Posts by John Arndt
Sunny Pacific Sail Show
Yes, we know it was a beautiful weekend for sailing and Opening Day. We watched enviously as boats sailed past our booth at the Craneway building while we exhibited at the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show, but we also had a fabulous time chatting with an endless parade of visitors during the busy four-day show. More »
Beat This!
We’d never seen it before, but in April’s Sightings, we featured a story about love on the water. Robert Bauman and Claudia Allison sent in the following photo of their track from a carefully plotted Valentine’s Day sail a few years ago. More »
Living Aboard in the Bay Area
Whether because of the high cost of housing, dreams of sailing away, or a close-to-nature, live-lightly ethos, numerous Bay Area residents find themselves fortunate enough to live aboard sailboats in the Bay Area. More »
Summer Camp
What if you went to camp on the water and not on the land? Most summer camps involve hiking in the woods, bows and arrows, arts and crafts, and other shoreside activities. More »
The April Issue. More than Meets the Eye
Spring is here and the April issue is out just in time for Easter sailing or a boat project weekend. When you stop by your harbormaster’s office, chandler or other waterfront establishment to pick up your April issue, you’ll actually get two magazines in one. More »
Hard to Find (What Is This Thing?)
Bob Adams of the Ericson 35 Escape wrote, "Have you seen one of these before?"
Know where to find one of these? Know what this whatchamacallit even is? Bob Adams would sure like to know. More »
Spring Has Sprung Loos!
On Sunday, March 18, the San Francisco J/24 Fleet 17 hosted the first in a series of race clinics. We’re hosting these by ourselves, for ourselves (and any interested crew and potential crew) because this fleet always enjoys sharing knowledge with one another, always learning and re-learning, and just hanging out. More »
Contrasts in Singlehanded TransPac
Registration for the 2018 edition of the Singlehanded Transpacific Yacht Race opened in January, and so far 23 boats are signed up. The biennial race, which starts June 23 this year off the race deck of the Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon, and finishes in Hanalei Bay, Kauai, HI, is the signature event of the Singlehanded Sailing Society of San Francisco, with a 40-year history. More »
Spring Is Coming
How do we know? Besides all of the allergy sneezing, a quick look at the Northern California Racing Calendar shows nine separate events scheduled for Saturday and five more on Sunday.
When we looked at the weather earlier in the week, it looked like the gods were reserving the weekend for sailors. More »
Save Yourself First
A few weeks ago we reported on an unfortunate incident near the entrance to the Oakland Estuary. On the very blustery Sunday of February 11, the Harbor 25 pictured below simply ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. More »
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