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Archive for November 2008

Caribbean 600 Drawing Big Crowd

November 10, 2008
The Royal Ocean Racing Club’s inaugural RORC Caribbean 600 looks likely to get off to a good start. It will be even stronger if an anticipated first — a head-to-head battle between the two 100-ft super maxis, Mike Slade’s much modified Farr-designed Leopard and Alex Jackson’s Juan K-designed Virgin Money/Speedboat — comes to fruition. More »
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Death for Deleon

The same jury that found Skylar Deleon guilty of three murders — including those of cruisers Tom and Jackie Hawks — spent 10 hours last week deciding his fate: life in prison or death by lethal injection. More »

Ua Noa Missing Since July

November 7, 2008
The Coast Guard and family of Bob Arvin are asking for help finding the 49-year-old sailor who left Honolulu on July 14 bound for San Diego aboard his Cape Dory 30 Ua Noa. More »
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Pandering to Prurient Drool

Apparently not all of our readers believe in being fair and balanced. In an email responding to Isabel Tifft’s request in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic for more beefcake photos in the pages of Latitude 38, Captain Lewis Keizer of Moss Landing-based Ericson 27 Sandpiper says: "I don’t care for men’s butts. More »

Southern Star Arrives Sunday

Southern Star will have traveled 18,000 miles in 12 months during this expedition. © 2008 Delphine Maratier A multinational team of sailors, scientists, and journalists studying the effects of global climate change on the Northwest Passage will be sailing under the Golden Gate this Sunday at 2 p.m. More »

Joyon Reclaims Route of Discovery

Francis Joyon and his IDEC 2 just took 15 hours off the singlehanded Route of Discovery record from Cadiz to San Salvador via Grand Canary Island. © Jean-Marie Liot DPPI/IDEC Francis Joyon sailed his 97-ft Irens/Cabaret trimaran IDEC 2 into San Salvador a little after 6 p.m. More »

Best Leg Three Ever

Shortly after the 7 a.m. start of Leg Three, chutes were popping all across the horizon. latitude/Andy
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Sweet, sweet, sweet!" That’s how one skipper described the sailing conditions on Leg Three of the 15th annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally. More »

Missing a Rudder?

November 5, 2008
There’s hardly a weekend — heck, hardly a day — when sailing shutterbug Peter Lyons isn’t out shooting on the Bay. You can spot him zipping around in his Zodiac snapping shots of races and daysailors alike. More »

Latitude’s Too One-Sided

Isabel ‘Piper Afloat’ Tifft, of the Bay-based Ranger 29 Voyager, recently wrote what this writer believes to be a very valid note: "It seems you regularly run a letter from a woman who’s disgusted by a photo that’s more tawdry or cheesy than usual. More »
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Darla Jean Update

In Monday’s ‘Lectronic, we posted a request for info on Darla Jean III, Jerry and Darla Merrow’s newest boat. A quick search of the USCG’s documentation records shows the boat is a 36-ft steel Scheepswerf built in 1959. More »