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Posts by Christine Weaver

North Coast Rescue

July 22, 2015
The Coast Guard rescued three sailors 53 miles west of Eureka at dawn on Friday. The 55-ft sailboat Kaloni was transiting from Bellingham, WA, to San Francisco when the crew called USCG Sector Humboldt Bay at 10 p.m. More »

Lending Club 2’s Astonishing Feat

July 20, 2015
The Lending Club 2 crew picked their ideal weather window and sailed past Point Fermin in San Pedro to start their L.A.-Honolulu record attempt on Wednesday. © 2015 Jeremy Leonard / Sail Revolution Can a sailboat really cross the 2,215 miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu in less than four days? More »

Resolute in the Delta Doo Dah

July 13, 2015
Eric, Roxie and Jason Kopps are Delta cruising vets. latitude/Chris
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jason Kopps, his 18-year-old son Eric, and their border collie mix Roxie have been doing the Delta Doo Dah aboard the Richmond-based Hunter 33 Resolute every year since 2011. More »

Phaedo3 Breaks Jamestown Record

June 29, 2015
The happy crew of Phaedo3 after completing the course around Jamestown, RI, in record time. © Rachel Jaspersen / Phaedo3 They start the Transatlantic Race on July 5, but, hey, no reason to just hang around Newport in the meantime. More »

Nature’s Perfect Sailboat

A brief study of these boat-like ocean voyagers leads us to believe that Mother Nature must have a clear understanding of the effect of wind on sails.  © Lynn Ringseis On a recent visit to Stinson beach for a long, leisurely stroll on the sand, my captain and I encountered what appeared to be thousands of little rubbery toy sailboats. More »

Wet, Wild and Action-Packed

June 26, 2015
Southern California’s Ron Bartczak paints "wet, wild, exciting and action-packed" images of yacht races. © Ron Bartczak While Northern California enjoys the stylized nautical artistry of the legendary Jim DeWitt, Southern California has Ron Bartczak. More »

Umbrella Regatta in La Cruz

June 24, 2015
Cruisers in La Cruz jury-rig their small craft with umbrellas and other cobbled-together ‘sails’ for a Summer Sailstice regatta. © Jorge Morales "This is our third year of celebrating Summer Sailstice in Banderas Bay, Mexico," writes Katrina Liana of Marina Riviera Nayarit. More »

Lane Shift Ahead

June 19, 2015
As of Monday, CalTrans had cleared the main channel of the old and new east spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge between piers G and H. This is the main channel span closest to the east side of Yerba Buena Island. More »

Weekend Preview

The reigning Rose Cup champs, Newport Beach-based locals, are defending their title in SoCal. Left to right: Christophe Killian, Jack Martin and Harrison Vandervort. © Chris Love Productions Twelve young skippers are competing the U.S. More »