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Posts by Christine Weaver

Here Comes Rosa

October 1, 2018
A second press release from the Coasties was waiting in our inbox when we logged in this morning, this one an alert for mariners in Southern California. “As we begin Fleet Week in San Francisco, Coast Guard crews and other first responders in Southern California are working together to minimize the impacts of Tropical Storm Rosa," said Rear Adm. More »

Golden Globe Sailors Rescued

September 24, 2018
As we reported on Friday, a severe Southern Ocean storm, with winds to 70 knots and seas to 49 feet, resulted in the rolling and dismasting of two solo sailors competing in the old-school-style Golden Globe Race. More »

See Randall Reeves in Richmond

September 21, 2018
Randall Reeves sailing solo aboard his 41-ft aluminum sloop Moli. Randall and Moli are preparing to depart on a second attempt at the Figure 8 Voyage at the end of this month. More »

Code Red Alert in Golden Globe

This story was updated at 3:27 p.m. on Friday afternoon. During his second solo circumnavigation, Abhilash Tomy, 39, is in trouble. He has been severely injured during a roll and dismasting aboard his 32-ft Atkins-designed ketch Thuriya. More »

Hikianalia Visits the Bay Model

September 19, 2018
Hikianalia spent Friday night in Horseshoe Cove before sailing to San Francisco on Saturday. latitude/Penny
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Hikianalia, sistership to the Polynesian Voyaging Society’s Hokulea, arrived on San Francisco Bay last week after a 2,800-mile crossing from Hawaii. More »

Paralympic Sailing Out in 2024

We already knew that sailing would not be included in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. Now we learn that there will be no paralympic sailing at Paris (actually Marseille) in 2024. More »

Amazing Day at Rolex Big Boat Series

September 17, 2018
Having rounded the Point Diablo mark west of the Golden Gate Bridge, 28 J/105s (and a few others) sail toward the final finish of Rolex Big Boat Series on Sunday. latitude/Chris
©2018 Latitude 38 Media, LLC You couldn’t have asked for a more scenic day to wrap up the 2018 Rolex Big Boat Series on Sunday, with bright blue sky, flat water and colorful hulls and spinnakers. More »

Stellar Day at Rolex Big Boat Series

September 14, 2018
Viggo Torbensen’s SoCal-based Timeshaver, seen here coming into the finish of Race 2, is one of three J/125s racing in ORR B at Rolex Big Boat Series. latitude/Chris
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Flat water in a flood current and a westerly already piping up well before the appointed start time of 11 a.m. More »

Volunteering for Race Committee

September 12, 2018
Racing in the Rolex Big Boat Series begins tomorrow, and scores of volunteers will labor to make the 77-boat four-day regatta a success. Some of them have already started working behind the scenes. More »