Archive for September 2011
Acrobat Update
We want to remind you again about a series of upcoming performances by a charming family of sailor/acrobats who have just arrived in the Bay. They are slowly making their way around the world aboard their bright-yellow sloop, La Loupoite, and replenishing their cruising kitty along the way by passing the hat at free public performances. More »
Eight Bells for Rudy Choy
Renowned catamaran designer Rudy Choy passed away on September 13 in Honolulu. He was 88 years old.
In 1947, Choy, along with mentor Alfred Kumalee and Woody Brown, created the first modern catamaran in Hawaii. More »
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Emma Gets Ready to Send It
La Rochelle, France, is where all the Mini Transat action is until Sunday. The Bay’s Emma Creighton will be one of the 78 starters.
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The biennial Mini Transat starts from La Rochelle, France on Sunday, and the Bay Area will have its adopted own, Emma Creighton among the 78 starters. More »
Cosco Busan Settlement Largest Ever
Though no one knows for sure what the long-term effects of the Cosco Busan oil spill on San Francisco Bay will be, it appears the recent $44.4 million civil settlement between local, state and federal officials and Fleet Management Ltd, the owners of the ill-fated oil tanker, has brought the legal wrangling to a close. More »
Armed Guards on Cruising Boats?
While moored at Catalina’s Cherry Cove a weekend ago, the crews of Miss Teak, Destiny and Serendipity — all of whom spent the last winter cruising Mexico as far south as Zihua and as far north as Puerto Escondido — got into a conversation with three gentlemen in a large inflatable who reported they were going to do this year’s FUBAR (Fleet Underway To Baja Rally). More »
Five Ha-Ha Boats from One Club
Some people know what they want and they waste no time in taking it. As late entries to the Baja Ha-Ha ‘Barely Legal’ edition continue to come it, five Vallejo YC members secured their spots early on for the 18th running of this cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. More »
Here Comes the Sun. . .
Forecasters swear this is the week to work on your tan. And what better place to do so, than out on the Bay.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC How did that old George Harrison song go? More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC How did that old George Harrison song go? More »
ACWS Plymouth Wraps-up
Armed Guards on FUBAR Boats?
After leaving Oceanside earlier in the month, we spent a few days at Two Harbors in Catalina. What a lot of fun!
While there, we met a lot of people who had done the Ha-Ha or were about to do the Ha-Ha — and were they excited! More »
The Basics for Clearing into Mexico
With the start of the 18th — ‘Barely Legal’ — Baja Ha-Ha less than six weeks away, we’re getting a few letters about clearing into Mexico. This is all covered in Latitude‘s ‘First Timers Guide to Cruising Mexico’, which Ha-Ha’ers can find in their registration packet or you can read directly from the Ha-Ha site. More »
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