Archive for February 2010
The Cup Comes Home
The triumphant braintrust from BMW Oracle Racing from left: helmsman James Spithill, team CEO Russell Coutts, team founder Larry Ellison, and Bay Area-product and tactician John Kostecki.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
A 2-0 win in the best-of-three 33rd America’s Cup yesterday means that the Golden Gate YC’s BMW Oracle Racing became the first Bay Area team to successfully challenge for the America’s Cup. More »
Tell Us Your Crew List Tales
We’re proud to say that for many years — decades, actually — Latitude 38‘s Crew List functions have been matching skippers in need of crew with sailors in need of rides. More »
Cyclone Rene Bears Down on Tonga
Hang onto your hats. Here comes Rene.
© Fiji Met Service
As we go to press with this edition of ‘Lectronic, we’ve just been informed that a nasty category 2 cyclone, dubbed Rene, is bearing down on the Kingdom of Tonga and is expected to build in intensity. More »
A Ride on the Plastic Fantastic
Plastiki, a 60-ft catamaran made entirely of recycled — in the form of used irrigation pipes for the masts and old soda bottles for flotation — and recyclable materials, is nearly ready for an offshore shakedown cruise. More »
USA Gets a “W”
USA hunts down Alinghi 5 in the pre-start, drawing a penalty on the Swiss team shortly after this photo was taken.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
It didn’t start until 2:30 p.m. local time, but the first race of the 33rd America’s Cup finally got underway today in Valencia. More »
Sail Seminar for Solo T-Pac
The Singlehanded TransPac — a 2,120-mile run from the Bay to Kauai — is really gaining a head of steam, with the entry list expanding and seminars out the wazoo. This month’s seminar, ‘Sail Selection and Repair’ presented by Santa Cruz Sails’ Synthia Petroka, will be Monday night. More »
Has Norm Goldie Gone Off the Deep End?
Norm Goldie, who moved from New York to San Blas, Mexico, something like 35 years ago, has long been a controversial figure.
On the positive side, he’s helped a lot of cruisers over the years with normal questions about the San Blas area and how to safely enter the channel to San Blas. More »
“Is There a Football Game Today?”
"We thought you’d like to know that the Super Bowl wasn’t the only thing happening on Sunday," write Pat and Carole McIntosh of the Alameda-based trawler Peregrine. "Ten Baja Ha-Ha and/or Delta Doo Dah vets crossed tacks up in Roseville, outside of Sacramento, for an evening of storytelling and laughter. More »
At Least Get Some Use Out of It
“Say, Joanne,” says Randy, “why don’t you and I take this big guy out for a little sail while everybody is busy at the post-no race press conference?”
© 2010 D. More »
Pacific Cup Seminar at EYC
Encinal YC is hosting a free Pacific Cup presentation tomorrow night at 7:30 p.m. "Paul Kamen, Liz Baylis and Todd Hedin, who have each sailed to Hawaii multiple times on different boats, will discuss the Pacific Cup race experience," said EYC President Mike Scheck. More »
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