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June 2026

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14Calendar

22Letters

37Loose Lips

38Sightings

50Catamaran Resurrection

Experience, it is said, is a harsh teacher: You get the test first and the lesson afterward. That was certainly how Huub van der Mark came to sailing and cruising.

54We Have Power

In May 2023, we replaced the leaky old Yanmar 3GM on our 1984 Baba 30 sailboat Cetacea with a 10kW electric motor, driven by a 16-cell 48V LiFePO4 lithium battery system that we built ourselves while living on a mooring in Marathon, Florida.

58She Wolves Prep for Invitational

Nicole Breault and an all-star team of Bay Area women sailors will head to Newport, Rhode Island, this September to compete in the inaugural New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Women's International Championship.

59A Gentle Bash to Ensenada

"The weather is the boss. When it's good, we go; when it's bad, we stop." That's what Arnstein Mustad said to me and Carla Deykin on April 6, the night before we departed Marina La Cruz de Huanacaxtle in Nayarit, Mexico.

64Max Ebb — Closing the Gap

I have discovered another way — besides top-end, custom order deli lunches and expensive post-race dinners — to get my best crew to show up for a practice and tuning session: Buy new sails.

68Racing Sheet

The Racing Season is in full swing on San Francisco Bay (at least for boats that aren't blocked into the San Francisco Marina West Harbor). This month's edition of Racing Sheet covers the ever-popular Great Vallejo Race, and the Moore 24 fleet racing in Santa Cruz.

72Changes in Latitudes

81Classy Classifieds