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Search of S/V Columbia Continues

So far, the extensive search for the long-overdue 45-ft steel cutter Columbia has turned up no solid clues as to its fate, but the outpouring of willing assistance has been truly impressive. Relatives of crew members became worried several weeks ago when the boat did not turn up at its planned port stop at Coquimbo,…

Bar and Humans Broachings in San Blas

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DH Farallones? Plan on Having an EPIRB . . .

You’d better have your EPIRB certificate ready for the DH Farallones skippers’ meeting or you won’t get to play. © 2010 Peter Lyons All skippers planning to do the Bay Area Multihull Association‘s Doublehanded Farallones are required to have a registered 406 MHz EPIRB aboard for the race on April 3. We don’t care if…

Ha-Ha Solves Robbery in Auckland

And yes, we mean Auckland, not Oakland. Having moved to the southern hemisphere, Jamie, Mera and Aeron have a new perspective on life. latitude/Richard©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’ll let Toast Conger of the Seattle based-Lagoon 380 Don Quixote — who along with husband Dean and daughters Jaime, Mera and Aeron, had been cruising Mexico…

California Dismasted, Crew Safe

California’s rig goes the way of Cal’s ’10 NCAA Tournament trip. Clipper Ventures© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In what has to be one of the most saddening developments to date for supporters of the first Golden State entry in the ’09-’10 Clipper ‘Round the World Race, our namesake boat California was dismasted Sunday evening some…