Posts by John Arndt
Captain Teem in Cabo
The following is a December 11 blog post from Captain TEEM, a group of sailors we made contact with as they were passing through Sausalito in October. We featured them in December’s Cruise Notes, and they can be found at To Sail or Not To Be. More »
Sailing Cambodia
On a recent trip to Southeast Asia, we spent a few days on the small island of Koh Rong Sanloem, about 12 miles to the east of Sihanoukville in the southern part of Cambodia. More »
Lighting Up for the Holidays
One thing you might guess about a person who owns a Melges 32 is that they like to be fast and first. We suspect that’s why Daniel Thielman, owner of the Melges 32 Kuai, who won his class in the 2017 Rolex Big Boat Series, was also first with the holiday spirit at Corinthian Yacht Club in downtown Tiburon. More »
#optsailing
With credit to REI for creating a ‘new Black Friday tradition’ by closing the doors on all their stores on Black Friday to encourage everyone to #optoutdoors, we are getting onboard with #optsailing for Black Friday. More »
When the Mood Strikes
Sailing is one of the great escapes, and it’s nice to have a boat that’s ready to go when the mood strikes and the weather is right. It would be easy to forget during the past two rainy, gray days that Tuesday was sunny and beautiful. More »
ARC+ Rally Departs
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers, the granddaddy of all cruising rallies, got underway on Wednesday with the first of two fleets. Seventy ARC+ ralliers departed the Cape Verdes Islands with 15 knots of breeze under blue skies. More »
College Life on the Water
One great thing about college and college sailing is time on the water during the school year. Once out of college it’s much harder to find the time.
Cal and Stanford squared off in light breeze at the annual Big Sail on Tuesday. More »
The Science Behind Sailboat Performance
Bay Area sailor and world-renowned navigator Stan Honey has been elected by the board of directors of the Sailing Yacht Research Foundation (SYRF) as their new chairman. The group was formed in 2006 with the goal "to develop and catalog the science underlying sailboat performance resulting in more accurate sailboat handicapping formulae for the benefit of all racing sailors." More »
Watch Out for Dead Heads
Seth Clark, owner of the Express 27 Current Affair, wrote the following on the Cal Sailing Club listserve:
"There is a large deadhead (submerged log) just west X buoy. It has been in the same location for a few weeks. More »
Waterfront Threats and Opportunities
Before the first Bay Bridge, the way to get your car to San Francisco from the East Bay was via car ferry from the end of the Berkeley Pier. More »
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