Posts by Christine Weaver
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 »
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 »
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 »
Dismasting in Volvo Ocean Race
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 »
Hawkfarm Knockdown Redux
"I raced against your mother." That’s what Dorian McKelvy told Gordie Nash at Golden Gate Yacht Club during the Seaweed Soup Regatta in San Francisco this winter. Currently the skipper of the J/111 MadMen, McKelvy used to sail the Hawkfarm Spitfire on San Francisco Bay back in the 1980s and raced against Jocelyn Nash, who owned El Gavilan. More »
Photo Quiz Solution
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 »
America’s Cupdate
In America’s Cup news, the NYYC challenger team has released their branding. The team will be called American Magic. Philip Lotz, commodore of NYYC, said, "America was the first boat to win the Cup in 1851. More »
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