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Double Trouble Preps for KWRW and Cuba
The crew works on perfecting roll jibes during last Saturday’s light conditions. © 2015 Martha Blanchfield San Francisco’s J/125 Double Trouble crew wrapped up a final practice last weekend before they travel east to Quantum Key West Race Week and the Conch Republic Regatta to Cuba. A signature S.F. Bay send-off was delivered — 4-knot winds…
Gunboat Seeks Bankruptcy Protection
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Rimas Rides Again
The recent voyages of Russian-born sailor Rimas Meleshyus, 63, have garnered widespread interest within the sailing community, not because he has proven to be a great mariner, but because despite having virtually no training or previous offshore experience, he has survived thousands of miles of open-ocean sailing aboard a tiny trailer-sailer. He may not be…
November Classics
Steve Carroll’s Tule Fog was one of 16 Express 27s racing in the BYC Midwinters on Saturday, a civilized day for sailing on the Berkeley Circle. © Erik Simonson Each fall, Latitude 38 trots out that old saw about how the wind is usually lighter and the winter season is a good time for newbies to try racing. Note that…
Sailor’s Run ‘Shafted’ During Solo Lap
Two weeks after departing from Bahia Caraquez, Equador, on a solo, nonstop lap around the planet aboard the Baba 40 Sailor’s Run, West Coast sailor Jeff Hartjoy, 69, reports that the sailing thus far has been "some of the very best I have ever done." But his euphoria was dampened yesterday, when he made a…