Archive for July 2011
Bashing Ahead of a Hurricane?
After a series of obstacles that have prevented us from heading north from La Cruz to do the Baja Bash with Profligate, we were all ready to go. Then we looked at Passage Weather. More »
Two Dead in Chicago-Mackinac Race
Two sailors died early this morning during the 103rd Annual Chicago-to-Mackinac Race when a severe thunderstorm sent wind speeds into the 50s. The Kiwi 35 WingNuts was reported capsized around 12:40 a.m. More »
TransPac Notes
A moment of TransPac zen. Bob Lane’s Andrews 63 Medicine Man sending it into the finish at Diamond Head.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The last three days have seen a flurry of TransPac arrivals in Honolulu, with welcoming parties taking place at all hours of the day and night. More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The last three days have seen a flurry of TransPac arrivals in Honolulu, with welcoming parties taking place at all hours of the day and night. More »
Mendocino Queen Attacked in the Caribbean
Allen and Kate Barry, liveaboards and worldwide cruisers for 20 years aboard the San Francisco-based DownEast 38 Mendocino Queen, report they were assaulted and robbed around 10:45 p.m. on the night of July 2 while at anchor just off Baradel Island in the Tobago Cays Marine Reserve of St. More »
Ocean Racing News
The Oakcliff American Offshore Team on the STP 65 Vanquish is in some good company, finishing the 2950-mile Transatlantic Race next to Karl Kwok’s Farr 80 Beau Geste.
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While much of our offshore focus has been on the Pacific of late, there’s a strong Bay Area connection to the Transatlantic Race. More »
Follow the Freedom Flag
A patriotic apparition? No, it’s the Freedom Flag, which will be flying over San Francisco Bay today in support of vets.
© 2011 Project Freedom Flag
If you look out across San Francisco Bay today and see a huge American flag fluttering on the breeze while seemingly unattached to anything solid, fear not. More »
Pacific Vision Lost in Australia
As long-distance sailors like to point out to nervous landlubbers, it’s not the ocean that’s so dangerous, it’s the hard stuff around the edges. That axiom was proven true on July 3 by an unidentified couple sailing their sailboat, Pacific Vision, from San Diego to Bundaberg, Australia. More »
Polynesian Vakas Heading for San Francisco
We watched in awe last year as this traditional vaka drove to windward across Neiafu Harbor, Tonga, in a light breeze. This hand-built vessel would later join six others en route to Hawaii, then San Francisco. More »
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TransPac-ers Get a Case of the Slows
With much of the fleet at, or past the halfway mark, the 46th TransPac is turning out to be a pretty compelling yacht race. After their remarkably fast leap off the coast, the big boats have consistently seen their breeze drop and become more variable as they compress against Monday’s starters. More »
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