Posts by John Riise
Out of This World
If Google Earth blew your socks off, don’t ‘aim’ your feet at any loved ones when you check out Worldwide Telescope. Released just this week by Microsoft, WWT “enables your computer to function as a virtual telescope — bringing together imagery from the best ground and space-based telescopes in the world for a seamless exploration of the universe.” More »
View to a Spill
A heads-up for anyone planning that historic trans-Bay swim today: please postpone for a week or so. Yesterday the Bay experienced not one ‘toxic’ spill, but two. In Martinez, a tugboat accidentally ruptured a pipeline at the Tesoro refinery just after noon, which resulted in a spill of as much as 1,500 gallons of gasoline into Carquinez Strait. More »
Happy Independence Day!
In Israel, Independence Day comes right after Memorial Day. It might seem a little strange to have a somber day of remembrance followed immediately by one of revelry, but that’s the way they do it. More »
Northern Star – An Ocean of Fun
Whee-Ha! John Liebenberg and company light the afterburners on Always Friday for the stretch run.
© 2008 Peter Lyons
OYRA’s Northern Star race saw fifty-some boats head out the Gate for a great day of ocean sailing on Saturday. More »
Stewing in Our Juices
A big part of cruising is diet. And a big part of spartan cruising is a spartan diet. Cruising in the Med back in the ‘70s, we would often go a week or more dipping from the same pot of stew, just adding a bit more veggies and meat periodically. More »
Thar They Blow
We got stopped a few years ago off the Embarcadero by both Coast Guard and the SF Police boats. And when we say ‘stopped’, this was with bullhorns blaring and lights flashing. More »
Crashing the Party
She looks bad here, but Gitana Vela suffered relatively minor damage in her double dismasting.
© 2008 Jenny Haldeman
Anyone who was out sailing last Saturday knows that it was really windy in the afternoon. More »
Yankee – Great Earthquake Survivor
Yankee with a bone in her teeth at the Master Mariners Regatta.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco Bay is home to one of the largest, coolest and most active fleets of classic yachts anywhere in the world — the Master Mariners Benevolent Association. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco Bay is home to one of the largest, coolest and most active fleets of classic yachts anywhere in the world — the Master Mariners Benevolent Association. More »
Morning Light Preview
Last evening, Roy Disney and Leslie DeMeuse-Disney hosted a West Coast preview showing of outtakes from The Morning Light Project at the Strictly Sail Pacific show. This is the documentary feature film which chronicles the selection, training and TransPac participation of one of the youngest crews ever on that fabled biennial race, sailing one of the fastest boats: the TP 52 Morning Light. More »
Mystery Boat Aground in Baja
Hanalei on the beach at Punta San Marcial.
© 2008 Dennis Monahan
Readers Debbie and Dennis Monahan were on their annual Baja fishing trip out of Agua Verde in late February when they came upon this boat. More »
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