Posts by Christine Weaver
A Word from Your PRO
The yacht club originally scheduled to run the OYRA Duxship Race on May 12 was unable to do so. Just a few days before the ocean race, the YRA called in Jeff Zarwell, who is well known in racing circles for high standards of professionalism in running clean, clear regattas. More »
Delta Doo Dah Kicks Off This Saturday
Sailboats and houseboats fraternize in Potato Slough’s Bedroom 1. What do they have in common? Toys — like paddleboards and kayaks — of course!
latitude/Chris
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Latitude 38’s 10th annual Delta Doo Dah cruising rally kicks off this Saturday, May 12, with a Delta Cruising Seminar & Party. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Latitude 38’s 10th annual Delta Doo Dah cruising rally kicks off this Saturday, May 12, with a Delta Cruising Seminar & Party. More »
First IC37 Launched and Sailing
The IC37 was designed purposely for the Rolex New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, sailed in odd years in Newport, Rhode Island.
© Mills Design Ltd.
The first Melges IC37 arrived at New England Boatworks last Monday, and was out sailing on Tuesday afternoon after the team fitted the keel, rudder and rig. More »
Locally Brewed, Delivered Fresh
The May issue of Latitude 38 was just delivered to a club or marine business near you. It offers a refreshing break from the daily blitz of fake news and online click-bait. More »
A Study, Plan and Resolution at Clipper Cove
What’s the difference between agreeing to a study and agreeing to a plan? That was at the core of Monday’s heated meeting for the Land Use and Transportation Committee of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. More »
May Racing Preview
C420s raced in the Elvstrom Zellerbach Regatta out of StFYC over the weekend.
© Chris Ray
With the YRA’s Great Vallejo Race and St. Francis Yacht Club’s Elvstrom Zellerbach Regatta occurring in the last weekend in April instead of the more-typical first weekend in May, that leaves next weekend wide open. More »
Will the Vallejo Race Be Great?
Hey! Wait up! Where’s everybody going? Why, to Vallejo, of course.
latitude/Tim
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC When registration closed on Thursday, the YRA was showing 164 boats signed up for this weekend’s Great Vallejo Race. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC When registration closed on Thursday, the YRA was showing 164 boats signed up for this weekend’s Great Vallejo Race. More »
All Seven Volvo 65s Make Leg 8
Team Dongfeng beats upwind on the first evening at sea of Leg 8. With hot, tropical conditions and frequent squall activity near the coast of Brazil, the first couple of days of Leg 8 have been full of variable conditions and plenty of sail changes. More »
Meet the Experts at Our Boat Show Booth
Martin assembles the WinchRite booth in Richmond’s historic Craneway Pavilion, where Fords were formerly assembled.
latitude/Annie
©2018 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Even as we post this, many hands are making light work of heavy lifting, setting up for the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show in Richmond, opening tomorrow at 10 a.m. More »
©2018 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Even as we post this, many hands are making light work of heavy lifting, setting up for the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show in Richmond, opening tomorrow at 10 a.m. More »
California Condor Spotted in Tiburon
The boat, not the bird.
Mikey Radziejowski goes out on a limb — er, boom — trying to heel California Condor off the mud.
© 2018 Erik Simonson
Buzz Blackett and Mikey Radziejowski were sailing Buzz’s Antrim Class 40 California Condor in the Round the Rocks Race on Saturday when their 10-ft keel found — not rocks, fortunately — but mud. More »
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