racing renaissance on San Francisco Bay — in reaction to the astronomical costs of foiling-era A-Cup campaigning — the idea drew a mixed reaction.
Hawaii-bound sailors and hopefuls, take note: Saturday’s Alaska Airlines Pacific Offshore Academy at Richmond YC still has some space left. The