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Archive for August 2012

Mystery Tri Beached at Pt. Cono

Word has trickled down to us via the ‘coconut telegraph’ that an unidentified trimaran has been beached on a remote stretch of the west coast of Baja, roughly 22 miles north of Santa Rosalillita. More »

Socrates Solo Circumnavigates Again

Last Wednesday, August 1, Jeanne Socrates returned to Victoria, BC aboard her Najad 380 Nereida, completing a 29,000-mile solo circumnavigation via the five great capes: Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, Cape of Tasmania and the Southwest Cape of New Zealand. More »

LSC Final Report: “A Failure of Seamanship”

The day after the race, the remains of Low Speed Chase stood as a grim reminder of the worst tragedy in the history of Northern California offshore racing. © Sophie Webb At least one other boat sailed in water as shallow as did the Sydney 38 Low Speed Chase during the tragic Full Crew Farallones Race of April 14, a race which saw five of the eight Low Speed Chase crew perish as a result of their boat being hit by a breaking wave .2 of a mile from SE Farallon Island. More »

Olympic Sailing News

It’s a good thing the U.S. has Michael Phelps and many other gold medal winners in swimming and gymnastics – because our sailing team is coming up empty-handed. Anna Tunnicliffe, Debbie Capozzi and Molly O’Bryan Vandemoer competing on Saturday in the Women’s Match Racing (Elliott 6M) event in the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition. More »

A Seven-Year Lap

August 6, 2012
When we first met Howard and Judy Wang of Ventura back in 2005, they were about to set sail for French Polynesia with the Pacific Puddle Jump fleet. Little did we know then, their trip would evolve into a seven-year circumnavigation. More »

Delta Doo Dah Dazzles

Peter Yates’ Bethel Island Beach Party had its biggest showing ever. Kids cooled off in the water and the young-at-heart chilled out with cocktails. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Some wise sage once said "All good things must come to an end," and Friday was the end to ‘Fab 4’ edition of the Delta Doo Dah, a weeklong rally from San Francisco Bay to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. More »

Moonshine Wins Lat 38 Performance Trophy

Moonshine, the Dog Patch 26 sailed by Dylan Benjamin and Rufus Sjoberg, has convincingly won the Latitude 38 Performance Trophy for the best division finish in the 2012 Pacific Cup. Moonshine has been described as "a Moore 24 on steroids," and if Dylan and Rufus were not also on steroids, they can keep the pedal down for two weeks as if they were. More »

Swazik to Receive Pac Cup Trophy Tonight

August 3, 2012
“Everybody say, ‘Mai Tai’!” Sebastien de Halleux and the crew of Swazik will be honored guests tonight at the Kaneohe YC. Pictured left to right (not counting kids) are Carlos Badell, Seadon Wijsen, de Halleux, Graham Anand, Peter Leib, Hogan Beatie, Campbell Rivers, and Alexis van de Wyer. More »