
Archive for September 2009
Tsunami Devastates American Samoa
Just one of many boats left high and dry after a tsunami hit Western Samoa yesterday morning.
© Cynthia Luafalealo
Yesterday at 6:48 a.m. local time, an 8.0-magnitude earthquake shook awake American and Western Samoa. More »
City Yachts’ Boat of the Day: Hylas 42
Hylas 42 Coyote
© 2009 City Yachts
If you feel like you’re missing out on this year’s Baja Ha-Ha . . . well, don’t! You and this Hylas 42 can leave tomorrow. More »
Ad: Second Annual SailFest
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Online Puddle Jump Rally Sign-Up
One of the highlights of the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendezvous is outrigger canoe racing.
© Christian Durocher
Although the prime window for crossing from the Americas to French Polynesia is still five months away, many cruisers are already gearing up for that ambitious 3,000-mile passage. More »
Who Needs a Hot Tub?
Who needs a hot tub when you have a dinghy and a hose? Veteran of the ’07 Ha-Ha (now in La Paz), Anthony Diliberti of the Seattle-based Ta Chou 55 Mandalay says it’s impertive to chill the beer first! More »
Calling All Pirates
When dark settles on Two Harbors, grown-up time begins.
latitude/Richard
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re a pirate, it’s time to get out the eyeliner and Johnny Depp up. If you’re a wench, it’s time to dig out that special boob enhacing bra. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re a pirate, it’s time to get out the eyeliner and Johnny Depp up. If you’re a wench, it’s time to dig out that special boob enhacing bra. More »
Watson Undeterred by Official Warning
The Australian paper The Courier-Mail has reported that the parents of Jessica Watson, the 16-year-old Aussie who wants to become the youngest person to circumnavigate, have received a letter from Maritime Safety Queensland assessing young Watson’s skills — and it wasn’t pretty. More »
Ad: Second Annual SailFest
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A Gathering of Geometric Proportions
No, it’s not one of our fancy Photoshop exercises. Sailors from EYC actually did this. The gap, by the way, was intentional, so dinghies could come and go. Will another club try to outdo them with an even larger raft-up? More »
Meet a Movie Star at TYC
Kick-ass Tiburon sailor Genny Tulloch will be speaking at a fundraiser for junior sailing programs at Tiburon YC on Monday, September 28, at 6 p.m. Tulloch, 25, will detail how she went from a junior Opti sailor to star of the Disney film Morning Light to a member of the U.S. More »
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