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Longtime Bay Area racer Chris Corlett — seen here with his son Jesse at this summer’s Pacific Cup finish line — passed away last week.
Now celebrating its 27th year, the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) got underway from the Canary Islands yesterday with a fleet of 192 boats from at least 29 countries.
Not generally known as a sailing mecca, Namibia seems to be the place to break world sailing speed records.
With modern advances in science and technology, it seems that new things are always being discovered, be it a miracle drug, a cure for a disease or a previously unknown species.
© Vincent Riou / PRB / Vendee Globe
There’s no denying that the Vendée Globe is a race of attrition.
A common question cruisers hear all too often is, "What do you do with all that free time?"
Gutek was forced to withdraw after Energa’s autopilots wouldn’t steer a consistent course.
"On November 12, we had our dinghy — with outboard motor attached — stolen while at anchor at Isla de Piedra outside of Mazatlan," report John Gratton and Linda Hill of the San Francisco-based Hans Christian 33 Nakia.
Celestial anchored at peaceful Palmyra Atoll.
© Scott Hansen
If you’re planning a trip to the Republic of Kirbati anytime soon, you’d do well to heed the advice of circumnavigators Scott and Donna Hansen who just returned to Hawaii aboard their Tripp 47 Celestial.
A meme that’s been trending on Facebook over the last couple days shows a woman pushing a shopping cart with the caption, "Black Friday: Because only in America do people trample others for sales exactly one day after being thankful for what they already have."
John Rice, a marine engineer, spent 18 years building Argonaut. She has a steel hull and deck, and an aluminum house.
Artemis Racing’s big cat was looking awesome as she plied Bay waters last week.
Regular readers will recall our previous posts on the fate of the famous Sausalito-based schooner Lord Jim.
The normally cheerful Sam Davies was forced to abandon the Vendée Globe when she dismasted.
The laidback Kingdom of Tonga is normally so sleepy and tranquil that it rarely makes headlines, but this week was different.
Frequent Changes in Latitudes contributor Wendy Hinman will be signing copies of her book Tightwads on the Loose: A Seven-Year Pacific Odyssey at Book Passage in Corte Madera on Sunday at 6 p.m.
Posting photos like this with the caption “I’m saaaaaiiiiiling!” on your Facebook page will garner you lots of ‘likes’.
Twenty IMOCA Open 60s started the Vendée Globe; 18 remain.
© Jean-Marie Liot / DPPI
The Vendée Globe, the nonstop solo race around the world, got off to a rough start this weekend.
Having completed Baja Ha-Ha XIX on Saturday evening, we’ve just arrived back at Baja Ha-Ha World Headquarters.
Every boat ever built has had mysterious and strange modifications made to it by its many owners.
Desert Sage enjoyed a little solitude at a deserted dock in Longbranch, north of Olympia.
Scot Free and the rest of the fleet had smooth sailing down Baja.
The first Artemis Racing AC72 was christened in Alameda on Monday.
© Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing
If you thought the devastating loss of Team Oracle’s AC72 USA 17 meant you wouldn’t get to watch one of the monster cats plying the waters of San Francisco Bay for several months, then you obviously forgot about the Challenger of Record, Artemis Racing.
Some of the flotsam from USA 17 has been repurposed into a “flying” machine.
On the same weekend for 19 of the last 20 years, the Poobah has ventured into a San Diego Costco to provision Profligate, the Ha-Ha mothership.
Jack and Linda Buday captured this beautiful sunrise on October 20 from their Marina Village-based Hunter 40 Mind Designs.
Sausalito diver Tim Sell kindly set up a buoy retrieval system that Socrates couldn’t miss in the dark.
"The Northern California Offshore Racing Council Safety Committee has posted a draft of the minimum equipment requirements for offshore races, and we’re seeking public comment," writes OYRA President and Safety Committee member Andy Newell.
Despite stacking the deck with dozens more women than men, somehow the hombres won the tug-of-war this year.
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