Archive for December 2016
Skin So Soft Bugs the Bugs
For decades, Avon Skin So Soft Bath Oil has been touted as an excellent ‘underground’ insect repellent by many of those who have used it in the tropics and in forested areas. More »
Encore Repeats ORR Championship
Wayne and Suzie Koide’s Richmond Yacht Club-based Sydney 36 CR Encore has won the ORR West Coast Championship Northern Division for a second year in a row.
Seen here racing in the St. More »
The Case of the Missing AIS Returns
Footloose didn’t have any problem with her AIS at night, but when she turned on her tricolor, boats started to disappear.
Footloose
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC AIS — Automatic Identifcation System — is one of the greatest safety inventions for the modern mariner. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC AIS — Automatic Identifcation System — is one of the greatest safety inventions for the modern mariner. More »
Crew You Regatta
The rail on a J/24 in the 2015 Crew You Regatta was a wet ride, but not because of rain.
© Martha Blanchfield
In addition to the usual roster of midwinter racing this weekend will be OPBYC’s Crew You Regatta. More »
What Are Your Favorite Boating Apps?
Needless to say, the development of smart phones and tablets, in combination with the specialized apps that support them, have led to dramatic changes in the way millions of people acquire information and conduct their lives — including boaters. More »
Yes or No on Watermakers?
Unlike Profligate, ‘ti Profligate in the Caribbean does not have a watermaker. So when the latter is taken to the water dock in St. Barth, Doña de Mallorca overcompensates by filling every container on the boat with water. More »
Rescue in Remote Seas
In a remote region of the Southern Indian Ocean, French solo skipper Kito de Pavant, 55, was enduring an anxious wait yesterday afternoon on his IMOCA 60 monohull Bastide Otio after he struck an object that nearly ripped keel from hull. More »
Give Us Your Rainy-Day Project Ideas
In anticipation of the many cold, wet days that lie ahead tthis winter — when even diehard sailors would think twice about heading out on the water — we’re working on an article that will introduce you to a variety of rainy-day projects that a typical do-it-yourselfer could handle. More »
Bay Ship Buys Svendsen’s
There has been plenty of unsettling news lately concerning the Alameda Marina complex, but Bay Ship’s acquisition of Svendsen’s is largely seen as positive.
latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC In most corners of the sailing world, a boatyard changing hands would not be particularly earthshaking news. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC In most corners of the sailing world, a boatyard changing hands would not be particularly earthshaking news. More »
Emergency Cruiser Blood Drive
An urgent request for type A-negative blood was broadcast to the Banderas Bay cruising fleet via VHF on Sunday, November 26, by Dick Markie, harbormaster at Paradise Village Marina.
The blood was desperately needed for Liz Barrow, wife of former Vallarta YC Commodore Andy Barrow. More »
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