Archive for December 2014
VOR Grounding Video Released
The tragic grounding of Team Vestas Wind left the sleek Volvo 65 high on a remote Indian Ocean reef. By now, the 9-man team is on Mauritius, having retrieved all the gear they could from the wreck. More »
Holiday Celebrations on the Waterfront
A sled — er, sailboat — full of Christmas characters and decor plies the waters of the San Rafael Canal.
© Shirley Vaughan
‘Tis the season for lighted boat parades, those maritime celebrations of the holiday spirit. More »
Get Ready to Splash and Blast Off!
Three boats ‘pleasure racing’ in close company on the warm, smooth waters of sun-drenched Banderas Bay during the 2012 Blast.
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©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC From Northern California to mainland Mexico, hasn’t the weather been great? More »
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC From Northern California to mainland Mexico, hasn’t the weather been great? More »
It’s Official: Bermuda to Host AC 35
As of yesterday widespread rumors about the venue choice for the 35th America’s Cup became official: It will be Bermuda, not San Diego. The decision was announced by Harvey Schiller, the AC commercial commissioner, at a press conference held in New York yesterday. More »
Container vs. Lakota
The notch taken out of Lakota’s starboard ama should be easily repairable. But we can only imagine what would have happened if she’d been traveling at the record-setting speeds that she is capable of. More »
December Issue Out Today
Don’t let the forecast of several more days of rainy weather make you blue. Our reservoirs desperately need the water, and besides, we’ve got an ideal suggestion for passing the time indoors: soaking in all the latest sailing news from the just-released December issue of Latitude 38 magazine. More »
‘Kite Man of Berkeley’ Believed Lost at Sea
Seven Sisters, flipped and with cracked amas, as found by the Coast Guard. Notice the lines strapped across the bottom of the boat. The hole aft is for the outboard.
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And Then There Were Six
The most recent photo of the beached Team Vestas Wind Volvo Ocean 65 shows that the boat is still in one piece.
© 2014 NCG Operations Room / MRCC Mauritius
Team Vestas Wind ran aground in the middle of the Indian Ocean while racing from Cape Town, South Africa, to Abu Dhabi in the Volvo Ocean Race on Saturday evening. More »
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