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Archive for December 2012

Pacific Puddle Jump Dates Set

December 5, 2012
As Tahitian drummers pound out an ancient cadence, a Puddle Jumper arrives at Moorea’s Opunohu Bay during the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendezvous. latitude/Andy
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s no easy trick to get all the elements of your life to line up in such a way that you can sneak off and go cruising for a few years. More »

USCG Crewman Killed at Channel Islands

Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III was killed Sunday by suspected smugglers off the Channel Islands. © USCG / Lt. Stewart Sibert US Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III, 34, was killed near the Channel Islands on Sunday when a panga driven by suspected smugglers rammed the inflatable that Horne and another crewmember were in, said the Coast Guard. More »

And the Hits Just Keep Coming

Records have been breaking left and right over the last several days. First we reported that Paul Larsen broke his own on-the-water sailing speed record of a few days before — first with 59.37 knots over 500 meters on November 16, then again with 65.45 knots on November 24 sailing on Namibia’s Walvis Bay with his innovative Vestas Sailrocket 2. More »

Drying Out After a Wet, Wild Weekend

This wooden double-ender wound up wedged under a dock at a Belvedere home Saturday morning. © 2012 Tim Sell Bay Area sailors who’d been curious about the effectiveness of their cockpit scuppers and bilge pumps got their answers over the weekend, as the final volley of a three-storm series walloped the region with torrents of rain and gusts higher than 50 knots. More »

Favorite AC Quotes from Loïck Peyron

Peyron may be one of the oldest competitors in these AC events, but few if any have more experience racing multihulls. © Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA The 34th America’s Cup is among the strangest ever for all kinds of reasons, not the least of which is the fact that Loïck Peyron, the great French sailor, is not only the helmsman for the French Energy Team in the America’s Cup World Series, but he’s also the "test pilot" for the Artemis Racing’s new AC72. More »