Posts by LaDonna
Jeanne Socrates to Speak at TYC
For the last several years, we’ve closely followed the exploits of one particularly spunky British granny, Jeanne Socrates. On July 8, Jeanne finished her third solo circumnavigation — this one nonstop — and, at 70, became the oldest woman to have achieved the feat. More »
Bye Bye to Paper Charts
Paper is so passé — at least according to the federal government. NOAA announced earlier this week that the Federal Aviation Administration, the government agency that prints maritime charts, will cease printing them after April 13, 2014. More »
Tanit Pirates Sentenced
Last Friday, three of five Somali pirates who seized the French yacht Tanit in 2009 were sentenced in a French court to nine years in prison. The pirates boarded the 47-ft Colin Archer design — which was carrying two couples and a three-year-old boy — on April 4, about 500 miles off the Somali coast. More »
Sacto Boat Thieves Caught
While suburbanites fear homeless folks might steal their property, homeless-on-homeless crime is far more prevalent. Case in point, on Sunday, two apparently homeless men stole the Columbia 28 that Robert Mayse called home. More »
Fishy Goings-On at Catalina
It looks like someone had maybe just a little too much fun at Buccaneer Days earlier this month and didn’t want the party to end. The well-costumed reveler was found passed out on a Catalina Island beach this weekend, so comatose from the previous weekend’s merrymaking that more than a dozen friends had to help cart him off to the hospital. More »
Simpson’s Autopsy Report Released
Five months after his untimely death on May 9, Andrew ‘Bart’ Simpson’s autopsy report was finally released yesterday. It held few surprises, citing "blunt trauma with drowning" as the cause of death for the 36-year-old America’s Cup sailor. More »
Fall Cruising Seminars
Heading south of the border this cruising season? If so, you’d be wise to attend many of the helpful seminars offered in San Diego by Downwind Marine, West Marine and others. More »
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Hawaii Race Seminars
Planning to race to Hawaii next year, or even just thinking about it? Whether it’s the Pacific Cup or the Singlehanded TransPac, the organizers of each race are holding seminars this month to prepare potential skippers. More »
Impressionists on the Water
This is the last week to catch the Impressionists on the Water exhibit at the Legion of Honor in the City. The show was planned to coincide with the America’s Cup and features more than 80 nautical-themed works by Monet, Caillebotte, Renoir, Pissaro and many more. More »
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