September 11, 2000

By Grzegorz | September 11, 2000

Photos of the Day

The Kids Are Alright

September 11 – San Francisco Bay

One of the most enjoyable things to do with a boat is take folks
who normally don’t get a chance out for a sail on the Bay. The
Wanderer has taken hundreds out this summer for trips aboard
‘Latitude’s catamaran ‘Profligate’.
Of all the folks, the Wanderer likes the kids the best, no matter
if they’re the rambunctious ‘at risk’ kids from the Mission,
or slightly older kids who look like they’re heading toward successful
careers.

The folks in the above photo – from left, Chad Gallinat, Michael
Larsuel, Jason Vargo, Marianne Pierce and Hilary Spindler – are
all in the latter category. The last-sail-of-the-summer outing
was organized by Hilary, the Wanderer’s niece, who is seen in
the second photo at right looking forward to returning to her
studies. A few years ago lots of Baby Boomers were whining that
today’s kids were nothing but a bunch of slackers. We never thought
that was true, and based on what the kids in the photos are doing
right now, we think it’s less true than ever. Hilary, for example,
is going to be a Senior in Anthropology at Michigan; Chad is
a material science engineer doing his PhD work at UCSB; Michael
is a Sports Management major at Michigan; Jason is a Chemical
Engineering major at Michigan; and Marianne is a Biology major
at Oregon.

Photos Latitude/Richard

Cowabunga California
Surf’s Coming Up!

September 11 – Pacific Ocean

Tropical Weather

As expected, Tropical Storm Lane off the coast of Mexico developed
into a minimum-strength hurricane. Fortunately, it veered to the
west and will miss Cabo, but current projections suggest that
it will parallel the Baja coast before dissipating mid-week off
the coast of Southern California. So if you’re on your boat, don’t
be surprised by long, gentle ocean swells, and if you surf, it’s
time to wax up from Santa Cruz to the Cape.

All remains quiet in the Atlantic/Caribbean.

San Francisco Bay Weather

To see what the winds are like on the Bay right now, check
out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/.
From our office, it looks like it’s going to be a great week for
sailing – it was great out there yesterday.

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 Ocean Weather

Click here to see today’s weather
map from the University of Hawaii Meteorology Department.

Pacific Sea State

Seas are normal in the Pacific. But you might check at:
http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.

For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.

Cruising

Cruisers Get Thirsty

September 11 – Santa Rosalia, Mexico

When it’s summer in the Sea of Cortez, it’s sizzling hot and cruisers
get thirsty. That’s why John Vermette of ‘U Betcha’ can be seen
in this photo trying to navigate a dinghy that’s close to swamping
from its cargo of Modelo Beer. This all happened when John and
his wife Stephanie were provisioning at Santa Rosalia for a couple
of months in the northern Sea of Cortez. The photo was taken “by
friends”.

Serious Competition at Fiji Regatta
Week

September 11 – Malololailai, Fiji

There’s a break in the action at Fiji Regatta Week at the Musket
Cove YC in Malololailai, Fiji. During today’s layday the beach
competition will consist of the always popular and politically
incorrect hairy chest and wet t-shirt competitions. For more info,
visit www.musketcovefiji.com/marina.html.

YOTREPS

September 11 – 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/

Racing

Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup

September 11 – Sardinia, Italy

The Web reports on last week’s Rolex Maxi Cup competition in
Sardinia was so thoroughly incompetent that we’re going to wait
until Wednesday to give a report from participants. Meanwhile,
enjoy the action photographs that were as good as the written
reports were bad.

Photos Carlo Borlenghi

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