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Posts by Christine Weaver

Racing and Rigging and Meetings

April 9, 2018
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

April 6, 2018
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 »

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 »

Do Something About the Weather

April 4, 2018
"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 »

Dismasting in Volvo Ocean Race

April 2, 2018
Onboard Vestas/11th Hour Racing after dismasting on Friday. They arrived in Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, on Saturday. © Jeremie Lecaudey / Volvo Ocean Race Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race has been dramatic on the boats and for sailing fans following along at home. 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 »

Beer Cans, Extra Light

The crews of Capri 25 My Tahoe Too! and Cal 28 Osituki enjoy an evening on the Estuary in an Encinal Yacht Club Twilight race last June. The 2018 series will start this Friday. More »

Photo Quiz Solution

March 30, 2018
On Monday, we posted Jeff Berman’s photo of this tall ship and asked readers to guess her name, homeport and mission. The crew of a tall ship prepares her canvas for a day of sailing. More »

Snickers, the Castaway Dog, Part 2

Today we bring you part 2 of the tale of Snickers, “The world’s most famous cocker spaniel.” After Snickers and Gulliver, a parrot, were abandoned by their owners — who had shipwrecked on Fanning Island, Kiribati, in December 2008 — cruisers Robby and Lorraine Coleman contacted Latitude to see if anyone could help. More »