Posts by Richard
Harker Trying to Reason with the Season
These are some of the 12 boats, including Mike Harker’s Hunter 49 Wanderlust 3, hiding in a mangrove cut off Simpson Bay Lagoon in St. Martin, French West Indies.
© 2009 Mike Harker
It looks as though Category 4 Hurricane Bill is turning northwest and therefore will miss St. More »
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A Tropical Storm Trifecta in the Atlantic
If we’re somewhat skeptical about the ability of scientists to predict the weather 20 and 30 years out, it’s because they have such a hard time predicting major weather events a week or two in the future. More »
Antigua Sailing Week . . . By Hugo Chavez
Organizers of the famous Antigua Sailing Week are undeterred by the island nation’s financial troubles – next year’s dates have been set as April 24-30.
© 2009 Ted Martin / Antigua Sailing Week
The economy isn’t doing so well in Antigua & Barbuda, the small Caribbean nation that is home to world famous Antigua Sailing Week. More »
Profligate is Packed for the Ha-Ha
We want to thank everyone who responded to Monday’s mention that there were a couple of slots open on Profligate for the Ha-Ha. Due to the overwhelming response, we can’t take anymore inquiries. More »
It’s All Good in Petaluma
The trip up the Petaluma River is reminiscent of French wine country.
© 2009 Tim Crowe
We have made annual trips from Alameda to the Petaluma Turning Basin aboard our Catalina 42 Azure for the last several years. More »
Navigating Without GPS
Bill and Judy combine to navigate without electronics.
latitude/Nick
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point — such as a finish line to a sailing race — by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Triangulation is the process of determining the location of a point — such as a finish line to a sailing race — by measuring angles to it from known points at either end of a fixed baseline, rather than measuring distances to the point directly. More »
A Gathering of Bears
The San Francisco Bay Bear Boat Association is sailing again! Bear Boats are 23-ft woodies designed and built at the Nunes Boat Yard in Sausalito in the early ‘30s for San Francisco Bay sailing conditions. More »
Santa Barbara to King Harbor Race
Bill Gibbs’ 52-ft Afterburner in her sweet spot as seen in a file photo. She averaged 14 knots for 81 miles.
Afterburner
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Afterburner, Bill Gibb’s Ventura-based 52-ft Bladerunner catamaran, used idyllic catamaran sailing conditions to set a new course record of 5 h, 37 m in last Friday’s 81-mile race from Santa Barbara to Redondo Beach. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Afterburner, Bill Gibb’s Ventura-based 52-ft Bladerunner catamaran, used idyllic catamaran sailing conditions to set a new course record of 5 h, 37 m in last Friday’s 81-mile race from Santa Barbara to Redondo Beach. More »
Over the Top
We received a number of complaints about the photo in Wednesday‘s ‘Lectronic that showed a man whose torso had been impaled on a log. The impaling was apparently a result of the man losing control of his bass boat while travelling at excessive speed. More »
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