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Archive for March 2016

Weekend Warriors Win Whitbread

March 7, 2016
The San Francisco International Ocean Film Festival, screening on March 10-13 in the Cowell Theater at Fort Mason, will include a documentary about the unlikely North American winner of the first Whitbread Round the World Race, Ramon Carlín of Mexico. More »

Records Set in the Heinie

Paul Allen of Santa Cruz was one of the crew on the untouchable Phaedo3, seen here setting an around-the-island record.  © 2016 Laurens Morel The 36th annual St. Maarten Heineken Regatta delivered a nice variety of conditions for the diverse fleet of 196 boats and crews over the weekend. More »

Gnarly Weekend on S.F. Bay

A parade of J/120s at StFYC’s Spring One Design on Sunday, with a parade of J/105s going the opposite way in the background. Sunday was the drier of the two days on the Cityfront. More »

St. Maarten Heinie Revs Up Today

March 4, 2016
The unusual-looking Fujin up on one hull and moving right along. © 2016 Gold Coast Yachts A lot of skippers — 24 — have gone to the dark side for the 36th annual Heineken Regatta in Sint Maarten this weekend. More »
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An Enduring Partnership

In the April issue we’ll be publishing a letter from a reader about being part of a boat partnership that started 50 years ago. That’s so long ago that, if we’re not mistaken, James Madison was still president. More »

Another Way

The 112-ft LOA brig Lady Washington and 104-ft LOA swift topsail ketch Hawaiian Chieftain sailed out of Oakland during the last week of February. latitude/John A.
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC How did you start sailing? More »

Puddle Jumpers Ready to Pounce

March 2, 2016
Posed for their ‘Class of 2016’ portrait, these lucky cruisers will all be heading west soon from Banderas Bay. latitude/Andy
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were thrilled to meet dozens of westbound cruisers Monday at the Vallarta Yacht Club (in the Paradise Village Resort), during our annual Pacific Puddle Jump Sendoff Party. More »

Mummy Sailing a Ghost Ship

It could be the title of a B movie from the mid-20th century, but — to all reports — it’s a true story. Last sighted in 2009, the ghost ship in question is a 40-ft sailboat named Sayo, sailed by the now-mummified German singlehander Manfred Fritz Bajorat. More »

Hold Fast Film Screening

The folks at OCSC, a sailing school in the Berkeley Marina, invite you to come watch a documentary and meet its director, a person with the intriguing name of ‘Moxie Marlinspike’, this Sunday, March 6. Hold More »