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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the largest, hardest fought and most colorful regattas of the year took place over the weekend.
Remember the persistence of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character in The Terminator? Nothing could stop him from his mission to kill Sarah Connor.
Yale’s Jane Macky and Marla Menninger on their way to a first-day lead for the Elis, and third place in A division for the team.
There were more boats out sailing the Bay last weekend than we’ve seen in a long time.
Conditions at the 2009 Laser Masters North Americans weren’t as breezy as they were here in this photo of the 2007 Laser PCCs on the Bay, but it didn’t faze the Peninsula’s Peter Vessella (right).
As we predicted from the beginning of the Lake County District Attorney’s shameful and misguided prosecution of Bismarck Dinius for the ’06 boating death of Lynn Thornton, their case is crumbling around them like a sandcastle at high tide.
In Friday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we shared John and Gilly Foy’s story of how the Kong anchor swivel on their 55-lb Delta anchor failed, causing their Alameda- and Banderas Bay-based Catalina 42 Destiny to drag.
Last Wednesday Lake County Deputy D.A. John Langan asked Judge J. Michael Byrne to delay the felony vehicular manslaughter trial of Bismarck Dinius, which was to start today.
This is what Profligate looks like sailing downwind, not what she looks like on a Baja Bash.
Gilly Foy holds the Delta anchor like a guitar, happy that she and John were able to recover it.
The future’s comin’! Dogzilla got the invite to the party, in early February of next year.
As if AIS — Automatic Identification System — isn’t already the coolest navigation/safety tool since the compass, we recently found a link that makes it the coolest ‘video game’ since Tetris.
The Bay Area’s Dan Woolery is up for the Seahorse Sailor of the Month.
Even in an age when first down markers magically appear on football fields, the Follow You Follow Me crew was surprised to find that the equator is now similarly marked.
‘Go take a flying leap’ takes on a whole new meaning when you harness your kid to a halyard and let fly.
It would be a crime to waste this weekend’s fabulous weather on anything other than sailing.
After buying 50 grapefruit for less than $5 in Guaymas, Wayne and Carol took the wine treatment to ward off any possibility of swine flu.