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Archive for June 2017

Cupdate: Racecourse Carnage

June 7, 2017
Team Emirates New Zealand suffered a dramatic wipeout yesterday just before the start of a Semi-Final race against Land Rover BAR — all crew were accounted for and reported safe. Racing has been canceled for today, giving all the teams a chance to lick their wounds. More »

Under Your Keel: World Oceans Day

 Some of the best of the sailing life lies below the keel. © 2017 Tomorrow is World Oceans Day, which also aligns with this week’s UN Conference on the Oceans. June 8 will be a day to remember that some of the best reasons to go cruising — as our November 2014 cover reminds us — are below the keel. As More »

Jack O’Neill’s Sailing Odysseys

If you’ve ever worn a wetsuit, then you know Jack O’Neill. Any surfer (or dinghy sailor) staying warm in frigid water owes their comfort to the pioneering O’Neill. But the pirate-looking, swashbuckling Santa Cruz icon — who passed away on Friday at the age of 94 — was a sailor, too. More »

BOLO for Celebration

Pacific Ocean passagemakers are asked to be on the lookout for singlehander Richard Carr and his 36-ft Union cutter Celebration, which are missing. A member of the Pacific Puddle Jump fleet, Carr departed Puerto Vallarta on May 2, destined for Hiva Oa in the Marquesas, with an estimated arrival date of June 26. More »
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Alert for Civic Activists

A special Study Session of the Alameda City Council will take up the topic of development of Mixed Use sites, including Alameda Marina. A volunteer from Save Alameda’s Working Waterfront believes that "this is the meeting where we should be arguing for more dry-storage space. More »

June Issue Out and About

June 2, 2017
How the magic happens on delivery day. latitude/John
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The June issue of Latitude 38 was tucked into Bay Area delivery vans, postal service vehicles and FedEx trucks yesterday for distribution to all the usual places. More »
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Sailors Take on Ocean Debris

John Mott just emailed us with following questions: "My wife and I are departing the Pacific Northwest in September with a stop in Mexico and then direct for the Marquesas, two to three years in the South Pacific, then on to Australia, New Zealand and the Seychelles. More »