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More Sailing Students

Earlier in the month, we wrote about a German exchange student looking for a sailing host family during his stay in the U.S. While government rules prohibited Inter-Ed’s Cheryl Williams from sharing information on the student, there is apparently no rule against the student contacting us directly and sharing some info. More »

Opening Day on South Bay

May 18, 2012
Celebrations for the South Bay Opening Day start tonight at Coyote Point YC with a dinner, but really get rolling tomorrow at 11 a.m. with a decorated boat parade — this year’s theme is "Rockin’ and Rollin’ on the South Bay" — and a blessing of the fleet from the observation deck of the Port of Redwood City. More »

Sailors Go to Aid of Paddle Boat

May 16, 2012
San Francisco’s Robert Gurman invited toursits Ed and Rachel Federman and Alex Perez to join him on a paddle boat tour under the Golden Gate Bridge. The trip quickly, and not too surprisingly, turned sour. More »

A Trip to the Farallones

May 14, 2012
As 32 boats were making their way around a challenging in-the-Bay course that took the place of the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s canceled Singlehanded Farallones Race (you’ll find the report on the Stand Down Race in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic), a handful of sailors made the trek out to the Farallon Islands, possibly in protest of the temporary suspension of ocean races, to honor those who had perished in them, or to just enjoy a day of mild ocean sailing. More »

Sailing to Stay Young

May 11, 2012
Anyone who says sailing is a young man’s — or young woman’s — game hasn’t met Cornelia Spanier, who turns 97 on July 26. "My aunt Connie is an amazing lady," writes Greg Clausen, who keeps his Santana 30 Wisdom in Sausalito. More »

Volvo Ocean Race

While some of us were enjoying a slow race to Vallejo last weekend, the 70-ft Volvo Ocean Race boats were mimicking the same conditions only on a much larger scale. Once out of Itajaí, Brazil, and on the way to Miami, Ken Read’s Puma got out in front and never looked back. More »

Sailing-Centric Activities

May 9, 2012
At the Bay Model, Kame Richards uses Angel Island as his podium to help sailors understand how to use the Bay’s currents to their advantage. latitude/LaDonna
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If the recent delightful weather has given you ‘boat fever’, there are a number of fun ways to feed the addiction over the next several days. More »

Aegean Skipper’s Body Found

The San Diego County coroner has identified a body found by Southern California fishermen on Sunday as that of Theo Mavromatis, the skipper of the doomed Hunter 376 Aegean. Mavromatis (49) and crew Kevin Rudolph (53), William Johnson (57), and Joseph Stewart (64) were racing in the cruising division of the Lexus Newport to Ensenada Race on April 28 when their SPOT tracker suddenly stopped transmitting in the early morning hours. More »

Save China Camp

May 7, 2012
Compared to other regions, such as the Pacific Northwest, there’s a dearth of quality cruising destinations on San Francisco Bay, so when one of them is threatened, boaters need to band together to save it. More »