Archive for January 2008
It Really Is a Small, Small Cruising World
Here’s an example of just how small the world of sailing can be:
While doing the Banderas Bay Blast in Mexico in early December, we became friends with new Profligate crew Tim Dick of the Hawaii-based Beneteau First 42s7 Eau de Vie, and his lady friend, Kim Le, of Sausalito. More »
Harker to Finish Circumnavigation
Mike Harker expects to finish his circumnavigation this weekend, just a month or so behind schedule.
© Mike Harker
Like Frenchman Francis Joyon and his 97-ft trimaran IDEC, Mike Harker of the Manhattan Beach-based Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust III is expected to complete his circumnavigation this weekend:
"I’m 900 miles southeast of Antigua, and now that I’m in the trades, I’m making better than expected progress. More »
Joyon Closing on the Finish
Francis Joyon’s IDEC is skirting over the top of the Azores High, which is centered about halfway between the Azores and the Canary Islands at present. Strong, consistent southwesterlies compressed between the high and a large depression off Newfoundland will soon be propelling IDEC toward Brest, France. More »
Maxi Cat on the Way . . . Maybe
Gitana 13 (shown here during sea trials last year) may be on her way to the Bay.
© 2008 Yvan Zedda
The 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 may have left New York yesterday on a nonstop record attempt to San Francisco via Cape Horn. More »
Funky Clearing Games
Over the last year or so, we’ve gotten several reports of cruisers having to pay big bucks to: 1) Use an agent; and 2) Clear out of Puerto Madero, which is at the very southeastern tip of mainland Mexico. More »
Baby on Board
Peter and Antonia Murphy, who embarked last summer on what they called the Trans-Pacific Baby Project aboard their wildly painted Mariner 36 Sereia, welcomed their new deckhand, Silas Joseph Murphy, into the world at 2:23 p.m. More »
Wednesday Three Bridge Fiasco Meeting
With all the miserable weather we’ve been getting this winter, this weekend’s sun and relatively light breeze were a welcome relief and we hope to see more of it, including for the upcoming Three Bridge Fiasco. More »
Injured Singlehander Calls Pub for Rescue
The story of British singlehander Alan Thompson’s mid-Atlantic rescue illustrates that there’s more than one way to call for help.
According to a story today in Britain’s Daily Mail newspaper, the 61-year-old fell and broke his pelvis while singlehanding his recently purchased 37-ft Hunter Legend Padolu from Florida to the UK. More »
Life in the Caribbean
Capt. Scotty and his family and crew romp along aboard the schooner Juno on the way to the Columbier anchorage.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sunday is the Day of Rest in the Caribbean, so many of the locals and visiting sailors at St. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sunday is the Day of Rest in the Caribbean, so many of the locals and visiting sailors at St. More »
Hope for the Best
"I just returned from Ecuador after answering a Crew Wanted ad posted by a woman skipper," Dave Hohman wrote to us in an email. "It turns out that the gal is, in my opinion, a nut job and a drunk. More »
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