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Captive Cruiser Beheaded in Philippines
Sixty-eight-year-old Canadian sailor John Ridsdel, who’d been held captive in the southern Philippines since September by Abu Sayyaf militants, was beheaded Monday after the deadline for his ransom had passed. Canada, like the US, has a policy of not giving in to ransom requests for its citizens. Canadian sailor John Ridsdel was a world traveler…
Sailboat Abandoned off Año Nuevo
Alone offshore of the Central Coast was not a great place to be Monday morning. Due to incoming water and damage, the IOR one-tonner Kentucky Woman had to be abandoned. © US Coast Guard Conditions off the Central California coast Monday morning were rough and rowdy, with 40- to 50-knot winds reported, accompanied by 15-…
Spend Some Time with Jim Bender
What’s the connection between watermelons and young sailors? Find out tomorrow night at Spaulding’s. © Jim Bender Plenty of West Coast mariners have colorful sailing résumés that include exotic travel on a variety of sailing craft. But we’d bet few could match the diversity of experience acquired by the Bay Area’s Jim Bender. Tomorrow, April…
Records Trampled in Ensenada Race
Tom Siebel’s MOD70 Orion takes off for Ensenada — and a place in the record books. © 2016 Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing Every yacht race has had that one special year when it blows like stink out of the right direction and an unprecedented level of race craft shows up to absolutely demolish all…
Cruisers to the Rescue with A- Blood
“My wife Donna is in the hospital in Puerto Vallarta,” reports Richard Pomeroy of the Oregon-based Polaris 43 Flying Carpet. “She got strep throat, and the antibiotics the doctors gave her ate a hole in her stomach, causing internal bleeding. She needed blood, but she’s a rare A- blood type, and there were only two…