Posts by Christine Weaver
February Racing Preview
At the old XOC buoy, a Division A (aka PHRF 1) start in BYC’s Sunday Midwinter Series.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC A trio of Bay Area midwinter series wrap up in February. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC A trio of Bay Area midwinter series wrap up in February. More »
Isaacsons Citizens of the Year
Glenn Isaacson and Liz Baylis try to keep Q moving in very light breeze and strong current during Saturday’s Three Bridge Fiasco.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Glenn Isaacson, who races the Carl Schumacher-designed 40-ft daysailer Q on San Francisco Bay, and his wife Gaby were honored as Belvedere’s 2017 Citizens of the Year last week. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Glenn Isaacson, who races the Carl Schumacher-designed 40-ft daysailer Q on San Francisco Bay, and his wife Gaby were honored as Belvedere’s 2017 Citizens of the Year last week. More »
Get Rid of Your Old Sails This Week
"Do you have old Dacron, nylon and laminate (as long as they aren’t completely delaminated) sails that you’d like to see re-purposed rather than just taking up your storage space or bring hauled off to the dump?" More »
Four Out of 360
The scene at the Three Bridge Fiasco starting line about 40 minutes after the beginning of the starts.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Four out of 360 — that’s how many boats finished Saturday’s Three Bridge Fiasco pursuit race. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Four out of 360 — that’s how many boats finished Saturday’s Three Bridge Fiasco pursuit race. More »
SAWW Needs Your Help
Save Alameda’s Working Waterfront, the group mobilizing to preserve maritime businesses and boating facilities at Alameda Marina, is looking for science and engineering specialists to help respond to the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) submitted to the City of Alameda by the developer. More »
Miller Made Sailing Films Too
By now skiers have heard that ski filmmaker extraordinaire Warren Miller passed away at home on Orcas Island on Wednesday at the age of 93. What skiers — and sailors — may not know is that Miller made sailing films too. More »
Alert for Three Bridge Fiasco Racers
If you’re one of the 686 sailors signed up to race in tomorrow’s SSS Three Bridge Fiasco and you didn’t make it to the skippers’ meeting on Wednesday, this alert is for you. More »
The Boys of Sausalito Built El Toros
A member of the Facebook group Sausalito Children has been posting scans of the Richardson Bay School 1967 yearbook. We were particularly intrigued by page 34. As you can clearly see, the school, which would later be renamed Martin Luther King Jr., More »
Tragedy Strikes in VOR
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span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag team won Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race in Hong Kong on Friday. More »
span.s1 {font-kerning: none} The Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag team won Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race in Hong Kong on Friday. More »
SSS Three Bridge Fiasco Preview
A snapshot in time of the starting area of the 2017 Three Bridge Fiasco. Last year, 360 boats were entered to race.
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©2018Latitude 38 Media, LLC As of this morning, 237 boats were signed up to race in the Three Bridge Fiasco on January 27. More »
©2018Latitude 38 Media, LLC As of this morning, 237 boats were signed up to race in the Three Bridge Fiasco on January 27. More »
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