Posts by John Riise
Big Cat Claws North
The 110-ft maxi cat Gitana 13 continues its assault on the sailing record from New York to San Francisco. Now in their 30th day at sea, skipper Lionel Lemonchois and his nine-man crew were at 18° S this morning, looking at another 350- to 400-mile day, and happy to finally be back in shorts as they ease into the tropics. More »
Tin Can Goes Sailing
David Vann’s self-built trimaran Tin Can had her maiden voyage yesterday.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Adventurer David Vann was out test-sailing his 50-ft trimaran Tin Can yesterday, having been delayed several days from his planned Saturday outing. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Adventurer David Vann was out test-sailing his 50-ft trimaran Tin Can yesterday, having been delayed several days from his planned Saturday outing. More »
Not Your Father’s VHF Radio
Sorry for the late notice, but Coyote Point YC is hosting an informal talk on marine radios tonight at 7 p.m. This talk is free and open to all mariners who are interested in learning more about VHF radio communications in SF Bay, from simple nuts and bolts stuff (such as the fact that using cheap cable and connectors can lose you up to 33% of your range in some radios), to all the new features and capabilities of modern VHFs such as digital selective calling (DSC), AIS reception, and integration with GPS for radios with built-in digital distress transmitting capability. More »
Barcelona World Race Winner Finishes
Paprec-Virbac 2 will cross the finish line today to win the inaugural Barcelona World Race.
© 2008 Yvan Zedda
After three months and more than 25,000 miles, the inaugural edition of the Barcelona World Race — a doublehanded, non-stop race around the world — is finally over for the winning team. More »
Gitana 13 – Rounds the Horn. . . Finally
After five days of waiting out not one, but two big weather systems, the 110-ft French trimaran Gitana 13 should finally be rounding Cape Horn as you read this. Next stop: San Francisco. More »
Gitana 13 – Pit Stop at the Horn
The 110-ft maxi cat Gitana 13 is stopped, waiting patiently ‘behind the door’ as they put it. The door in this case is the Lemaire Channel, the final passageway to Cape Horn and the Pacific. More »
Bound for Glory – Groupama and Gitana
Franck Cammas’ Groupama 3 is one of two giant multihulls currently in pursuit of long-distance sailing records.
© Yvan Zedda
Two giant mulithulls continue to blast south through the Atlantic as you read this. More »
Gitana 13 – Southern Cross to Port
Sailor’s delight – It’s not all work aboard Gitana 13 as she heads for San Francisco.
Gitana 13
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not quite two weeks out of New York, the 110-ft maxi-cat Gitana 13 is humming along under a waning moon and what can only be described as a ‘mixed bag’ of weather off Brazil. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not quite two weeks out of New York, the 110-ft maxi-cat Gitana 13 is humming along under a waning moon and what can only be described as a ‘mixed bag’ of weather off Brazil. More »
Gitana 13 Crosses Equator
This morning, at 7:24 GMT — less than a week after leaving New York — the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 crossed the Equator. That’s about 3,200 miles in 6.5 days, an average of just under 500 miles a day. More »
Big Cat Escapes New York!
Gitana 13 is heading our way.
Gitana 13
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As this ‘Lectronic Latitude was posted, the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 was blasting southeast down the Atlantic, five days into a nonstop record attempt at the 14,000-mile Route de l’Or: the ‘route of gold’ from New York to San Francisco. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As this ‘Lectronic Latitude was posted, the 110-ft catamaran Gitana 13 was blasting southeast down the Atlantic, five days into a nonstop record attempt at the 14,000-mile Route de l’Or: the ‘route of gold’ from New York to San Francisco. More »
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