Archive for March 2018
Randall Reeves’ Tasmanian Layover
After suffering brutal Southern-Ocean conditions that led to a slew of damage, Randall Reeves has made a pit stop in Tasmania, and is assessing his options for continuing the Figure 8 Voyage. "Regarding More »
Hard to Find (What Is This Thing?)
Bob Adams of the Ericson 35 Escape wrote, "Have you seen one of these before?"
Know where to find one of these? Know what this whatchamacallit even is? Bob Adams would sure like to know. More »
Spring Has Sprung Loos!
On Sunday, March 18, the San Francisco J/24 Fleet 17 hosted the first in a series of race clinics. We’re hosting these by ourselves, for ourselves (and any interested crew and potential crew) because this fleet always enjoys sharing knowledge with one another, always learning and re-learning, and just hanging out. More »
Contrasts in Singlehanded TransPac
Registration for the 2018 edition of the Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race opened in January, and so far 23 boats are signed up. The biennial race, which starts June 23 this year off the race deck of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, and finishes in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, HI, is the signature event of the Singlehanded Sailing Society of San Francisco, with a 40-year history. More »
Last Call at the Bar
Last call in this case is March 30, and the ‘bars’ in question are the harbor entrance bars to Crescent City Harbor, Humboldt Bay, Noyo River and Morro Bay.
Coast Guard assets in Humboldt Bay during heavy surf in January 2016. More »
World Water Day
Did you know that tomorrow is World Water Day? In fact, it’s the 25th anniversary of an event designated by the United Nations to draw attention to the importance of water. More »
Any Special Chartering Memories?
Years ago, when we gave our two boys and their male cousins permission to explore this cove in BC’s Desolation Sound, we had no idea they would scare the wits out of us by jumping off a 50-ft cliff. More »
About Those Doublehanded Races
Winter takes her last breath, as tomorrow is the first day of spring. With spring, the Golden Gate opens to offshore racing. Kicking off the season, the Bay Area Multihull Association will run their doublehanded races out the Gate on Saturday, March 24. More »
Keeping Sailing a ‘SafeSport’
Unlike in some other sports, we haven’t heard of any reports of sexual harassment or assault at sanctioned sailboat races. But better safe than sorry. On March 7, Matthew Hill, the race administration director of US Sailing, sent the following email to the race officials the national organization certifies:
"This is to bring you up to speed on SafeSport training, which you may have already heard about. More »
Weekend Report: St. Patrick’s Day
What do you do on a Saturday St. Patricks. Why, sail, of course.
© 2018 Nathaniel Beilby
It was definitely going to rain. That was our St. Patrick’s Saturday forecast, and like the ‘Everyone is Irish’ parade happening in San Francisco, we were not the least bit deterred. More »
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