Posts by Christine Weaver
Redwood Creek Cleanup
Edward Stancil, port captain for Peninsula Yacht Club and a resident of the endangered Docktown Marina since 1996, shared the following photo and letter, which he had sent to the city attorney and city council of Redwood City on February 11. More »
USCG Rescues Three Crew and a Cat
Coast Guard Station Morro Bay Motor Lifeboat crews arrived on scene to assist this sailboat taking on water. The CG didn’t know the vessel’s make and size, but it looks to us like it could be a Cal 29. More »
BYC Midwinters Like Night and Day
Saturday’s racing on the Berkeley Circle was held in the beautiful, moderately warm, light-air conditions that have been the trend in the Bay Area for more than a month.
© 2018 Patrick Hind-Smith
Berkeley Yacht Club runs midwinter series on the second Saturday and Sunday of each month, November-February. More »
Racing Snaps from a Delightful Weekend
It’s unusual but it happens about once a season: GGYC starts a race from west to east instead of the other way around.
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Golden Gate Yacht Club was pleased to be able to get a midwinter race off on Saturday, as temperatures warmed the sailors who hung around in the sunshine, patiently waiting out a 1:20-hour shoreside postponement. More »
Monday’s Mystery Solved
On Monday we ran a video of a mysterious Unidentified Floating Object motoring past the St. Francis Yacht Club, entertaining the denizens gathered there for dinner. We hadn’t seen it before and thus posed the question to our readers: What the heck is it? More »
UFO Puts on a Light Show
On Sunday in late January, twilight falls on a gorgeous stretch of San Francisco waterfront. Lights illuminate the Golden Gate Bridge, enhancing the stunning panorama. A few straggling sailboats waft past the windows of St. More »
Women Rule at St. Francis YC
Outgoing commodore James Kiriakis and incoming commodore Theresa Brandner at StFYC’s annual meeting in January.
© Igor Capibaribe
In late 2017, the 90-year-old tradition-steeped St. Francis Yacht Club elected its first woman commodore as a "candidate of change." More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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