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Posts by John Riise

Fast Company

March 12, 2008
The ProSail 40 Tuki currently owns the Jazz Cup record. In 2005, she sailed the 26-mile course in 2 hours and 1 minute. latitude/JR
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Records are made to be broken. More »

Gitana 13 Comes Full Circle

February 29, 2008
Gitana 13’s early morning arrival meant only a few boats came out to welcome her crew to the Bay. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While most folks at Corinthian YC yesterday came to catch a glimpse of the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 and her 10-man crew, CYC member Jim Gibbs was there on ‘family business’. More »

Gitana 13 Breaks New York to San Francisco Record

February 28, 2008
Gitana 13 slides into San Francisco at the end of her 43-day run from New York. latitude/JR
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 slipped quietly under the Golden Gate this morning, the end of her record-setting 14,000-mile record sail from New York attended by only a handful of local boats. More »
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Gitana 13 on Track to Arrive Thursday

February 27, 2008
  Gitana 13, the 110-ft French catamaran that left New York on January 16, will pass under the Golden Gate tomorrow, Thursday, February 28. Exactly when depends on how well the 10-man crew negotiates the often fickle breeze of the Pacific in winter — and how much fickle breeze there is. More »

Gitana 13 to Arrive on Thursday

February 25, 2008
To Bay Area residents, 40 days and 40 nights might invoke the biblical weather we’ve been having the last few months. But to the 10 sailors aboard the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13, it is a measure of pride and progress. More »

Maltese Falcon on Fishery Patrol

February 22, 2008
Tom Perkins swims with the fishes. © 2008 Tom Perkins "We have finished four of the most incredible days of diving ever," reports Tom Perkins of the Belvedere-based 289-ft Dyna-Rig Maltese Falcon from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. More »

Gitana 13 Just a TransPac Away

February 20, 2008
Gitana 13 – shown here in sea trials last year – hasn’t been doing much of this in the Pacific. © 2008 Gitana S.A./Yvan Zedda The latest report from the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 found them gliding along in light air just north of the Equator, hoping for a breath of wind while at the same time holding their breath that they keep what wind they have. More »

Tin Can Heads Back to the Bay

February 18, 2008
David Vann wisely ended his planned circumnavigation when he found some failed welds on Tin Can. © 2008 Peter Lyons Adventurer David Vann’s trip south in his 50-ft trimaran Tin Can was cut short over the weekend when he was towed into Santa Cruz on Saturday after discovering cracked welds on one of his crossbeams. More »

Tin Can Gets Underway

February 15, 2008
David Vann says he’ll stop in San Diego before heading non-stop around the world. © 2008 Peter Lyons David Vann departed San Francisco Bay yesterday aboard his self-built 50-ft trimaran Tin Can. More »