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Posts by Christine Weaver

Clipper Race Recruiting in Seattle

July 12, 2017
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is looking for adventurous Washington State residents to take up the challenge in its next edition. The Clipper 2017-18 Race will feature a Visit Seattle team entry for the second consecutive race, and it’s not too late to sign up. More »

Transpac Records and UFOs

July 10, 2017
Bill Lee’s 68-ft sled Merlin started the Transpac on Thursday. Pro sailor Morgan Larson drove the start. "My dad was supposed to come up from New Zealand to do the race, but asked that I take his place. More »

Sunken Barge to Be Removed

Working together, the US Coast Guard, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, Vortex Marine Construction and the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District are planning for the removal of the sunken 112-ft freight barge Vengeance. The More »

Transpac Starts in Light Conditions

July 5, 2017
The Calgary, Canada-flagged Hobie 33 Dark Star is the smallest boat in the 2017 Transpac. © Sharon Green / Ultimate Sailing The first three divisions of 17 entries started the 49th biennial Transpacific Race on Monday; more divisions will depart for Honolulu today. Monday’s More »

July Issue Hits the Docks

June 30, 2017
Just in time for summer reading on a supersized holiday weekend, the July issue of Latitude 38 hits the docks today, June 30. Within its pages you will read a preview of the 49th Transpac; recaps of the America’s Cup and the Master Mariners Regatta; and informative examinations of homeschooling aboard and repowering with electric engines. More »

July Racing Preview

June 28, 2017
July 2017 overflows with days off: five full weekends plus a holiday (and no doubt some folks will turn Independence Day into a four-day weekend). How many days on the water can you rack up in this shining month of abundance? More »

Nathalie Criou Finishes Solitaire Race

June 26, 2017
Nathalie Criou at the start of La Solitaire Urgo du Figaro from Pauillac (near Bordeaux) on June 5. © Alexis Courcoux Nathalie Criou, who lives in San Francisco and was sponsored by the Richmond Yacht Club Foundation, finished the three-week-long four-leg Solitaire Urgo du Figaro Sunday morning at 12:11 in Dieppe, France. More »

Delta Doo Dah BBQ Bash

June 23, 2017
John and Doreen Abbott’s Catalina 30 Shellback approaches Pittsburg in the company of Express 27s and Moore 24s on their way upriver in the ‘Doo Dah Ditch Run’. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just as a triple-digit heat wave was launching itself upon California and the entire Southwestern United States, the Delta Doo Dah cruising rally sailed into Owl Harbor in Isleton to join in that marina’s annual Father’s Day Weekend BBQ. More »

Great San Francisco Schooner Race

June 21, 2017
John and Gena Egelston’s 1928 Lester Stone cutter Water Witch (right) prevails and handily earns a first in the Classic division at the 10th annual Great Schooner Race. © 2017 Martha Blanchfield Hot, hot, hot inland weather makes for great wind over San Francisco Bay — a sailor’s delight if you have plenty of sails to raise. More »

Third R2AK’s the Charm for Burds

June 19, 2017
Team Pure & Wild/Freeburd at the start of Stage 2 in Victoria, BC. The team’s trimaran, Mama Tried, is a Pete Melvin custom-designed 8.5M. © David Tasker Just six minutes separated the first two finishers in the third Race to Alaska. More »