Archive for November 2017
Are You Watching the Volvo Ocean Race?
We first started watching the Volvo Ocean Race in 1997/98. It was the last year it was called the Whitbread, and Bay Area sailor Paul Cayard — along with John Kostecki, Mark Rudiger and Kimo Worthington — would go on to win the ‘regatta’ on board the Swedish-flagged EF Language. More »
The Science Behind Sailboat Performance
Bay Area sailor and world-renowned navigator Stan Honey has been elected by the board of directors of the Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) as their new chairman. The group was formed in 2006 with the goal "to develop and catalog the science underlying sailboat performance resulting in more accurate sailboat handicapping formulae for the benefit of all racing sailors." More »
Baja Ha-Ha 24 Sealed With a Kiss
Despite the fact that two out of three of the legs in the 750-mile Baja Ha-Ha cruisers rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas featured lighter wind than any of the 478 people on the 133 boats would have liked, the event was still a capital-B Blast (and the sailing in the 240-mile second leg was fabulous). More »
Watch Out for Dead Heads
Seth Clark, owner of the Express 27 Current Affair, wrote the following on the Cal Sailing Club listserve:
"There is a large deadhead (submerged log) just west X buoy. It has been in the same location for a few weeks. More »
Singlehanded TransPac Seminars
The Singlehanded TransPac starts off the CYC race deck along the downtown Tiburon shoreline. This is David King’s Saraband, which won the Westsail 32 division in 2016.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Singlehanded Sailing Society has worked with host Corinthian Yacht Club to move the start of the 2018 Singlehanded TransPac, originally scheduled for Friday, June 22, to Saturday, June 23. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Singlehanded Sailing Society has worked with host Corinthian Yacht Club to move the start of the 2018 Singlehanded TransPac, originally scheduled for Friday, June 22, to Saturday, June 23. More »
Waterfront Threats and Opportunities
Before the first Bay Bridge, the way to get your car to San Francisco from the East Bay was via car ferry from the end of the Berkeley Pier. More »
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Baja Ha-Ha Wrap Up
Here’s your 2017 Baja Ha-Ha recap: the fleet did a roughly three-day leg from San Diego to Turtle Bay (about halfway down the Baja peninsula), then Turtle Bay to Bahia Santa Maria, then on to Cabo San Lucas for the finish, which was officially last night at El Squid Roe, where the Poobah could be seen in all his fluorescent orange T-shirt glory. More »
Latitude Movie Club: ‘Cast Away’?
We’d like to introduce a few films that wouldn’t necessarily be considered ‘sailing movies’, but have references to, or underlying hints of sailing and/ or seamanship. Back in August, when we first solicited readers for their favorite sailing films, Lee Johnson wrote:
“My favorite sailing movie is Cast Away, a Robert Zemeckis film starring Tom Hanks, which doesn’t have much actual sailing in it, other than the one scene where Hanks’ character, Chuck Noland, tops the breakers to escape the island with his raft using a broken outhouse [portable toilet] shell for a sail. More »
Clagett Boat Grant Taking Applications
2.4mRs sailing in the C. Thomas Clagett Jr. Memorial Clinic on Narragansett Bay.
© 2017 Rodrigo Fernandez / Clagett Clinic and Regatta
The C. Thomas Clagett, Jr. Memorial Clinic and Regatta invites North American community sailing programs and other sailing organizations aimed at expanding opportunities for sailors with adaptive needs to apply for the 2017 Clagett Boat Grant Program. More »
Racing for Personal Best
The recent New York City marathon may have a lesson for sailboat racing and those seeking the ever-elusive ‘fair’ rating rule. Last weekend’s New York Marathon had 50,643 competitors, with the fastest time coming in at a quick 2 hours, 10 minutes and 53 seconds. More »
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