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Posts by Christine Weaver

Race to AK 2016 Is a Go

August 26, 2015
Exciting isn’t it? Well, this part wasn’t but most of the first Race to Alaska was. This shot is of the Stage 2 start in Victoria, BC, with racers bound for Ketchikan, AK, on June 7. More »

Racers-Turned-Researchers Return

August 24, 2015
Having just returned from a month at sea, zigzagging the Pacific Garbage Patch, The Ocean Cleanup’s lead researcher Dr. Julie Reisser gives details of the collection process to local and international journalists.  More »

Pacific Passage Prep

August 21, 2015
While we’re still wrapping up our coverage of this July’s Transpac Race to Hawaii (be sure to read all about it in the next issue of Latitude 38, coming out on September 1), planning and prep for next July’s Pacific Cup is going full steam ahead, with 49 boats already entered. More »

Hot Times in the Delta Doo Dah

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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC As a heat wave built at the end of last week, a small band of Delta Doo Dah boats made their way to Stockton Sailing Club, some by way of Richmond and Pittsburg Yacht Clubs. More »

Ocean Racing in Marvelous Marin

August 19, 2015
Here’s a pop quiz: What 62-mile ocean regatta starts in Marin County and finishes in Marin County two days in a row? The answer of course is the Drake’s Bay Race. More »

Finishers in Fastnet Driftfest

The year 2015 will be remembered as a slow one for the Rolex Fastnet Race, which started on Sunday afternoon in Cowes, UK, but the first finishers arrived in Plymouth last night and early this morning. More »

Slow Sailing in the Fastnet

August 17, 2015
A 356-boat Rolex Fastnet Race fleet heads out of the Solent, bound for the Fastnet Rock. © Kurt Arrigo / Rolex The Rolex Fastnet Race started from Cowes on the Isle of Wight yesterday afternoon. More »

Rolex Fastnet Starts Sunday

August 14, 2015
The start of the Rolex Fastnet Race on the Solent, which separates the Isle of Wight from the mainland of southern England. © Ken Arrigo / Rolex The 46th biennial Rolex Fastnet Race will start this Sunday on the Solent in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. More »

Rolex Big Boat Series Preview

August 12, 2015
The multihull division will be back for the fourth year at September’s Rolex Big Boat Series. Tom Siebel’s Redwood City-based MOD70 trimaran Orion will be the biggest. © Daniel Forster / Rolex If you’re planning on signing up for this year’s Rolex Big Boat Series, to be hosted by St. More »

Made in the Shade

August 10, 2015
Sailor Cherry, Cabinboy Jay and Delta Dog Lucia joined the Delta Doo Dah last year for the first time with their Serendipity 43 Hooked. With the Delta cruising season still going strong and the Mexico season not far behind, we thought that one of Hooked’s heat-busting creations might prove useful to other hot-climate sailors. More »