Archive for August 2017
Check-ins from the Transbac
Merlin’s delivery crew pauses to pose for a photo before departing Honolulu. They are: Larry Radcliffe, El Cerrito; Kody Reed, Monterey; Jack Everett, Chattanooga, TN; Steve Burke, Santa Cruz; Jeff Bowler, Moss Landing; Genevie Drew, Santa Cruz; and delivery captain Don Radcliffe, Santa Cruz. More »
August’s Latitude Walks the Docks
By now, the August 1 issue of Latitude 38 should have made its way to the usual waterfront venues, plotting its course into the soon-to-be-ink-stained hands of West Coast sailors.
Sharon Green of Ultimate Sailing took to the sky in Hawaii to capture this photo of Merlin surfing into Oahu sporting a ’70s-retro spinnaker. More »
Reader Submission: The South Pacific
The following comes to us from Lynn Stokes as part of our Cover Contest and Reader Submission Series. While we love sailing in the Bay, we like to remind ourselves that the horizon beyond the Gate merits our attention. More »
Brilliant Simplicity
Why didn’t I think of that?
© 2017 James Tantillo
At some point in your boat owning career, it’s likely that you’ll have to tension the belt(s) on your engine. If your experience was like ours, the belt(s) were hard to get at, and you used some kind of lever to pry things apart to create the proper amount of tension. More »
Sailboat Sinks Off Treasure Island
THIS STORY WAS UPDATED AT 2:40 p.m.
A sailboat sank off Treasure Island over the weekend, according to reports from the Coast Guard.
John Boggs, one of our readers, said he saw a sunken ketch off the east side of Treasure Island on Sunday. More »
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