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Photos of the NightAugust 10 - San Francisco Bay Jeffrey Gaines with a couple of fans. Jeffrey Gaines gives a concert at 12 knots. |
It wasn't the warmest night on the Bay, but that didn't bother the crowd of 25. After sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge and down the City Front, the guests called for a sail by Alcatraz. With darkness falling after a jibe behind the island, Gaines and the guests settled inside Profligate's spacious saloon, to listen to the Philadelphia artist perform his hit single 'In Your Eyes' as well as cuts from his 'Always Be' CD just released by Artemis Records. High bidder Jeff Cracolice is in the red jacket in front. Some of the guests. Photos Latitude/Richard Meanwhile, Profligate was cruising up the leeward side of Tiburon at eight to twelve knots. It was a good time, and it was for a good cause. What more could you ask for? It was only the second concert aboard Profligate, the first having been Foxy Callwood of Foxy's in Jost van Dyke, who played to celebrate his 60th birthday a couple of years ago. |
Team Adventure's Record Attempt Breaks OffAugust 10 - The North Atlantic |
![]() Photo Courtesy www.teamadventure.org Team Adventure, of course, is one of three Gilles Ollier 110-foot catamarans that participated in The Race, this year's around-the-world event. All three of the cats suffered significant damage during that race. |
West Marine Pacific CupAugust 10 - Entries Off To A Fast Start. That's 17 entries, and it's expected the list will go over 30 by the end of the month. Jim Quanci reports that he knows of at least two more SC 50s and two more SC 52s that are planning to enter. The Pacific Cup always runs out of slots, so if you don't want to be stuck on the waiting list, visit the Pacific Cup web site: www.pacificcup.org. |
From Last Year's Pacific Cup Photo Latitude/Richard |
Praise for the Newport Beach Harbor PatrolAugust 10 - Newport Beach |
Photo Latitude/Richard |
Rolex Fastnet Race Starts On SundayAugust 10 - Cowes, Isle of Wight This year's event will be headlined by maxis such as Morning Glory, Stealth, Leopard of London and others, many of which will be sailed by America's Cup crews. The fleet will also include four brand new Volvo 60s which are gearing up for the start of the Volvo Around The World Race on September 23rd. The boats are Assa Abloy Racing Team of Sweden, which is co-skippered and navigated by Mark Rudiger of Corte Madera; Team SEB of Sweden; Team News Corp of Australia; and illbruck Challenge of Germany, driven by John Kostecki, who lives just up the Marin County road from Rudiger in Fairfax. Corrected time honors, however, will probably go to one of the 60-foot trimarans, despite the fact that they'll be sailing a longer course. One of the favorites is Scotswoman Emma Richards' Pindar - yes, it's still got the Sony paint job - which was formely Steve Fossett's record-smashing Lokata. Fossett is still in a balloon attempting to be the first to balloon around the world singlehanded. |
![]() Photo Courtesy Thierry Martinez ![]() Photo Courtesy www.madforsailing.com |
YOTREPSAugust 10 - 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 UpdatesAugust 10 - 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/. 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/stuff/southwest/swstmap.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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