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Moving at the speed of a jetliner, a tsunami in the western Pacific can reach the west coast of North America in less than 10 hours.
As we waited for the tsunami at Schoonmaker beach this morning, we heard several reports from locals that the body of a Sausalito boater was found yesterday afternoon floating near Clipper Yacht Harbor 1.
The St. Francis YC announced today that Robbie Dean will be taking over as the club’s Director of Racing Operations in place of John Craig who has moved on to the PRO role for America’s Cup 34.
The CNB 77 Four Devils as seen off St. Martin. Shortly after sailing across the Atlantic, she quickly and inexplicably went to the bottom.
Even if you own your own boat or sail regularly with friends, there are special occasions when you might want to use the services of one of the Greater Bay Area’s many professionally run charter boats.
This bright-eyed little rascal of a petite juene fille is a perfect symbol of the whimsical nature of Carnival in St.
Two moorings from Ayala Cove went walkabout but were successfully salvaged. ‘Diver Dave’ will reset them this week, and survey the remaining field.
The eastern Caribbean is known for its reliable tradewinds, and this winter and spring it’s been particularly windy.
From the visitor center at the Miraflores Locks, travelers check out the nonstop action of international vessels moving from coast to coast.
We were about to jump off the back of ‘ti Profligate when we saw this!
As seven Danish sailors — Jan and Birgit Marie Johansen and their three teenage children Naja, Hjalte, and Rune, along with two unnamed crewmembers — were being transferred yesterday from their Dynamic 43 Ing to a larger ship loaded with others kidnapped by Somali pirates, a couple on the Dutch-flagged yacht Capricorn were saved from a similar fate by a private Dutch security firm.
The La Gamelle Syndicate members would like to thank everyone for their help in our search for a very basic, ‘big bang for the buck’, Olson 30 for Zen cruising.
Variety is the name of the game at the Richmond YC’s Sail a Small Boat Day.
March made like a lion last night, sending a roaring front through the Bay Area that had the halyards slapping.
Having recently opened up the Latitude 38 winter office in St. Barth, French West Indies, we were in line for a drink at Le Select the other evening with former San Francisco sailor Guillaume Touhadian when a young woman behind us struck up a conversation.
Just because Poco a Poco in Puerto Rico wasn’t the right Olson 30 doesn’t mean the quest for Esprit de Gamelle has ended.
USA 17 pulls into Pier 80 aboard a freighter just before 7 a.m.
On February 24, just two days after Somali pirates murdered Scott and Jean Adam of the Marina del Rey-based Davidson 58 Quest and their Seattle crew Robert Riggle and Phyllis Macay, pirates have reportedly captured the 43-ft Danish-flagged Ing with a family of five — including two boys and a girl aged 12, 14 and 16 — and two crewmembers.
A pall has been cast over this weekend’s Heineken Regatta in St. Martin, one of the great sailing regattas in the world, as the result of the weekend murder of a 37-year-old French causcasian cook from the megayacht Cheetah Moon.
While the Pirates for Pupils Spinnaker Run for Charity course is fairly simple, it’s always good to have navigation help from the likes of Tammy.
The frigid front sweeping down from the Arctic has caused Bay Area residents to hold their breath in anticipation all week.
"Hearing the news of the death of our friends Scott and Jean Adams of Quest, whom we knew from Tonga and New Zealand, we made the difficult but important decision to turn around and return to Cochin, India," report Chay, Katie and Jamie MacWilliams, veterans of the Ha-Ha aboard their Colorado-based Kelly-Peterson 46 Esprit.
John Kilroy Jr.’s TP 52 Samba Pa Ti frolicking in the Molokai channel on the way to the overall win in the ’09 TransPac.
For indigenous kids from Zihua’s hillside communities, a day at the beach isn’t all that common.
Preparations for the Oracle RC44 Cup San Diego are already underway on the Boradway Pier in the heart of Downtown.
Recent sailing convert Monica Bland shared her views on the sport on KQED radio today (just press play to hear them).
‘Stunned’ is the only word that can describe our reaction to the murders yesterday, at the hands of Somali pirates, of veteran cruisers Scott and Jean Adam of the Marina del Rey-based Davidson 58 Quest and their Seattle crew Robert Riggle and Phyllis Macay.
Scott and Jean Adam, owners of Quest, and crew Phyllis Macay and Bob Riggle were killed by Somali pirates this morning.
The Del Rey YC-based Davidson 58 Quest was captured by Somali pirates on Friday and is headed for pirate-stronghold Puntland.
Many of you are reading this today from the comfort of your home because you’re lucky enough to have the day off to celebrate Presidents’ Day.
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