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Yet More Good Reads

December 19, 2008
Here’s the final installment of our holiday book reviews. For the past week, we’ve featured mini-reviews of a few of the more interesting boating books that have come out this year. More »
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More Good Reads

December 17, 2008
As noted on Monday, we’re doing quickie reviews this week of some of the new books we’ve received over the past year, the idea being that they might make nice gifts for the sailors on your holiday list. More »

Some Good Reads

December 15, 2008
Don’t get us wrong. The internet is great. But when it comes time for a good read, we turn the computer off and grab a book. If you’re a scholar and gentleman (or woman) such as ourselves — or are looking to buy a nice sailing-related book for one — maybe we can help you out. More »

Eight Bells – Mik Beatie

We are sorry to report that Mik Beatie died suddenly, yet peacefully, at his Corte Madera home on Thursday, December 11, with wife Suzi at his side. He was 67. Michael Lauren Beatie was born in Hood River, Oregon, on April Fool’s Day, 1941. More »

Big Bang on Gitana Eighty

December 10, 2008
Peyron’s ‘big bang’ has taken him out of the running. © Yvan Zedda / Gitana SA In one of the real heartbreakers of the singlehanded, nonstop round-the-world Vendée Globe Race, Loïck Peyron reported that his IMOCA 60 Gitana Eighty had dismasted early this morning in the Southern Ocean. More »
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Remembering George

November 26, 2008
Per request, we received several nice remembrances of George Olson, who passed away on November 12. We’d intended to run some of them in the December issue, which went out the door this morning. More »

Eight Bells – George Olson

November 19, 2008
We’re sorry to report that George Olson lost a long battle with cancer last weekend. He died on November 12 in Santa Cruz, surrounded by wife Lyn Neale, his two grown children Adrian and Kristina, and other family. More »

Eight Bells – Joanne McFee

November 14, 2008
We were shocked to receive the news last evening that Joanne McFee of Island YC had passed away on Wednesday. When she didn’t answer repeated phone calls, authorities were called and found her dead in her Alameda home. More »