Bay Area Sailing
The weekend of December 8-9 was a chilly one on San Francisco Bay, but a northeasterly provided some fine sailing in the East Bay for racers, daysailors and junior students alike.
The Tables Have Turned
Here’s your December Caption Contest(!).
Your caption here.© 2018 Unknown
This is another image that has floated around the Internet, making it difficult to credit.
Etchells Racing
If you're looking to challenge yourself in the Etchells class there's no better place to be this winter than the four-race Biscayne Bay Series in Florida. Jim Cunningham traveled east for the first regatta and took second place behind 2017 world champion Steve Benjamin.
When You're Socked In
A while back, the KQED podcast Bay Curious did a fun investigation of the Bay Area’s foghorns.
Holiday Events
Many festive boats are lighting up the night this month, some in their slips and others in parades. The Lighted Yacht Parade on the Oakland-Alameda Estuary was held on December 1.
Yesterday, the Bay Conservation and Development Commission unanimously approved a settlement with Westpoint Harbor.
Solo Sailor
British solo sailor Susie Goodall has been rescued from her boat, dismasted in a Southern Ocean storm.
Always Ready
Yesterday, the Coast Guard came to the assistance of three sailors on a 35-ft sailboat about 30 miles west of Oceanside, near San Diego.
Professional Racing
The professional racing on these classic — and formerly Olympic-class — boats in Nassau has been exciting to watch, and the coverage, including the graphics and play-by-play announcing is of a caliber equivalent to the sailing itself.
Solo Around-the-World Race
Susie Goodall's Rustler 36 pitchpoled and dismasted in the Southern Ocean some 2,000 miles west of Cape Horn today.
Near the End?
Tomorrow, the BCDC commissioners will vote on a settlement with Westpoint Harbor, marking the possible conclusion of a years-long conflict between one of the Bay Area’s newest marinas and a government agency that many people feel has gone astray of its founding mission.
The Figure 8 Voyage
After he rounded Cape Horn on Thursday, November 29, Randall Reeves’ blogs took a little while to catch up.
Business News
Sailors will be keen to learn how Seipel (who just started on Monday) plans to chart the boating retailer's course.
Winter Storm Carnage
After the first full-on winter storm blew through town last week, there seems to be a bit of carnage in its wake — though not necessarily related to the tempest itself.
Midwinter Sailing
On Saturday morning, some last rain squalls blew through, leaving rainbows behind. The northwesterly on the Cityfront had already cranked up well before the start time.
Extreme Sailing Series
Following 10 months of touring around the planet, Ernesto Bertarelli's Alinghi team closed the grand finale in first place on the double-points Act leaderboard.
West Coast Circumnavigators
After just over 50 days at sea following his late-September departure from San Francisco, Randall Reeves finally reached Cape Horn sometime yesterday after a few days of gale-force conditions.
New Latitude Out
"When I was young, I dreamed of taking off on a sailboat, exploring the oceans, and claiming deserted islands for myself." Those are the words of Martin Machado. Learn where his dreams led him in December's Latitude 38.
Cruising Rally
What can I say?The Baja Ha-Ha is one of the great adventures of a lifetime, and you have to do it to get it.
Bay Area Development
As the San Francisco Bay shoreline continues to be developed with high-rent waterfront properties, access to sailing is feeling the pressure.
Bring Your Umbrella
If you’re from the East Coast, you might find that for a state with so much sunshine, Californians sure do complain about the weather a lot.
Sailors Battling Plastics
Longtime readers of Latitude 38 are probably familiar with the adventures of Bruce Balan and Alene Rice of the California-based Cross 46 trimaran Migration.
golden globe race
Suddenly, the boat was as picked up by a huge wave and surfed down the forward face. The bows dug in and the boat went end-for-end before rolling out on her side.
All You Need to Know
On Friday, a ferry crashed into the dock at the San Francisco Ferry Building. There were 53 passengers onboard at the time, but no injuries were reported.
Latitude Nation:
A former CNN producer and self described cruising novice recently asked an interesting question in an online article:
“We are two years and 4,000 nautical miles into our dream of sailing around the world.
Solo Transatlantic Race
Route du Rhum
Happy
The Route du Rhum — now more than three weeks old — is entering its closing stages, though many boats remain on the more than 3,500-mile course.
Holiday Shopping
Sun Damage
When you live on a boat in the tropics year-round, you adjust to the challenges of wind, rain and extreme heat every day as needs arise — protecting expensive gear from sun damage, attending to leaks, and keeping mold and mildew at bay.
50th Transpac
Still eight months out, the 2019 Transpac is already primed to be one of the biggest and best ever.
Yachtspeople of the Year
US Sailing has opened nominations for 2018’s Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year.
Holiday Shopping
California Wildfires
Late tomorrow, there may be some relief from the deadly Camp Fire, and the hundreds-of-miles-long blanket of dense, smoky smog that’s been choking the Bay Area for well over a week.
women's sailing
No, not that Queen Alice.© 2018 John Tenniel
The Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay held their annual awards party at Berkeley Yacht Club yesterday afternoon.
#optoutside
We’ve been praying for rain, and it looks like we’re finally going to get it.
San Francisco Bay Racing
We were browsing sailing photos from photographer and tireless race committee volunteer Roxanne Fairbairn when we noticed that something must be wrong with Folkboat skippers.
Drama in Solo Race
Hugo Boss Runs Aground
The 11th edition of the Route du Rhum solo transatlantic race has continued to deliver thrilling surprises and heartbreaking blown leads, this time in the premier IMOCA 60 monohull fleet.
Truly Cruising
We now bring you part 2 of Mitchell and Quincey’s Truly Cruising (part 1 ran a week ago today).
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