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Archive for January 2015

What’s Your Solution to Seasickness?

Historians tell us that ever since man first ventured out on the ocean seasickness has been an annoying — if not debilitating — problem. Episodes of mal de mer have crippled navies as far back as Greek and Roman times, and even famous mariners such as Admiral Nelson and Charles Darwin have suffered with it. More »

Racing Around the World

January 5, 2015
The teams had their work cut out to even see the turning marks through the murk on their way out of Abu Dhabi. © Warren Little / Volvo Ocean Race The six remaining Volvo Ocean Race teams ghosted through thick fog in Abu Dhabi to start the 4,642-mile Leg 3 to Sanya, China, on Saturday. More »

A Head-Turner Visits the Bay

Bay Area sailor Tim Dick wrote in this morning about an unusual observation on the Bay yesterday: Looking a bit otherworldly, the 118-ft Wallypower turned heads on the Bay over the weekend, as did her 235-ft mothership Kogo. More »

Important Collision Clarification

A BYC Midwinter race start on the Berkeley Circle. (Neither Achates or Vivace is pictured.) latitude/Chris
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC On page 88 of the January Racing Sheet we reported that there was a collision during the December 13 Berkeley YC Midwinter race, with a very serious injury to a crewmember’s toe, between the Newport 30 Achates and the Islander 36 Vivace. More »

Made You Look

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Wild Oats Beats Comanche in Sydney Hobart

January 2, 2015
It’s obvious by this photo that The Rolex Sydney Hobart Race is a very big deal in Tasmania. Seen here, Wild Oats XI steams to the finish. © 2015 Rolex / Carlo Berlinghi If you’ve been consumed with holiday festivities lately, you may not have followed the action in the 70th edition of the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. More »