Posts by Christine Weaver
Dean Barker Wins Ficker Cup
Dean Barker dominated the 2018 Ficker Cup to win the Grade Two World Sailing regatta and advance to the Congressional Cup, which will start this Wednesday. Also qualifying for the Congo Cup is Johnie Berntsson of Sweden, who finished second in the three-day regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club. More »
Clipper Fleet Pursued by “Creatures”
“Let me paint a picture. Outside it’s blowing a solid 50 knots and gusting 70-75 in the hail squalls. The temperature is sub-zero. The sea state is massive and regularly breaking. More »
Smallest Entry Ever in Delta Doo Dah
Delta Doo Dah X (has it been 10 years already? No way!) had a ‘soft’ opening last week, and we invite you to sign up and sail to the California Delta this season. More »
Major Eye Candy Alert
A visual treat from Day 2 of racing in Les Voiles de St. Barth.
© Christophe Jouany
The ninth Les Voiles de St. Barth has enjoyed two days of spectacular racing, with photo galleries and videos posted on the event’s website, www.lesvoilesdesaintbarth.com. More »
Racing and Rigging and Meetings
The Yacht Racing Association of San Francisco Bay will present a seminar this Wednesday, April 11, on Preparing Your Boat and Crew for Racing. Encinal Yacht Club in Alameda will host the event starting at 7 p.m. More »
What’s New at the Boat Show
Marina Bay Yacht Harbor, all decked out for the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show.
latitude/Chris
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show will return to Richmond on April 19-22; we’ll be there and hope you will be too. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show will return to Richmond on April 19-22; we’ll be there and hope you will be too. More »
Happy 406 Day
It’s not 4/20 yet, but it is 4/06.
The United States Coast Guard will not be celebrating the former, but they are celebrating the latter. April 6 is known to the Coasties as 406 MHz Day, calling attention to the importance of emergency position indicating radio beacons (known to sailors far and wide as EPIRBs). More »
News Flash: US Sailing to Open Olympic Sailing Center on Treasure Island
What if there was one place where sailors and all of the specialists who support the sport could gather in one place to prepare for the Olympics, kind of like the US Ski Team has in Park City, Utah? More »
Do Something About the Weather
"Everybody talks about the weather," says the Pacific Cup Yacht Club. "You can do something about it."
The fifth and final Pacific Offshore Academy leading up to the 20th Pacific Cup race to Hawaii will tackle the tricky topics of weather and navigation. More »
Have You Seen This Boat?
Jim Cotton sent us this postcard, a little the worse for wear after passing through the hands of the Postal Service. You’ll want to add a .net to the email address shown to make it work. More »
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