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Archive for January 2011

Moonshadow Latest Circumnavigator

January 7, 2011
"At 1030 hours on January 7, my Deerfoot 2-62 Moonshadow passed under the 17th St. Bridge in Ft. Lauderdale, closing the loop on the circumnavigation I started here in November of ’94," writes George Backhus. More »

Nereida Knocked Down at Cape Horn

Jeanne Socrates was uninjured in the knockdown that broke her boom and ripped her dodger enclosure from Nereida’s deck. latitude/LaDonna
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jeanne Socrates, the 68-year-old grandma who was attempting a nonstop solo circumnavigation aboard her UK-based Najad 380 Nereida, reports that a knockdown near Cape Horn resulted in serious damage to Nereida and has effectively ended her record bid. More »

A Celebration of Suds

January 5, 2011
When a few more empties were needed to use as building blocks, it was decided that each crew member would have to drain a keg by him- or herself. Delos
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC While cruising, there are certain supplies that many sailors consider to be essential. More »
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America’s Cup Celebration

Maybe you went to the Board of Supervisors meetings, maybe you didn’t, but that doesn’t matter for today’s ‘The Cup is Coming’ celebration, because everyone is invited to the 3 p.m. More »

Mia II Update

In Friday’s special edition of ‘Lectronic, we wrote about the plight of Paul Smulders and Julie Newton, whose 43-ft Laurent Giles-designed woody, Mia II, went ashore about 100 miles north of Turtle Bay on December 29. More »

It’s Coming

January 3, 2011
Here it Comes! © 2011 Gilles Martin-Raget BMW Oracle Racing It took until well into the latter half of the December 31 deadline day, but Oracle Racing and the America’s Cup Event Authority finally announced that the 34th America’s Cup will be contested on the Bay. More »
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Sailors’ Bodies Recovered

On December 25, two weeks after falling off his Island Packet Kachina, the body of Casey Speed, 28, was recovered. As reported previously, Speed and his wife Lucinda — who were tenants at Sausalito Yacht Harbor — were anchored in Richardson Bay when the reportedly intoxicated Speed fell overboard. More »

A New Dawn for a New Year

We awoke on Profligate a little after 6 a.m. this morning, just as we do each morning, to check out the impending rising of the sun. Down here at the lagoon at Barra de Navidad on Mexico’s Gold Coast, located at latitude 19, it’s a most relaxing Zen time of day. More »