Posts by Richard
Classic Yacht Long Overdue
Friends and authorities are beginning to fear the worst for the seven sailors aboard the classic 70-ft American staysail schooner Nina, as the vessel hasn’t been heard from since June 3. More »
Cayard Defends New AC Regs
Marin County’s Paul Cayard, CEO of Artemis Racing, shared some interesting opinions on the 34th America’s Cup with Tom FitzGerald in last Friday’s SF Chronicle. In case you missed it, here are some highlights:
One of the most accomplished sailors ever produced by the Bay Area, Cayard spoke candidly about his frustrations with the AC72s. More »
MOD70 Spindrift Flips During Inshore Race
The MOD70 Spindrift capsized in the La Route du Princes.
© 2013 Chris Schmid / Spindrift Racing
In the upcoming July issue of Latitude 38, we give two reasons for preferring MOD70 trimarans over AC72s for the America’s Cup. More »
Get Belted — or Else!
This isn’t exactly about sailing, but we think it’s important enough to mention anyway for a couple of reasons.
After coming out of the drainage ditch on the other side of the road and rolling over twice, de Mallorca and the Tahoe ended up atop this six-foot tall berm facing the opposite direction. More »
What’s with the Difference in Forecasts?
For about the last four days or so, Passage Weather has predicted that the weather off the Pacific Coast of mainland Mexico will feature a couple of pretty strong tropical storms, one of which they forecast will sweep by not far from Puerto Vallarta and up toward Cabo San Lucas. More »
The Nicaraguan Canal?
The Nicaraguan government has just approved a contract for HK Nicaragua Canal Development Investment Co. Ltd to build a canal between the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea. The Hong Kong-based investment company says it would take up to 11 years to compete and cost more than $40 billion. More »
The MOD Squad In California
The MOD70 Orion has been sailing San Diego Bay, known for light winds, the last couple of days. Lowell North, long-retired founder of North Sails, and his wife Bea got to go along. More »
Maxi Trimarans the World Over
In the June issue of Latitude 38, this writer reported on the foiling trimaran l’Hydroptère and their upcoming TransPacific record attempt. While our info about Alain Thébault’s foiling trimaran was correct, the current TransPacific record that we stated was incorrect. More »
Boom Boom on Beach House
April wasn’t the best month for Scott Stolnitz of the Marina del Rey-based Switch 51 Beach House.
"Our trip from Cape Town to Nambia turned out to be a 72-hour motorboat ride. More »
Fast on Port, Too
Yup, just as fast on port tack.
© MOD S.A. / Yvan Zedda
From time to time we get funny mail. For example, yesterday we got one, the gist of which was, "I saw the Monday ‘Lectronic video of the MOD70 Orion sailing at 30 plus knots on Banderas Bay while on starboard tack. More »
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