Posts by John Riise
Latest Threat to DBW
On May 14, an important decision regarding boating in this state will be made in Sacramento. If it goes our way, recreational boating in the Golden State will remain, well, golden. More »
Princess Tai Ping Rammed in Taiwan
Princess Tai Ping, the 54-ft Chinese junk that visited the Bay Area last October, was run down by a freighter off Taiwan on Sunday. Thankfully, all 11 crew, including three Americans, survived with mostly minor injuries. More »
America’s Cup – Onward Through the Fog
What almost appeared yesterday to be a ‘final decision’ now looks like the bell for just one more round of America’s Cup legal boxing.
Earlier this month, the New York Appeals Court ruled that BMW Oracle Racing and its home yacht club, Golden Gate YC, would be instated as the Challengers of Record for AC33, and that the ‘paper’ club, Spain’s CNEV — which was hastily created after the last Cup race to insure the event would stay in Valencia — was out. More »
New Ocean Racing Recommendations
On Monday evening, five members of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco met with representatives of the YRA and any local yacht club or other organization that runs ocean races. The subject matter: making ocean racing safer. More »
Taking the Bulls by the Horns
The start of the 2009 Bullship was in very light breeze. A butterfly actually passed us.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was about midmorning on Saturday when the theme from Rawhide started playing in our heads: “Movin, movin, movin; Though they’re disapprovin’; Keep them dogies movin’; Rawhide!" More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was about midmorning on Saturday when the theme from Rawhide started playing in our heads: “Movin, movin, movin; Though they’re disapprovin’; Keep them dogies movin’; Rawhide!" More »
High Winds Wreak Havoc
How about that wind yesterday? Officially, it hit 45 knots at Angel Island and SFO recorded gusts to 60. Although the wind will return to a more typical 15-25 today, small craft advisories remain in effect up and down the coast through Thursday afternoon. More »
Weekend Racing Wrap Up – Best of the ‘Fest
The Bay was busy this weekend, and not only with the nearly 50 J/boats participating in St. Francis YC’s J/Fest.
© 2009 Erik Simonson
The ‘main event’ in local racing this past weekend was the 2009 J/Fest Regatta, hosted by the St. More »
AC Court Decision Favors BMW Oracle
On Thursday, April 2, the New York Appeals Court ruled that the paper yacht club CNEV is out, and BMW Oracle — or more accurately, our own Golden Gate Yacht Club — is the Challenger of Record for the next America’s Cup. More »
Weekend Racing Wrap Up
With Monday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude dedicated to the dramatic rescue during the Doublehanded Farallones Race, we didn’t have room for our usual weekend racing review. So we bring it to you now. More »
Doublehanded Farallones Race
Heat Wave, along with 10 other racers, waited out the lull near Pt. Bonita and wound up rounding the rocks. Unfortunately, they didn’t finish the race.
© Peter Lyons
For most competitors, the 30th Annual Doublehanded Farallones Race was a bust windwise. More »
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