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When It Rains, It Pours

July 13, 2012
Brian VanderZanden on TurboCamper will have finished the 2,120-mile solo race by the time you read this. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC As this post is being uploaded to our servers, Brian VanderZanden on the Hobie 33 TurboCamper has crossed the finish line of the Singlehanded TransPac and is probably enjoying his end-of-race drink of choice — a piña colada — the second boat to do so. More »

Truth Smashes Solo TransPac Record

July 9, 2012
Truth at the start of the race just 8.5 days earlier. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In an age when sailing records are ‘smashed’ by just a few hours — if not minutes — beating a 16-year-old transPacific record by nearly two and a half days is mind-blowing. More »

Solo Sailors Keep on Truckin’

July 6, 2012
Most of the fleet – which are nearing their halfway mark – has packed together like a school of fish since the start. Very unusual for this race. © 2012 Yellowbrick Tracking The 23 racers in the Singlehanded TransPac have pushed through the uncomfortable beam seas of the first third of the course and are now enjoying a more comfortable ride, if not an abundance of wind and sun. More »

Singlehanded TransPac Starts

July 2, 2012
Al Germain’s Wyliecat 30 Bandicoot leads the way for Brian Boschma’s Olson 34 RedSky and Whitall Stokes’ Tartan Ten Slacker during Saturday’s start of the Singlehanded TransPac Race. latitude/LaDonna
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 18th running of the Singlehanded TransPac, a biennial 2,120-mile jaunt from San Francisco Bay to Hanalei Bay on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, started off Corinthian YC at noon on Saturday. More »

Singlehanded TransPac Starts Tomorrow

June 29, 2012
This year’s start probably won’t be as windy as the beginning of the previous SHTP in 2010, but the racers won’t care – they just want to get started! latitude/LaDonna
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Tomorrow morning noon, 23 intrepid solo sailors will set out on the 18th Singlehanded TransPac, a 2,120-mile biennial slide from San Francisco Bay to idyllic Hanalei Bay on Kauai. More »

Ex-Captives to Cruise Again

June 27, 2012
Paul and Rachel Chandler, who were kidnapped by Somali pirates near the Seychelles in October ’09 and were released a little over a year later, are ready to head out again on their repaired Rival 38 Lynn Rival. More »

Sailors Lost in Tongan Wreck

June 20, 2012
Rescuers have been scouring the small Tongan island of Late, about 30 miles west of Vava’u, over the past few days in search of two Australian sailors whose Bavaria 50 Navillus broke up on a reef off the island last Thursday. More »

Illegal Charters on the Bay

June 18, 2012
Enterprising sailors looking to make a quick buck off the America’s Cup hype might want to take note that the Coast Guard is issuing a public advisory about illegal passenger vessels that are plying Bay waters. More »

Reflections Sinks After Whale Collision

June 15, 2012
We’re saddened to report that Max Young, who spent nine years circumnavigating aboard his Sacramento-based Perry 47 Reflections and who was on his way back to the Bay after spending the last couple years in the Caribbean, lost his boat Wednesday off the coast of Baja after a collision with a whale. More »

Colorful Volvo Ocean Race Update

The crew of Groupama, skippered by Franck Cammas from France, celebrate taking first place in Leg 8, from Lisbon, Portugal, to Lorient, France, during the Volvo Ocean Race. © 2012 Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race The battle of the red, green and blue boats in Leg 8 of the Volvo Ocean Race is just finishing up in Lorient, France. More »