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Archive for April 2013

Looking Back on Low Speed Chase Tragedy

April 15, 2013
One year after the tragic Low Speed Chase incident during the Full Crew Farallones Race, in which five sailors died, survivor Bryan Chong reflects on that horrific event and the lessons he has taken from it: "There’s nothing in life more absolutely devastating than the loss of a loved one. More »

Youth Introduced to Sailing at SSP

“Put yer backs into it, ye scurvy urchins!” The Seaward crew instructed Bay Area youth on how to raise sail aboard the schooner. latitude/John A.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC There was more going on at Strictly Sail Pacific this weekend than just sailors looking for good deals on gear and boats. More »

Ronnie Simpson Speaks at SFYC

Regular readers will be familiar with Bay Area sailor Ronnie Simpson for his many sailing exploits, including a couple of Singlehanded TransPacs, as well as for staging sailing clinics for wounded veterans (Simpson was wounded in Iraq and feels strongly about helping other wounded soldiers). More »

Fast Multis Coming to California

Paradox during the just-completed Bucket. latitude/Doña de Mallorca
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After two winters of extremely successful racing in the Caribbean, San Franciscan Peter Aschenbrenner’s 63-ft Nigel Irens/Benoit Cabaret trimaran is, according to multihull guru and crewmember Cam Lewis, headed for San Francisco. More »

First Solo Indian Circumnavigator

Christmas at sea onboard Mhadei. © 2013 Abhilash Tomy Even as we were writing about one benchmark Asian circumnavigation, another one was not even on our radar. On Saturday, Abhilash Tomy, a Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy, became the first Indian to circumnavigate – solo, nonstop and unassisted – just two days after the first solo Chinese circumnavigator, Guo Chuan, completed a similar voyage (see last Friday’s ‘Lectronic for that story). More »

Learning the Multihull Ropes

April 10, 2013
Sailors, like everyone, are resistant to change. When it was announced that the America’s Cup would be sailed in multihulls, monohull lovers the world over voiced their outrage. But after seeing these fantastic machines do things that once only seemed possible in science fiction, many Luddites are changing their minds and becoming interested in sailing in their own multihulls. More »

A Quickie from the Voiles

Steve Schmidt relentlessly raced his Santa Cruz 70 in fun Caribbean races. Having owned his boat since ’91, we wonder if anyone has sailed more miles in a SC70. latitude/Donna
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