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September 2025

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12Calendar

19Letters

35Loose Lips

36Sightings

46Pi to the 50th

A story of ingenuity and adventure, loss and survival, and one deeply tied to the beginnings of ULDBs and the history of ocean racing on the California Coast.

54Baja Ha-Ha — Who's Aboard?

On Monday, November 3, the 31st Baja Ha-Ha fleet will cast off the docklines or haul up the anchor and head south on the annual Cruisers Rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

58My Voyage On Uscgc 'Eagle'

This summer, I had the rare privilege of sailing aboard the USCGC Eagle, the Coast Guard's iconic barque, from San Francisco to San Pedro.

62Max Ebb — Squirrel Art

"To quote Cmdr. Jack Aubrey," I shouted up the open companionway hatch, from my seat at the nav station. "The Spanish are good fighters, but they are never ready."

66Racing Sheet

Summer regattas run hot and heavy as evidenced by the YRA Encinal Regatta and Offshore Series, Estuary Extravaganza, the Plastic Classic, the I-14 Nationals, the Mercury Huntington Regatta.

76Changes in Latitudes

86Classy Classifieds