Archive for June 2019
Stanford Coach Gets One Day
Former Stanford head sailing coach John Vandemoer will not serve a prison sentence for his part in the college admissions scandal. Vandemoer was the first person to be sentenced as a result of the federal sting called Operation Varsity Blues.
Calling All Crew Party Success Stories
Did you make a successful crew-skipper connection at a Latitude 38 Crew List Party? If so, we'd like to hear about it.
Classy Classified Deadline Saturday!
The Classy Classifieds ad deadline is always the 15th of the month at 5 p.m.
Bay View Boat Club’s Plastic Classic
1960s thru '94 vintage fiberglass sailboats are invited to the San Francisco Plastic Classic Regatta.
RBOC Urges a Call to Action
The Recreational Boaters of California, or RBOC, is calling on Bay Area sailors to take action.
Last Call for SoCal Ta-Ta Expressions of Interest
We need the owners of at least 30 boats to express serious interest in the rally, or else it's simply not worth going through the considerable organizational hoops to make it an official event.
Koehler Kraft Wooden Boat Show
Boats, music, demonstrations, food, June 15-16, 2019.
Rose Says Hello
Rose and Frank Corser were both in their mid-30s in 1972 when they set sail from Newport Beach for the Marquesas Islands aboard their 35-ft Seagoer.
Angry Beavers Take R2AK
It was the best kind of win for what’s fast becoming the best kind of race. Due to glitches on boats and ashore, nobody knew who was ahead or who would win the 700+ mile Race to Alaska until they hove into view off the Ketchikan Yacht Club yesterday.
Electric Foilboarding Is Now a Thing
We once saw a man walk on water. We were sailing back home to Lowrie in San Rafael after a long, splendid day on the Bay. As we close-reached up the channel, we saw a man . . . surfing without a wave, sail or kite. If we hadn't been keeping up on watersports trends, we may very well have thought that someone was walking on water.
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