Posts by Richard
Racing in the Sunny Caribee
The racing never stops in the many islands of the Eastern Caribbean, but the major events — most of which are from Antigua north for English speakers — run from late January to early May. More »
The Bucket on ‘ti Profligate
St. Barth, the site of the spectacular St. Barth Bucket.
© Webb Logg
Want to watch the St. Barth Bucket, "the greatest sailing spectacle in the world," with the Wanderer and Doña de Mallorca from their Leopard 45 sailing cat ‘ti Profligate? More »
Sunrises, Missing Dinks and Snakes
Sunrise may come early, but it’s the best time of day to snap shots like this.
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©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC There have been killer sunrises all week along the Riviera Nayarit. More »
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC There have been killer sunrises all week along the Riviera Nayarit. More »
Know Your Snakes?
Talk about an unwelcome shipmate! This one was not only uninvited, but he bit the captain. Can you ID the species?
© 2013 Keith Albrecht
A little while back, Keith Albrecht of the Alamitos Bay-based Columbia 36 Ojo Rojo climbed down the companionway into the dark main salon to grab a cruising guide. More »
Good Tip For Mexico
Starting in mid-January, government officials in La Paz started knocking on boat hulls in one marina asking to see copies of Temporary Import Permits. TIPs were created about 20 years ago to provide a means for boat owners to leave Mexico without their boats. More »
Time to Ban Whales from Banderas Bay?
Anti-social whale behavior on Banderas Bay. This wasn’t the whale that interfered with our race, but just one of many annoying yachties on the bay.
© 2013 Jay Ailworth
There we were, sailing downwind toward the finish line of Saturday’s Vallarta Cup race, trying to get the crew to keep paying attention to their jobs. More »
A-Cup Partnership Focused on Youth Sailing
Since 2008, a Bay Area nonprofit called SailSFBay has been quietly working to unite the Bay Area sailing community behind the goal of growing participation in sailing. During the group’s January 17 meeting, hosted in the Oracle Team USA compound at Pier 80, Tim Jeffrey of the America’s Cup Event Authority (ACEA) and John Craig from America’s Cup Race Management (ACRM) made a very exciting announcement: The ACEA will partner with SailSFBay for community outreach, especially events and programs that get more young sailors out on the water. More »
Seeing the Light, and for Little Money
A couple of things that make us grouchy is poor interior lighting on sailboats and pissing away battery power. We think we’ve found a great solution that might work for your boat, too. More »
Crime and Ignorance
Dinghies are often stolen in bunches. We can remember epidemics in Sausalito, San Diego Bay, and any number of islands in the Caribbean. Last year police broke up one of the biggest dinghy outboard theft rings ever in Long Beach. More »
Old Harbor Dinghy Theft
The owners of the vessel Oblivion — names, vessel type and hailing port unknown — reported to the Mazatlan net on January 12 that their dinghy had been stolen from them "at knifepoint" by two thieves. More »
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