Posts by Christine Weaver
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.
© 2015 onEdition
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.
GravlaX
©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.
© Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA
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 »
Race to AK 2016 Is a Go
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
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
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
Delta water wars.
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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 »
©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
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 »
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