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Perdock’s Story Keeps Changing

December 7, 2007
Bismarck Dinius, who was charged with manslaughter in the 2006 death of Lynn Thornton, appeared in Lake County Superior Court November 29 to plead not guilty to the charges, and to request that Lake County prosecutors be removed from the case. More »

Midwinter Racing Returns

December 5, 2007
Small Flying Patio Furniture and BreakThrough enjoyed Saturday’s mostly-clear, but cold, conditions. © 2007 Peter Lyons After the bleakest November in memory, midwinter racing got underway again this weekend with well-attended series in venues ranging from the South Bay all the way up to Vallejo. More »

Harker on Last Leg of Solo Circumnavigation

As Harker rounded Cape Point, South Africa, he returned to the Atlantic Ocean, from where he started his circumnavigation. © Mike Harker Mike Harker, whose Lake Arrowhead home burned in the recent Southern California wildfires, reports that he’s left the Indian Ocean and is back in the Atlantic with his Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust III, and therefore has just 6,500 miles to go in his very rapid and mostly-singlehanded circumnavigation. More »
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Darla Jean Wrecks on Fanning Island

"On the morning of December 2, the 47-ft San Francisco-based motorsailer Darla Jean wrecked on the reef on the southeast side of Fanning Atoll in the Central Pacific," report Robby and Lorraine Coleman, who have been there for several months aboard their Honolulu-based Angelman ketch Southern Cross. More »

Photos of the Day: Sea Level Launched

Jim Milski’s new self-built catamaran Sea Level tasted the water for the first time on December 3 at Mare Island. © Jim Milski It was a long time coming, but Coloradan Jim Milski’s dream catamaran touched water for the first time on December 3. More »

Joyon 20% Ahead of MacArthur’s Pace

Francis Joyon and his 97-ft Irens/Cabaret trimaran have slowed somewhat in pursuit of a new solo around the world record, but are still on a pace that is — incredibly — about 20% faster than Ellen MacArhtur’s current record. More »

Photo of the Day: Pucker Factor

December 3, 2007
Talk about ‘pucker factor’ – this monster is bigger than the storm that killed the crew of the northbound catamaran Cat Shot last December. NWS/NCEP – Ocean Prediciton Center
©2007 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you were thinking of going out for a daysail today anywhere along the Washington, Oregon or Northern California coast, you might want to rethink those plans. More »
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A-Cup Update: The Plot Thickens

It wasn’t too many years ago that America’s Cup promoters were doing anything they could think of to make the contest for the Cup more appealing to the general public — that is, ready for prime time. More »

Multihulls Racing Around the World

If actual racing, as opposed to America’s Cup lawyering, is your passion, you should direct your attention to the Atlantic Ocean right now. While the nine-boat Barcelona around-the-world fleet is certainly worth following, by no means miss the efforts of singlehander Francis Joyon and his new 100-ft trimaran IDEC, who are going after the singlehanded around the world record set by Ellen MacArthur with the trimaran B&Q / Castrorama, as well as Franck Cammas and his crew on the 105-ft maxi trimaran Groupama III, who are going after the Jules Verne around-the-world record for crewed boats. More »