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German Student Seeks Home

May 4, 2012
Two years ago, Cheryl Williams, who works with Inter-Ed to place foreign students in California homes, contacted us to see if we could help find a host family for a 16-year-old German student who was passionate about sailing. More »

Another Emmy for Stan Honey

May 2, 2012
Two-time Emmy recipient and Bay Area navigating legend Stan Honey helped LiveLine bring home a golden statue of its own this week. Honey, the director of technology for the America’s Cup Event Authority, led the team that developed LiveLine specifically for the AC, and on Monday, it received the Emmy for extraordinary technical innovation. More »

Search for Missing Sailor Suspended

April 30, 2012
The crew of the Hunter 376 Aegean at Friday’s start to the Newport to Ensenada Race. © Susan Hoffman The Coast Guard suspended their search for Theo Mavromatis, 49, yesterday afternoon after a 600-square mile grid search by the Coast Guard, the Mexican Navy and civilian volunteers found nothing but debris from the Hunter 376 Aegean aboard which Mavromatis was skipper. More »

SPECIAL REPORT: USCG Cancels Ocean Races

April 26, 2012
In an unprecedented move, Captain Cindy Stowe, USCG Captain of the Port for Sector San Francisco, has temporarily suspended all marine event permits for offshore races in the wake of April 14’s Full Crew Farallones Race tragedy in which five sailors perished. More »

Bay Sailors Pay Tribute to the Lost

April 23, 2012
More than 100 boats gathered in Belvedere Cove Saturday evening to honor five lost sailors. © 2012 Erik Simonson The Bay Area sailing community has been in a state of mourning over the loss of five sailors from Low Speed Chase on April 14. More »

Sailors Rescue Capsized Kayaker

While Saturday’s weather conditions were as close to perfection as one could have hoped — as evidenced by day-long traffic jams as city-dwellers tried to make their escape to the beach — Sunday was a little brisker, with more typical summer-like winds. More »

“Thank You, Latitude!”

April 20, 2012
Thanks to our recent Crew Party, Sylvia and Barry now have a deep pool of race crew to pull strings aboard Iolani. Iolani
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Thank you for hosting the Latitude 38 Spring Crew List Party on March 7 at Golden Gate YC," write Barry Stompe & Sylvia Stewart of the Sausalito-based Hughes 48 Iolani. More »

Rutherford Closes Loop

April 18, 2012
At 10:48 a.m. EDT this morning, Annapolis’s Matt Rutherford crossed his outbound track, closing the loop on his record-setting nonstop solo circumnavigation of North and South America. The 31-year-old sailor set off from his hometown last June 11 aboard his Albin Vega 27 St. More »

Don Anderson Passes Away

April 16, 2012
The West Coast sailing community was dealt another blow on Saturday when Don Anderson was discovered dead aboard his Valiant 47 Summer Passage in Oxnard. "Don was known as the weatherman on so many radio nets throughout Mexico and the Pacific," writes Jim Barden of the Santa Rosalia, Mexico-based Morgan Out Island 28 Ann Marie. More »