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Archive for August 2010

Dawdling on the Delta

August 4, 2010
Peter Yates shoehorned 47 boats into Boyd’s Harbor on Bethel Island Monday afternoon. Locals dropped by all day just to see what the heck was going on with all those masts. More »

Doin’ the Deux

August 2, 2010
As the fleet sailed out of Richmond, they could see what they were in for just past the bridge: blue skies! latitude/LaDonna
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Delta Doo Dah Deux kicked off Friday afternoon at a great potluck-cum-skippers’ meeting hosted by Tradewinds Sailing Club and Marina Bay Yacht Harbor. More »

King Harbor Race

Thanks to unusually light winds, the top three spots in last weekend’s 81-mile Santa Barbara to King Harbor (Redondo Beach) Race — our favorite in Southern California — were Class A Ultra Lights. More »

After Tahiti, What Next?

Much of our South Pacific coverage lately has been dedicated to French Polynesia, where newly arrived westbound cruisers get their first introduction to life in the tropics below the equator. But where do they go to next? More »

Sailboat Beaches on Oregon Coast

Around 8 a.m. Friday morning, the Oregon State Police received a report of a beached sailboat in Newport. According to the OSP, a 77-year-old retired physician from Bellevue, WA was singlehanding his 38-ft liveaboard sailboat down the coast and, after going below to sleep, his boat ran up on the beach. More »