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Talking ‘Bout Venezuela
Tales of having our boats in Venezuela was one of the topics of conversation when we had a great dinner aboard Serendipity, Barritt Neal and Renee Blaul’s Peterson 44 at the Pacific Corinthian YC in Oxnard the other night. The Wanderer had Latitude‘s Big O in Puerto La Cruz in the mid-’90s, and told about…
Lessons Learned on the Path to Polynesia
Catching and boating this shark in mid-ocean brought out the animal in Argentinian Estaban Font of the Florida-based Morgan 38 Puerto Seguro. © 2010 Maria Font Whether you set sail for French Polynesia from Mexico, Panama, the Galapagos, or elsewhere, crossing the Pacific in a sailboat is no small feat. And the lessons learned along…
How Much Do You Wanna Bet . . .
That the match for the 34th America’s Cup will be sailed on San Francsico Bay? In the wake of yesterday’s news that the City would not seek a one-time exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act for the infrastructure improvements necessary for a Cup village, we are all but certain that the next Cup match…
Solo Sailor Rescued off Fort Bragg
The Coast Guard reports that on Sunday they rescued the 29-year-old skipper of the 27-ft sailboat Amica about 55 miles west of Fort Bragg after the boat lost its rudder in heavy seas and winds. The sailor was Jon Innes from Vancouver, BC aboard an upgraded 1976 Catalina 27. "[He] had plans to sail from…
Wishing for a Bigger Boat
"All the Photoshopping allegations that were tossed at Ethan Smith’s pargo fish awhile back reminded me of the attached photo," writes Dennis Olson who sails his Laser Beastie out of Tomales Bay. "A fish that wasn’t caught, only sighted, in Tomales Bay. Is it real or is it Photoshop? Dennis Olson claims this photo of…