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Transpac Adopts New Rating Limits
Following last year’s dustup over rating limits and oddities in the Offshore Racing Rule, the Transpacific YC announced it has bumped up the limit for next year’s race to include boats up to 100 feet. By also removing the limitations on powered winches, they’ve opened the door for the world’s super maxis like Wild Oats…
The Revived Sea of Cortez Sailing Week
Spectacularly beautiful Caleta Partida, about 20 miles north of La Paz, was the finish line for two races and the center of most Sailing Week activity. © 2008 Glenn Twitchell Twenty-five years after founding the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week, which flourished for about seven years before going into a long decline and eventually dying,…
French Luxury Yacht Seized by Pirates
Le Ponant, a 288-ft French luxury yacht, was on its way back to the Med from the Seychelles on Friday when it was overtaken by pirates in the Gulf of Aden off Somalia. The yacht’s 30 crewmembers — no passengers were aboard — are being held hostage while authorities negotiate with their captors. Meanwhile, French…
Maltese Falcon for Sale
Tom Perkins, the Belvedere-based owner of the 289-ft Dyna-Rig Maltese Falcon, has confirmed reports that his big boat is up for sale. He’s been quoted by other sources as saying that much of the joy for him was the project itself, and that he’s now interested in submarines. Perkins has always enjoyed innovation and riding…
Extreme 40 Rips Up the Bay
iShares ‘lights it off’ on the Cityfront. Watch this Extreme 40 cat tear up the Bay through Monday. Capable of speeds to 35 knots, she’s an inshore thoroughbred. latitude/Rob©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re on the water this weekend in the vicinity of the Cityfront, keep your eyes peeled for a black shadow hiding…