Posts by Christine Weaver
Most Wonderful Time of the Year
What’s for Christmas dinner? How about freshly steamed crab?
© 2016
No, not Christmas. We’re talking about crab season! With the Dungeness season in full swing, recreational crabbers might be surprised to learn that the tried-and-true method of dumping live crabs in a pot of boiling water is not the preferred method of dispatching those delectable crustaceans. More »
Happy Holidays from Latitude’s Crew
Tom and Naty Marlow’s Ketch 22, towing her dinghy, was among the boats lighting up the Estuary on December 3.
© 2016 Fred Fago
In observance of the winter solstice, the longest night of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, we’re sharing some photos of sailors brightening up the darkness. More »
Caribbean Cold Case Cracked
A 75-year-old former sailor from Northern California has been arrested in the case of two 25-year-olds who were killed and dumped off a boat in 1978. A resident of Paradise, CA, Silas Duane Boston was indicted last week in US District Court in Sacramento. More »
Joyon & Crew Restart Record Attempt
The crew of IDEC Sport waved farewell this morning as they relaunched their attempt to be the fastest to sail around the world.
© Mer et Media / Wanaii Films
At 08:19:00 UTC in the first glimmer of dawn light this morning, IDEC Sport crossed the start line off Ushant (Ouessant) Island in the English Channel. More »
Encore Repeats ORR Championship
Wayne and Suzie Koide’s Richmond Yacht Club-based Sydney 36 CR Encore has won the ORR West Coast Championship Northern Division for a second year in a row.
Seen here racing in the St. More »
Crew You Regatta
The rail on a J/24 in the 2015 Crew You Regatta was a wet ride, but not because of rain.
© Martha Blanchfield
In addition to the usual roster of midwinter racing this weekend will be OPBYC’s Crew You Regatta. More »
Thrills and Spills in the Antipodes
A rare treat: a shot of Armel Le Cléac’h aboard Banque Populaire VIII, passing the Kerguelen Islands on November 30.
© Marine Nationale / Nefertiti / Vendée Globe
Armel Le Cléac’h on Banque Populaire VIII crossed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin in southwest Australia this morning after 28 days, 20 hours, 12 minutes of sailing in the Vendée Globe solo nonstop race. More »
Lighted Boat Parades Part 2
In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we listed a plethora of lighted boat parades that will put holiday sparkle into the next three weekends in Northern California and San Diego. We wondered what we’d missed, and some alert readers clued us in. More »
Lighted Boats Parade into the Holidays
Island Dreamer in last year’s Lighted Yacht Parade on the Oakland-Alameda Estuary.
© Fred Fago
Over the next couple of weekends, it will seem as if there are as many lighted boat parades as there are LEDs on a string of Christmas lights. More »
Jeanne Socrates Heads to San Diego
The view from Nereida at sunset, off Southern California, last night.
Nereida
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jeanne Socrates’ attempt to be the oldest person to circumnavigate the globe singlehanded without stopping is, unfortunately, making an unforeseen stop. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jeanne Socrates’ attempt to be the oldest person to circumnavigate the globe singlehanded without stopping is, unfortunately, making an unforeseen stop. More »
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