
Archive for January 2009
Carpe Diem Update
We’ve received a bit more information about a rescue at sea off Cabo a week ago. According to several ‘earwitness’ accounts (heard on VHF and/or SSB), Carpe Diem was a Lancer 44 motorsailor heading south off Cabo when there was some kind of trouble. More »
Captain of Megayacht Perseus Shot Dead
Drew Gollan, skipper of the 163-ft Perini Navi Perseus, was shot dead last Thursday night in Antigua.
© 2009
There have been a lot of tears and anger in the Caribbean crewed charter yacht community since last Thursday night as a result of the shooting death in Antigua of 38-year-old Aussie Drew Gollan, skipper of the 163-ft Perini Navi ketch Perseus. More »
Volvo Fleet Pummeled
The Volvo fleet has been getting a lashing from near-constant breeze on the bow above 30 knots. Here Ericsson 4 keeps punching north toward Qingdao: still 600-plus miles away.
© Guy Salter Ericsson 4/Volvo Ocean Race
Those who felt the Volvo Ocean Race would suffer a lack of drama for skipping the bulk of the Southern Ocean have to be eating their words right about now. More »
Wrecked Boat Removed
In the January 9 edition of ‘Lectronic Latitude, we reported on the sad plight of Sherry Mae, a Clipper Marine 30 that washed ashore at Ocean Beach around New Year’s. Some of the Coast Guard-provided information in that story was incorrect — namely the size of the boat and the circumstances of its grounding. More »
Photo of the Day: Out of the Mouths of Babes
If you didn’t take your boat out this weekend due to the crappy weather forecast, these kids, sailing on Will Baylis’ Soverel 33 Good ‘n Plenty, are here to tell you that you missed some serious fun. More »
A Call to Arms
If you think belt-tightening in the national economy is going to be painful, wait until you see what the state of California is going to have to do to balance their deficit. More »
‘Soozal’ Tearing It Up at Race Week
Dan Woolery’s King 40 Soozal is doing a number on IRC 2 at Acura Key West Race Week.
© Sharon Green
With two races left to go today, Dan Woolery’s brand-spankin’ new Pt. More »
Get Better at Taking Your Turn
If it’s been awhile since you’ve taken your turn at the helm of the race deck for your club’s regatta, maybe 2009 could be a chance to change that. If it’s been so long that you’re afraid you might mess the whole thing up — or you just feel like you need a brush-up on the finer points of race management — there are a couple of great opportunities coming to town that’ll have you making better mark sets and general recalls in no time. More »
The Answer To Wednesday’s Cruiser Quiz
Fred Tassigny, sitting at Le Select Bar in St. Barth, struggles to come to grips with his cat being hit by both a whale and a ship.
latitude/Richard
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, we ran a video showing the 600-ft cargo carrier Gulser Ana T-boning and dismasting the uninsured Venezia 42 catamaran Courtship about 350 miles WSW of Bermuda on November 18. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, we ran a video showing the 600-ft cargo carrier Gulser Ana T-boning and dismasting the uninsured Venezia 42 catamaran Courtship about 350 miles WSW of Bermuda on November 18. More »
Video of the Day: Cruiser Quiz
The accompanying video shows the 600-ft cargo carrier Gulser Ana T-boning and dismasting the uninsured Venezia 42 catamaran Courtship about 350 miles west of Bermuda on November 18. It was done on purpose. More »
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