Posts by Andy Turpin
Know Why You’re Celebrating Today?
Here on the Left Coast today — aka Cinco de Mayo — is one of those holidays that gets marketers, restaurateurs and bar keepers revved up to a fever pitch of excitement. More »
Tatoosh on the Loose
Although 53 years old, the 80-ft custom ketch Tatoosh was looking as sweet as the day she was first launched as she roared past Pt. Loma yesterday on a strong Santa Ana breeze. More »
Grab a Latitude & Head for the Hammock
We think you’ll like the cover of the May Latitude 38. Perhaps best titled simply as “Smokin’,” it shows the West Coast-based Hotel California, Too roaring down a wave at the recent Voiles de St. More »
What’s Slower Than Snail Mail?
While perusing the UK Guardian last month we came across a fascinating item about a German fisherman who pulled a brown beer bottle out of the Baltic Sea near Kiel, only to discover that it had a message in it scrawled on a very old post card. More »
Free Dashew Weather Books
Weather forecasts are one of the most talked-about topics in any cruiser gathering, often because they’re so often wrong or misunderstood, and so much depends on accurate forecasting when you’re in a small boat in a large ocean. More »
Francis Joyon’s Latest Solo Benchmark
Francis Joyon, the tireless solo record breaker, established a new passage-making benchmark with his arrival at Rio this week.
© 2014 IDEC Group
With all of Francis Joyon’s major records (solo around the world, solo 24-hour, and both solo transatlantics) coming under attack within a period of just six months, the Frenchman did something truly innovative to stay on top: he created a new record route. More »
Matt Rutherford’s New Challenge
Matt and Nicole broke away from their last-minute preparations this morning to strike a pose aboard their custom Harbor 29 Sakura. She was just launched April 1.
© 2014 Mike Sheck / Scanmar
Two years ago Annapolis-based sailor Matt Rutherford, then 31, made headlines when he successfully completed the first-ever singlehanded circumnavigation of the Americas. Tomorrow, More »
Mid-Pacific Puddle Jump Report
When we meet soon-to-be South Pacific voyagers here on the West Coast, one of their big concerns is always heavy weather. But when we catch up with them several months later in Tahiti they often complain of not having had enough wind. More »
Deadly Accident During Sequoia YC Race
The well-kept Catalina 42 Bella sits mastless after the tragic accident, cordoned off by police tape.
© John Tuma
Two sailors were injured, one fatally, when the Catalina 42 Bella became entangled with a day mark during the first race of the Sequoia Yacht Club’s popular Wednesday night race series. More »
Great Vallejo Race Season Opener
Vallejo YC’s Martha Blanchfield reminds us that there are only 10 days until the 115th running of the annual Great Vallejo Race. Slated for April 26 and 27, the venerable GVR is, of course, the YRA season opener on the Bay, and its popularity has often ranked it as the largest inland regatta in the US in years past. More »
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