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Posts by Christine Weaver

Racing Wrap-Up in Pictures

May 22, 2013
Fifteen Vanguard 15s start a race in Clipper Cove on Thursday night. latitude/Chris
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We got a jump on the weekend with a visit to the Thursday night races for Vanguard 15s and Lasers at Treasure Island Sailing Center. More »

CYC Women’s Sailing Seminar

May 13, 2013
Students aboard Jeanne Lacy’s C&C 36 Shearwater sail on Raccoon Strait in the CYC Women’s Sailing Seminar. © 2013 Corinthian YC Ladies, do you know the answers to these questions? What does it mean to be overpowered and how can you fix that? More »

Big Fun on Little Boats

April 29, 2013
Dennis Olson of Santa Rosa sent us the following report about having big fun aboard little boats on Tomales Bay.  “I think we should launch,” said Dave McEligot, the best sailor of the group. More »

Let’s Get the Kids Sailing

April 22, 2013
SEA will host a week-long sailing camp for local youth this summer. © 2013 Sailing Education Adventures Sailing Education Adventures of San Rafael operates a youth sailing program for the kids of Canal Alliance and the Canal District’s Bahia Vista Elementary School. More »

First Solo Indian Circumnavigator

April 12, 2013
Christmas at sea onboard Mhadei. © 2013 Abhilash Tomy Even as we were writing about one benchmark Asian circumnavigation, another one was not even on our radar. On Saturday, Abhilash Tomy, a Lieutenant Commander in the Indian Navy, became the first Indian to circumnavigate – solo, nonstop and unassisted – just two days after the first solo Chinese circumnavigator, Guo Chuan, completed a similar voyage (see last Friday’s ‘Lectronic for that story). More »

Smokin’ on the South Bay

March 22, 2013
In January, Mark Bettis bought sailing legend Don Trask’s old J/29, hull #233 Smokin’ J, and moved her to Coyote Point Marina in San Mateo. On Saturday, Smokin’ J sailed in the last race of Sequoia YC’s Winter Series. More »

Mariners Save Duct Tape

March 20, 2013
Duct tape comes to the rescue of mariners all the time. In this case, the mariners came to the rescue of Duct Tape. Julia Siudyla and her husband Josh quit their jobs in 2012 to spend a year cruising Mexico aboard their Columbia 36 Sweet Cherri. More »

Rolex Yachtsman & Yachtswoman Awards

February 27, 2013
The most amazing and exciting moment in yesterday’s US Sailing Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards presentation came when Paralympic silver medalist Jennifer French stood up out of her wheelchair. More »

Lake Havasu Pocket Cruisers Convention

February 25, 2013
Chiquita leads Clarsa in a friendly Venture 23 match race. © Jeff D My sailing buddy Jack Foster flew out from Warrenton, VA to join me for the 600-mile tow from Napa to Lake Havasu, AZ, for the 6th Annual Havasu Pocket Cruisers Convention with my Venture of Newport 23 Clarsa, the first visit for both of us. More »

Rob Moore Memorial Regatta

February 13, 2013
This weekend’s Corinthian Midwinters has so much going on it’s hard to know where to start. First, if you haven’t already heard, Saturday’s race is the Rob Moore Memorial Regatta, a fundraiser for lung cancer research. More »