Posts by John Arndt
Ocean Sunfish Oddities
It’s always a bit strange when you cross tacks with an ocean sunfish. They look like the most uncoordinated klutzes in the seas, and the first glimpse of a large fin makes one think of a whale or shark. More »
The Difference Between the Coasts
While summers in San Francisco are known for cool, brisk and foggy breezes, the coast of Maine is just about the opposite — except for the fog part. Maine’s fog, by contrast, tends to be warm, humid and accompanied by gentler breezes. More »
Kudos
While we seek results we applaud progress. Even with our best intentions and awareness of things like the Texas-sized Pacific garbage patch it remains hard to eliminate our single-use plastic water bottle habit. More »
Shaka Challenge One and Done
On July 1, four singlehanded sailors departed Marina del Rey bound for Honolulu in the Pacific Singlehanded Sailing Association’s inaugural Shaka Challenge. The race is the brainchild of PSSA’s commodore, Jerome Sammarcelli, a veteran of the SSS Singlehanded TransPacific Race. More »
Pacific Cup Finishers Roll In
It’s been a busy weekend in the Pacific Cup with much of the fleet in the barn at Kaneohe Yacht Club, including most division winners. First to finish was Charles Devanneaux’s all-new hydrofoil-equipped Beneteau Figaro 3 A Fond le Girafon on Friday. Sailing More »
Lunatic Power
If yours was one of the 356 entries that did not finish this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco, besides scanning the horizon for breeze and tweaking sails, you had some time to contemplate the challenges and opportunities of clean energy. More »
News Flash: First Finisher in Pac Cup
The first of the Pacific Cup finishers has arrived, as Charles Devanneaux and crew Matthieu Damerval aboard the foiling Beneteau Figaro 3 A Fond le Girafon sailed across the finish line at 15:59 PDT. More »
Find Your Lane on the Bay
When describing summer sailing on San Francisco Bay, sailing instructors often compare it to ski areas with the ‘black diamond’ trails along the windy Cityfront, the ‘blue squares’ perhaps over between Angel Island and Belvedere and Sausalito, and the ‘Green Circles’ in the Oakland estuary or in the lee of Angel Island or Tiburon. More »
Mild Launch For Final Pac Cup Starters
Pulling the short straw, the Pacific Cup’s big-boat BMW of San Rafael E division is set to start today in the least favorable conditions of this week’s four starting days. If you’re the Moore 24 Foamy — the smallest boat in the fleet — we’re sure it feels a little better knowing that the 70-footers you assumed would be breathing down your neck will actually be parked in the Gulf of the Farallones on a day better suited for drop-line fishing than racing to Hawaii. More »
They’re Off. Again.
The four divisions of Pacific Cup Monday starters scored a beautiful day for a sail on the Bay, but made sure it was short-lived by dashing for the Gate and pointing southwest as they latched onto the reaching conditions to propel them west. More »
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