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Photos of the DaySeptember 7 - Punta Ala, Italy ![]() main salon, nav station, owner's cabin Yacht Design Magazine |
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Mexico Photo SpecialSeptember 7 - Mexico ![]() 500 year old cactus ![]() Marina at Melaque ![]() Fireworks at Puerto Vallarta - long before Burning Man |
![]() Jungle Ride at Tenacatita Bay ![]() Muelle at Z-town ![]() Typical laundry service ![]() Caleta Partida, home of Sea of Cortez Sailing Week |
Anchorage QuizSeptember 7 - Mystery Location Actually, the correct answer is Punta Ala, Italy. The marina is just around the corner from the anchorage that is the home of the Prada America's Cup challenge. In fact, here's a photo of Patrizio Bertelli's new 32-meter sloop Ulisse. Photo Latitude/Richard |
Volvo Ocean Race on TVSeptember 7 - The Airwaves How about a big raise for the program director who decided to air these programs when the audience should all be out sailing on their own boats? |
Beneteau First 40.7 One DesignSeptember 7 - San Francisco Bay Thanks for the report. If anybody is launching a new boat, racing or cruising, let us know about it. |
YOTREPSSeptember 7 - 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 UpdatesHurricane PredictionSeptember 7 - Atlantic Ocean For the last bunch of years, William Gray of Colorado State University has been making hurricane predictions based on what seems to us to be an incredibly complicated formula laced with monumental variables. So it comes as no surprise to us that his hurricane prediction for the 2001 Atlantic-Caribbean season has been more than a little off. Earlier this year, Gray predicted normal or slightly greater than normal hurricane activity. Alas, this is the first year since the mid-'80s that there hasn't been a single Atlantic-Caribbean hurricane by so late in the season. We think a Ouija board would work better. Currently Tropical Storm Erin is rumbling up the Atlantic, and for Gray's sake, we hope it turns into a hurricane. ![]() Tropical storm activity this season to date Unisys Weather Graphic September 7 - 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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