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All Eyes on Artemis
Luna Rossa with her afterburners on, apparently about to jibe. She may not have looked so hot against the Kiwis during the LVC Round Robin races, but her team is steadily improving, having clocked the fastest course time yet in Wednesday’s race.© ACEA / Gilles Martin-Raget Artemis Racing team members have been on an emotional…
Meanwhile, in Tonga
Meanwhile, on the other side of the world, Will and Sarah Curry of the Vancouver, BC-based Beneteau First 405 Hydroquest recently had an up-close-and-personal look at a group of humpback whales during their visit to Tonga. If you look closely, you can see whale flukes in the background, left. You can tell by their ear-to-ear smiles that…
Whales on the West Coast
Once thought doomed to extinction, whale populations that travel up and down the West Coast are now abundant again (although still officially “endangered”). Sadly, though, both ships and pleasure craft occasionally collide with cetaceans in near-shore waters. Once threatened with extinction, whale populations are on the rise, but ship strikes remain a problem. © John…
Opportunities You Find ‘Out There’
Having spent more than a decade living outside of mainstream America, this writer can confirm that you sometimes get opportunities while in far-flung places that you might never have gotten back home — such as meeting famous people, getting unusual job offers, and finding crew positions on exotic voyages. We’re reminded of this as we…
Profligate Refit Update
Eddie and Chilengo, two of Peter Vargas’s workers at Sea Tek, empty yet another 55-gallon drum of delicious epoxy. latitude/Richard© Latitude 38 Media, LLC To continue the tale of the impulsive Profligate refit plus in Mexico, we thought it might be illuminating to list the materials that have been used: four 55-gallon drums of epoxy;…