Posts by LaDonna
More Holiday Lights
Argh matey, we’re gonna whip you into some Christmas spirit!
© 2009 Fred Fago
The holiday season was kick-started last weekend with no fewer than six Bay Area lighted boat parades. More »
Meet Solo TransPac’ers at EYC
If you’re on the fence about entering next summer’s Singlehanded TransPac, you’ll have a chance to meet with some race veterans, check out their boats and even have your boat ‘pre-inspected’ this Sunday, December 13, at Encinal YC. More »
Should Marine Forecasts Improve?
"Is it time we did something about the shoddy marine forecasts for San Francisco Bay?" asks reader Iain Woolward. "On the afternoon of November 28 — the day of the big blow here on the Bay — the forecast called for 15 knots, dropping to 12 knots. More »
Nereida Pulling Into Cape Town
Intrepid solo circumnavigator Jeanne Socrates, who set out from the Canaries on October 10 on a planned non-stop circuit of the globe via the five Capes, is being forced to stop in Cape Town, South Africa, to effect repairs to her Najad 380 Nereida. More »
Big Brother at Minerva Reef
"While anchored at North Minerva Reef, a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion did numerous passes over the anchorage," reports Emmy Newbould, who’s cruising with her husband Eric Willbur on their Brickyard Cove-based Flying Dutchman 37 Nataraja. More »
Let There Be a Blast
Demonstrating the true spirit of the Blast, this unidentifiable contestant in the catch-the-waterballoon-from-the-third-floor-Sky-Bar-at-the-Nayarit-Riviera-Marina goes for the big splash.
© 2009 Peter Meyer
While the first two days of the three-day Banderas Bay Blast featured less consistent wind than normal, the crews of the 32 participating cruising boats have had a great time nonetheless. More »
The Opinions of Sailors
Ask three sailors for their opinion on any given subject and you’ll get four answers. That being the case, we want to thank everyone for sending in their comments on what the Coast Guard should or shouldn’t have done in the case of JoJo. More »
Natasza Caban Finishes Circumnavigation
Natasza was greeted by adoring friends and family – and magnums of spraying champagne – when she arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday.
© 2009 Agnieszka Caban
Polish beauty Natasza Caban sailed into Honolulu on Wednesday aboard her S&S 34 Tanasza Polska Ustka, completing the westabout solo circumnavigation she started two years and four months earlier. More »
The Wreck of JoJo
JoJo as she lay wrecked on the beach in Stillwater Cove.
© Karl Livengood
Karl and Betsy Livengood of Walnut Creek experienced every sailor’s nightmare when their beloved Catalina 36 JoJo ran up on a rock reef in Stillwater Cove on October 20. More »
Second ARC Boat Abandoned
The five-person crew of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) entry Pelican abandoned ship yesterday after a massive rig failure 325 miles west off the Cape Verde Islands. Though the details of the failure are unclear, it was reported that lines had fouled the prop, so the U.K.-based More »
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