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The sunrise was beautiful. But then it rained, as it often has in Southern California this winter.©
What the America’s Cup waterfront will look like on San Francisco Bay.
America’s Cup 34
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Wondering what "exclusive use of the Bay" will look like?
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Wondering what "exclusive use of the Bay" will look like?
There are all sorts of reasons why summer is the prime time for kids to take sailing lessons, but as staffers at several San Francisco Bay sailing institutions will tell you, there are also some strong arguments for learning the ropes during the winter months.
Back in the December 10 ‘Lectronic, we ran a little quiz asking what fun-loving woman owned the colorful toes in the photo accompanying that ‘Lectronic item.
Whenever you have a big crew, there is always the chance of some friction.
After being knocked down and having her boom snapped in half on her approach to Cape Horn last Wednesday, the indefatigable Jeanne Socrates is safe and sound in Ushuaia, Argentina.
Last week was a whirlwind of America’s Cup activity, not the least of which — as far as we’re concerned — was the planning of a Frequently Asked Questions page for our website.
Jeanne Socrates was uninjured in the knockdown that broke her boom and ripped her dodger enclosure from Nereida’s deck.
On a day when the World Series Trophy was trotted out to pose with the America’s Cup, a group of about 250 or so sailing luminaries, America’s Cup personnel, City staff, media and local sailors showed up to celebrate San Francisco winning the right to host the 34th America’s Cup.
"At 1030 hours on January 7, my Deerfoot 2-62 Moonshadow passed under the 17th St.
When a few more empties were needed to use as building blocks, it was decided that each crew member would have to drain a keg by him- or herself.
Maybe you went to the Board of Supervisors meetings, maybe you didn’t, but that doesn’t matter for today’s ‘The Cup is Coming’ celebration, because everyone is invited to the 3 p.m.
In Friday’s special edition of ‘Lectronic, we wrote about the plight of Paul Smulders and Julie Newton, whose 43-ft Laurent Giles-designed woody, Mia II, went ashore about 100 miles north of Turtle Bay on December 29.
Pamela Bendall of the Port Hardy, B.C.-based Kristen 46 Precious Metal had a fabulous cruise to Peru, followed by lots of wonderful inland travel and the making of many great friends.
Here it Comes!
© 2011 Gilles Martin-Raget BMW Oracle Racing
It took until well into the latter half of the December 31 deadline day, but Oracle Racing and the America’s Cup Event Authority finally announced that the 34th America’s Cup will be contested on the Bay.
Here on the West Coast of the U.S. we’re slowly drying out after enduring a string of heavy rain storms.
On December 25, two weeks after falling off his Island Packet Kachina, the body of Casey Speed, 28, was recovered.
We awoke on Profligate a little after 6 a.m. this morning, just as we do each morning, to check out the impending rising of the sun.
Mia II was a beautifully maintained all-teak work of art.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We can think of few worse ways to end 2010 than to lose your boat.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We can think of few worse ways to end 2010 than to lose your boat.
UPDATE (12/31/10 17:53): Americas Cup 34 is coming to San Francisco Bay .
Friday is New Year’s Eve so to ensure everyone can get their hands on the first Latitude of the year before they’re too drunk or hungover to stumble into their local chandlery, marina or boatyard, the January issue will be delivered to all the normal places tomorrow.
The San Francisco maritime community lost a living legend last week, when Harold Sommer died of complications from pneumonia on December 21.
We’ve been on assignment in Mexico — lucky us — for all but three days since the start of the Ha-Ha in late October.
Dutch 15-year-old Laura Dekker arrived at Simpson Bay Lagoon on St. Martin on Monday, 18 days after leaving the 2,200-mile distant Cape Verde Islands aboard her 37-ft Jeanneau Gin Fizz Guppy.
We received the following note from Dobie Dolphin about beleagured Tenacatita Bay, the four-mile by four-mile bay on mainland Mexico’s Gold Coast between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, and just north of Barra Navidad:
"As many of you know, on August 4, villagers, land owners, and tourists were forcibly evicted from their restaurants, homes, and palapas on Tenacatita Beach by a wealthy land developer, with the help of the governor of the state of Jalisco.
In Monday’s posting we published the remarkable photo (below) of former San Diego sailor Brenda Manceau standing proudly next to a massive yellowfin tuna that’s she’d supposedly caught in a recent tournament in Tonga.
Turtles on the move to lay their eggs and return to the ocean.
With its government having pulled out all the stops to put togther a bid to host the 34th America’s Cup, San Francisco is far from a lock to host the event.
No matter how you slice it, that’s a lotta sashimi! But is the photo real?
After many hours of dedicated work, three of the little skiff’s builders take her for a victory lap around Aquatic Park.
Jud Baker, left, and John Davidson, right, survived in a dinghy without food or water for three days before their rescue last Saturday.
"Please cancel the online and printed ads for my Olson 25," wrote Jim Lewis recently.
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