Posts by LaDonna
BMW Oracle Arrives in Spain
Spanish Fly! BMW Oracle’s 100-ft tri was off-loaded from a cargo ship in Valencia on Monday to begin training for the 33rd America’s Cup.
© 2010 Gilles Martin-Raget / BMW Oracle Racing
With a little more than a month before the scheduled start of the 33rd America’s Cup — unless more legal wrangling forces a delay — the BMW Oracle Racing team can finally start testing in European waters. More »
Dehumidifier Recall
Fewer things on a boat are less sexy than a dehumidifier, but damp winters certainly justify their use. The small, passive marine air dryers sold at chandleries are just the thing to keep the mildew at bay in Southern California, but when winter presents itself in buckets of rain, a little more ‘oomph’ is needed. More »
January Latitude Ready for 2010
Just in time for the New Year, the January issue of Latitude 38 will hit all the usual places today. We review the top stories of 2009 in ‘The Year in Review’, hear the Coast Guard’s side of the story regarding the loss of the Catalina 36 JoJo — which we reported on in the December 2 ‘Lectronic Latitude — learn the basics of cruising the South Pacific, join in the fun of the Banderas Bay Regatta, and, of course, pay our respects to the great Roy Disney. More »
The Mother of Invention
Ya gotta love the ingenuity of cruisers! Jim Casey tells of an unwelcome visitor aboard his Tahoe and P.V.-based Jeanneau 43DS Tomatillo and how he fixed the resulting damage:
"Sometimes you just have to make do if there’s trouble in paradise. More »
Clipper Cove Anchoring Permits
Earlier in the year, we reported that Mirian Saez, Director of Operations at Treasure Island Development Authority, was working on a plan to require permits to anchor in Clipper Cove. According to Saez, the permits were not to inconvenience responsible boaters, but to clear out the derelicts that had littered the Cove in the years since the Navy pulled out. More »
Missing Dutch Teen Found
It’s a widely accepted fact that teenagers put their parents through hell. You know, staying out late, hanging with a bad crowd, behaving like snotty little know-it-alls, jetting off to the Dutch Antilles to thwart government oversight of their bid to become the youngest person to solo circumnavigate . More »
The Show is On
Producers of Strictly Sail Pacific have announced that the show must go on — April 15-18 at Jack London Square in Oakland, to be precise. After a last-minute — and more than a little incongruous — name change last year to Strictly Sail Pacific & Power Boat Expo, show producers have revamped the popular West Coast event, returning to its ‘all-sail’ roots. More »
The Navy Finally Sells T.I.
It sounds like the start of a bad joke: How many bureaucrats does it take to buy an island? But the punchline was delivered yesterday when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the City had finally struck a deal to purchase Treasure Island from the Navy for $55 million. More »
Mystery Med Kit Found
Denis Neumann reports that, on November 24, while walking the beach in Half Moon Bay, he spotted a small, bright yellow canvas pouch. "It was about 2" x 4" x 5" with two zippers and two velcro straps. More »
Jibe Ho-Ho-Ho!
Bet we know what’s at the top of Dietmar’s Christmas list!
Carinthia
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Dietmar Petutschnig, an experienced European sailor who’s sailed a third of the way around the world since completing last year’s Baja Ha-Ha, sent us this very illustrative photo of what happens to a boat’s boom when an electric mainsheet works against a stout preventer. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Dietmar Petutschnig, an experienced European sailor who’s sailed a third of the way around the world since completing last year’s Baja Ha-Ha, sent us this very illustrative photo of what happens to a boat’s boom when an electric mainsheet works against a stout preventer. More »
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