Archive for March 2009
Spectacular Volcanic Eruptions in Tonga
The twin islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai have become one large pumice island. It should only take a few months for the ocean to wear it back down.
© Robert Stone
On Monday, a Tongan volcano that had been quiet since 1988 blew its stack. More »
Ericsson 3 Leads Volvo Pack Toward Rio
Ericsson 3 (orange), Ericsson 4 (white), Puma (red), and
© 2009 Volvo Ocean Race
What was only a 50-mile lead yesterday has doubled as Ericsson 3 leads the pack toward Rio in the Volvo Ocean Race. More »
Heavy Lifting
The Left Coast Lifter will soon be put to work on the new Bay Bridge.
© 2009 Erik Simonson
You may have seen it already, and if not, you won’t be able to miss it when you’re sailing near Treasure Island. More »
Boater Missing in Richmond
The search has been suspended for an unidentified man who fell out of a dinghy near Richmond’s Marina Bay last night. According to the Coast Guard, the report came in about 9 p.m. More »
Pirates For Pupils Run
Monohulls, multihulls, and powerboats alike mingled to raise money for local kids’ charities in the Pirates for Pupils Run.
© 2009 Jay Ailworth
A record 30,000 pesos — including $500 U.S. More »
Not-So-Strictly Sail Pacific News
With just under a month until the start of Strictly Sail Pacific, exhibitors received a letter yesterday explaining that the show will no longer be the only all-sailing boat show on the West Coast. More »
Puddle Jump Bond Exemptions Approved!
Cruisers always get a warm welcome – especially during the Sailing Rendezvous. But this year they get a bond exemption too.
latitude/Andy
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As reported recently, the annual migration from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia has begun, with a few boats now closing in on landfalls in the Marquesas. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As reported recently, the annual migration from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia has begun, with a few boats now closing in on landfalls in the Marquesas. More »
Going Back to the Old Ways
When Scott and Cindy couldn’t find a convenient place to haul, they resorted to careening their cat.
Beach House
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the biggest problems with larger cruising cats is that there aren’t very many places that have big enough Travel-Lifts or marine ways to haul them out. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the biggest problems with larger cruising cats is that there aren’t very many places that have big enough Travel-Lifts or marine ways to haul them out. More »
Ship Damage by Its Own Container
In one of those odd twists of fate, last week a ship lost 31 containers in a storm off eastern Australia — and was itself damaged by one of them! The bit of poetic justice occurred aboard the Hong Kong-flagged Pacific Adventure near Moreton Island off the Queensland coast. More »
No Direction Home
Vitesse Too gets a tow home.
latitude/JR
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Grant Hayes and crew Bill Schwob were about halfway back to from the Lightship when they heard the dreaded ‘bang’. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Grant Hayes and crew Bill Schwob were about halfway back to from the Lightship when they heard the dreaded ‘bang’. More »
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