Posts by Christine Weaver
Youth Program Receives Grant
In August, West Marine announced the 29 youth boating nonprofit organizations that received $1,500 checks from its BlueFuture Fund™. Hundreds of youth boating organizations throughout the country had been nominated for the first allocation of the BlueFuture Fund™ grants. More »
Faces in the Crowd at RBBS
Study in red: James Clappier on the bow of Peter Krueger’s HPR-winning J/125 Double Trouble.
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Although the San Francisco wind machine cranked up to a good 20 knots in the afternoon on Thursday and Friday for Rolex Big Boat Series, the usual chilly breeze was replaced by a sudden heat wave on the weekend. More »
MOD70 Capsizes in Indian Ocean
The MOD70 Race for Water, while on a global environmental mission, has capsized in the Indian Ocean. On her way from Palau to Chagos Islands on Saturday night, the trimaran flipped 90 miles southeast of the Chagos Archipelago. More »
Wild Oats Chopped; LC2 Rebranded
Two maxi speedsters that wowed the West Coast with their transpacific feats this summer are getting new looks. In the case of the 100-ft Australian monohull Wild Oats XI, the overall winner of July’s Transpac, the surgeon’s knife cuts deep. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Deadline Nears
Before you take off sailing this weekend, remember that September 15 is the deadline to enter this fall’s Baja Ha-Ha cruising rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. Registration will close automatically at midnight on Tuesday (although exceptions can be made by emailing here). More »
Clipper Race Fatality
In its 20-year history, the Clipper Race, a round-the-world race in multiple legs for paying crew, has had an excellent safety record. In the last edition, a crewman who fell overboard during the wild ride from Qingdao to San Francisco was successfully recovered, despite being separated from the boat for an hour and 40 minutes. More »
Free Event at Fort Mason
How was food preserved, prepared, and consumed aboard sailing ships of the 19th and early 20th centuries? Find out at a free lecture on Food in the Age of Sail on Thursday, September 10, when the Friends of the San Francisco Maritime Museum Library present historian and author Simon Spalding at the Maritime Research Center in Fort Mason’s Bldg. More »
Tenth Clipper Race Begins
London’s Tower Bridge is raised to allow the Clipper Round the World Race fleet to parade down the Thames prior to their start on Sunday.
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Twelve Clipper 70s started the tenth edition of the 40,000-mile, 11-month Clipper Race off the English coast at Southend (at the mouth of the Thames) on Sunday. To More »
Did You Get Yours Yet?
The Berkeley-based GravlaX anchored in Jamaica, as featured in this month’s Changes in Latitudes.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The September issue of Latitude 38 hit the docks yesterday, at least here by the Bay. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The September issue of Latitude 38 hit the docks yesterday, at least here by the Bay. More »
Kiwis Take ACWS in Sweden
The podium celebration with the obligatory wasting of perfectly good champagne on Sunday in Gothenburg.
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We can remember the days, back in the ’90s, when we gathered in sociable groups at the homes of friends who had ESPN to watch America’s Cup racing. More »
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