Posts by Christine Weaver
R2AK Announcement and More Updates
"There are two ways to say this: R2AK and SEVENTY48 are canceled in 2020. R2AK and SEVENTY 2020 aren’t canceled, but you can’t cross the starting line until 2021."
Transient Cruisers Lose Use of Radio Bay
Radio Bay, near Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii, has been available as an anchorage and seawall mooring safe haven for cruising boats for decades.
Observing Earth Day and Opening Day on the Bay
This coming Sunday, April 26, was to have been Opening Day on the Bay. Amazingly, the parade is on — but not in the usual fashion. Instead, PICYA invites sailors to enter model boats in a virtual parade.
Delta Doo Dah Dozen Open for Business
By the time you read this, we will have opened registration for Delta Doo Dah Dozen. We're hopeful that the sailors who sign up for this inland rally will actually be able to cast off their docklines and cruise the Delta.
Sailing in Place
The Broderick boys, Preston, Elljay and Tyler, 'Sailing in Place' (SIP). They enjoyed their day on the wild, windy, wavy driveway very much, although it appears the conditions dismasted their sturdy craft.
Eastern Pacific Tropical Storm Outlook
"We are approximately a month from the start of the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tropical Cyclone Season." The season officially begins on May 15 and lasts through November 30. "So how active will the season be this year?"
The Fate of the Singlehanded Farallones and TransPacific Races
The biennial Singlehanded Transpacific Race was due to start off the deck of Corinthian YC in Tiburon on June 27. Regarding that epic rite of passage, the SSS wrote…
Videos, Webinars, Quizzes and Schedule Updates
We can already see that we've turned the corner on sailing events. Now the announcements of SIP alternatives have outpaced the slowing trickle of cancellations.
A Message from the Race to Alaska Boss
"Over here at Races High Command we turn on every computer monitor and radio, set them all to news stations, and spin in circles until we find a station that is not reporting on COVID-19. We are still spinning," writes Daniel Evans, Race Boss of the Race to Alaska.
Powerful Cyclone Hits the Solomons, Vanuatu, Fiji, Tonga
The most powerful storm to develop in the South Pacific in more than two years, Tropical Cyclone Harold left a trail of destruction across four nations.
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