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Photo of the DayAugust 8 - Southern California ![]() One of the hazards of Southern California sailing: injured toes! This one is testing the healing properties of Heineken. |
More on the King Harbor RaceAugust 8 - Southern California
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![]() Yassou caught the stern line of the committee boat at the start. Leonard Brownlow, who sent us this photo, says, "It's pretty funny that Yassou gets hung up on the stern line of Mike Campbell's (Victoria, TP52) power boat!" |
News BriefsAugust 8 Getting caught up on some news items that have crossed our desk in the past week. . . Kaneohe, HI Belvedere Isle of Wight, UK Omarama, New Zealand Portsmouth, RI Finishing sixth overall at the Yngling
Worlds were Jody Swanson (Buffalo, Although Alison, Icyda and Leech qualified
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HeeeeeeelpAugust 8 - La Paz, BCS Carol Wellins writes, "I am trying to contact EEB Mike who did some work on our boat while we were in La Paz. We need a paper trail to satisfy tax exemption and his service record would be a big help. Since I cannot hail him on 27, I am hoping for an email address or phone number." "I know you hear it all the time (I am guessing you do not tire of it): We love your magazine, and for my husband it is cheap and very effective therapy. Our boat on the other hand is effective as well but anything but cheap." |
YOTREPSAugust 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 UpdatesAugust 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/. The National Weather Service site for San Francisco Bay is at www.wrh.noaa.gov/Monterey/. 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/Maps/Southwest.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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