Posts by Richard
A Bucket O’ Caribbean Fun
After a squally night, Gustavia Harbor greets another sunny day.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC As we reported recently, we think the St. Barth Bucket (March 28-31) might be the greatest sailing spectacle in the world. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC As we reported recently, we think the St. Barth Bucket (March 28-31) might be the greatest sailing spectacle in the world. More »
Eleven Days from Cabo
Seaward took just 11 days to sail from Mexico to the Bay.
Seaward
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Who says returning from Baja has to be a bash? The 82-ft schooner Seaward, a non-profit educational tall ship, made the trip from Cabo to her berth at Sausalito’s Bay Model — a 1,600-mile voyage — in just 11 days, 11 hours. More »
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Who says returning from Baja has to be a bash? The 82-ft schooner Seaward, a non-profit educational tall ship, made the trip from Cabo to her berth at Sausalito’s Bay Model — a 1,600-mile voyage — in just 11 days, 11 hours. More »
A MOD 70 at the America’s Cup
A MOD70 will be coming to the Bay in time for this summer’s America’s Cup racing.
© Yvan Zedda MultiOneDesign
After Oracle’s AC72 flipped last October, we wrote a long and partially tongue-in-cheek editorial that the ultra-high-tech but untested AC72s should be immediately replaced — at Larry Ellison’s expense — with the much-less-expensive, ocean-tested, soft-sailed MOD 70 trimarans, which are darn near as fast as the AC72s. More »
The World’s Greatest Sailing Spectacle
A full moon over the Bucket fleet at the quay in Gustavia.
© Edmund Gudenas
In the past we’ve called the St. Barth Bucket "the greatest sailing spectacle in the world" because of the number of great, large yachts — 11 of them over 155 feet — sailing in nearly ideal tropical conditions. More »
Blue Found at Fault, Camelot Exonerated
The following is the protest report issued by the Protest Committee in the Banderas Bay Regatta case of Blue vs. Camelot, following a Race Two incident in which Blue tactician Mike Danielson suffered two broken legs. More »
Bucket About to Tip
Five J Class yachts wowed crowds in an exhibition race yesterday.
© St. Barth Bucket / Ingrid Abery
The 18th Annual St. Barth Bucket, three races for yachts from 100 to 289 feet, starts today in building winds. More »
Swimming with Dolphins and More
Kurt Roll of San Diego recently flew to Auckland to join Dietmar Petutschnig and Suzanne DeBose of the Las Vegas-based Lagoon 440 Carinthia for another season of cruising. For the trip, he packed a new Quadcopter equipped with a GoPro camera for ‘helicopter’ video of their sailing. More »
The Floating Boat Show
One of the great things about anchoring off St. Barth is the great boats you get to see. Some are old, some are new, some are big, some are small. It takes all kinds. More »
The Spectacle will Soon Begin
Lionheart and Rainbow prepare to go out for some test sailing.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC St. Barth has been pretty quiet for the last 10 days or so, but that all changed this morning as the St. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC St. Barth has been pretty quiet for the last 10 days or so, but that all changed this morning as the St. More »
The End of ‘Cruiser Races’ in Mexico?
As we reported in a special ‘Lectronic report on Saturday, there was a starting line collision — with a severe injury — in the second race of the Banderas Bay Regatta Friday. More »
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