Posts by Richard
Support Today’s Vote On The Bail-Out Bill
Gotta love that bailout. Now all we have to decide is whether our new Hummer should be yellow or red.
latitude/Christine
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Today there will apparently be a historic second vote in the House on the bailout bill for Wall Street and some say Main Street. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Today there will apparently be a historic second vote in the House on the bailout bill for Wall Street and some say Main Street. More »
Massive Turnout for Maltese Falcon
The long view from the San Francisco’s Sea Cliff area gives you an idea of how tall Falcon’s rig is, and how enormous the spectator fleet was.
latitude/Helen
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Maltese Falcon – the power and the glory. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Maltese Falcon – the power and the glory. More »
All Things Falcon
There was a nice front page story in The Chronicle today announcing that Tom Perkins’ 289-ft mega sailing yacht Maltese Falcon will come under the Gate Saturday at 2 p.m. Reporter Carl Nolte got some of the information from us, and we feel it’s important to make one clarification. More »
Danger Never Takes a Vacation
How safe would you feel swimming or riding in a slow moving dinghy in front of this panga?
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Max de Rham, a Swiss citizen with a home in Maui, is about as adventurous a 70-year-old as one could imagine. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Max de Rham, a Swiss citizen with a home in Maui, is about as adventurous a 70-year-old as one could imagine. More »
Falcon to Sail Under Gate Saturday
"Maltese Falcon is currently scheduled to pass beneath the Golden Gate Bridge at 2 p.m. on Saturday the 27th," we’re told by Kathy Daly of owner Tom Perkins’ office. The yacht is making excellent progress from Hawaii to California, and will probably anchor in Drake’s Bay on Thursday and Friday nights to clean up and get ready for her grand entrance. More »
Dockwise Home After the Ha-Ha?
Is anyone interested in possibly having their boat shipped home on a Dockwise ship after the Baja Ha-Ha?
Tim Holl, one of the crew of the Catalina 34 Caitlin Marie, entry #168, contacted Dockwise Marine to see if they had any ships coming north from Mexico. More »
Settlement in Clear Lake Civil Case
Does everyone recall that the Lake County District Attorney has steadfastly refused to file any criminal charges against Lake County Deputy Sheriff Russell Perdock in the death of Lynn Thornton? This despite the fact that on the evening of April 29, 2006, Perdock slammed his powerboat into the stern of the sailboat Thornton was on at between 40 and 55 mph on pitch black Clear Lake. More »
Vik’s Greatest Summer Ever Ends
One of the big lessons that Vik learned during his summer of cruising in the Med and Adriatic is that Eastern European girls “love to pose.”
© 2008 Andrew Vik
Some of you will remember that San Franciscan Andrew Vik, who is actually "36 going on 26", not 26 as we previously reported, is the third Northern Californian to own the Islander 36 Geja in the Med. More »
Lowell Leaves Little Damage; Ike Thrashes Texas
We’ve rarely seen a storm take a more radical turn over open water. Luckily it did not build substantially before striking land.
© NOAA graphic
Tropical Storm Lowell had been traveling northwest along a gentle arc last week, when it suddenly made a radical right turn and marched directly toward the southern end of the Baja Peninsula. More »
Falcon in Honolulu, Heading for the Bay
The mighty Maltese Falcon moored next to the Aloha Tower during a stop in Honolulu on her way to San Francisco.
© 2008 Laurie Kilantang
"I read with interest your story last month about Tom Perkins’ 289-ft Maltese Falcon coming to San Francisco, and hoped to see her on a trip there at the end of the month," writes Mark Hazlett of Honolulu. More »
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