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Judy and Bill Webster of the J/37 Sidekick bookend Judy-Rae Karlsen, the Rattle & Hum crewmember they and their crew pulled from the Pacific after a half hour swim.
The fleet of the 2008 Singlehanded TransPac enjoyed a memorable awards ceremony Saturday night.
Tammy, a Montessori teacher and veteran of last year’s Ha-Ha, hopes to make the Preview and Reunion to speak on horticulture on cruising boats.
Islander crossed the finish line early this afternoon, much to the relief of the Race Committee, racers and Euser’s family.
Overall winner Joby Easton cooling off poolside with daughter Piper.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nearly a week of poolside lounging, cold-beverages, and parties, the 2008 Pacific Cup wraps up tonight with the trophy presentation at Kaneohe YC.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nearly a week of poolside lounging, cold-beverages, and parties, the 2008 Pacific Cup wraps up tonight with the trophy presentation at Kaneohe YC.
An AIS (Automatic Identification System) receivers like this one aid mariners in traffic monitoring and collision prevention.
Jim Kellam was the first finisher of the day yesterday aboard his Spencer 35 Haulback.
We’ve begun to notice that when things aren’t going well for BMW Oracle Racing, their press releases get pretty short.
Why are these guys so happy? Because they won Division E in the 2008 Pacific Cup.
Wendy and Steve Bott wave goodbye, not long before setting sail from Zihua aboard ‘Elusive’ last spring.
Rain Drop sailing to the finish and an overall win in the 2008 Pacific Cup.
For tall ship aficionados, mock sea battles between ‘Lynx’ (foreground) and ‘Californian’ are a high point of any festival.
The Grand Poobah wants to remind everyone that the Baja Ha-Ha will be hosting a free Ha-Ha Preview & Reunion at Two Harbors, Catalina, on August 9.
Al Hughes’ Open 60 Dogbark crossed the finish line early yesterday morning.
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We have a winner!
There hasn’t been much in the way of news in the drawn-out pursuit of justice for the killers of cruisers Tom and Jackie Hawks.
When sailors of old had to be buried at sea, their bodies were sewn into sail cloth, weighted, and lowered into the sea.
This may have been the last time Joby Easton and Bill Huseby looked back.
This replica of Cap’n Bligh’s famous Bounty appeared in Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean.
The July 2 edition of ‘Lectronic Latitude reported that the EPA was developing a ‘discharge permit’ for the 17 million recreational boats in the U.S.
Ruben Gabriel is successfully pushing his Benicia-based Pearson Electra Sparky – which has the highest PHRF in the fleet at 270 – to keep up with the competition.
With Bismarck Dinius slated to go on trial next week on vehicular manslaughter charges in the Lake County boating death of Lynn Thornton, the Lake County Record-Bee has published the stunning results of a poll about who their readers thought was actually responsible.
Michael Maloney’s Express 37 Bullet has wrestled the Division C lead from Dean Treadway’s Farr 36 Sweet Okole.
This is the famous Gordo fuel facility at the end of the pier at Turtle Bay.
Joby Easton and Bill Huseby have Raindrop headed up the overall standings and towards Kaneohe Bay.
Mark Deppe on Alchera crossed the halfway point in the Singlehanded TransPac yesterday.
"The South Pacific Convergence Zone went crazy on July 19," report Robby and Lorraine Coleman of the Honolulu-based Angleman ketch Southern Cross.
We are extremely saddened to note the passing of Mark Rudiger yesterday afternoon.
The Barran Family’s Antrim 40 XL charges off the Cityfront on a perfect summer day in yesterday’s Division E Pacific Cup start.
"I enjoyed reading the July issue letters about the top speeds hit by various cruising catamarans," writes John Johnson of Las Vegas, "but I’m a monohull guy and am wondering about the top speeds hit by sailors with cruising monohulls.
Dean Treadway’s venerable Farr 36 Sweet Okole leads the Pacific Cup fleet as it stands right now.
He’s not the type of guy who would unduly worry people with bad news, but the fact is that the great Bay Area sailor Mark ‘Rudi’ Rudiger has been battling lymphoma for several years now.
Thomas Coville enjoys a well-deserved celebratory drink after taking eight and a half hours off the singlehanded west-east transatlantic record.
The tracks of their tears. For the first three days, the Solo TransPac racers were frustrated with light-to-no winds but the breeze has finally filled in.
Acres of burnished wood and tarred lines greeted admirers of classic yachts at CYC on Sunday.
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