Posts by Richard
Near Miss?
"Please enjoy the attached video of our Franchman Alain Thébault‘s 60-ft foiler l’Hydroptère, the latest flying speed freak on the San Francisco Bay," writes Fredrik Hakanson. "The video was shot from the Blue & Gold ferry Bay Monarch last Friday. More »
Red Sky at Morning, Sailors Take Warning
Saturday’s dawn was spectacular in San Diego.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Last Saturday we awoke at 6 a.m. aboard Profligate at an end-tie at Driscoll’s Boat Yard in San Diego. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Last Saturday we awoke at 6 a.m. aboard Profligate at an end-tie at Driscoll’s Boat Yard in San Diego. More »
Bikes, Moons and Boats
Bikes can be a great addition to a cruising boat — if you have room. They immediately quadruple or more your walking range, and keep you from being at the mercy of taxi drivers. More »
“The Best Thing I Ever Did”
When we showed up at the California YC in Marina del Rey with Profigate a couple of weeks ago to give a presentation, we were assigned the guest dock, which just happened to be about five slips down from the 72-ft Deerfoot II. More »
In Search of a Proper Title
Except for cooks and stewardesses, the overwhelming number of crew on large sailing yachts are male. But there are exceptions. In fact, at any big boat center — St. Martin, Antigua, Newport — there are always a couple of boats with a gal, invariably young and attractive, who is one of the deckhands. More »
Tropical Storm Isaac, Soon to Be a Hurricane?
Devan Mullins of Newport Beach reports that Tropical Storm Isaac — which killed 10 people in Haiti and the D.R. over the weekend — brought 50-knot winds to Key West before passing overhead and heading in the general direction of New Orleans. More »
Musing About AC Finals Speed
During the just completed World Series, the AC 45s with wing mains hit speeds in the low 20s.
While sailing in the same conditions aboard the 60-ft (LOD) foiler l’Hydroptère DCNS on Thursday, we hit 35 knots. More »
Speed Thrills On Foils
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Thirty-three knots is the fastest we’d ever sailed on a boat — until yesterday. The old record was in the Bay aboard Frenchman Bruno Peyron’s then 86-ft catamaran Commodore Explorer shortly after she’d established a Japan-to-San Francisco record. More »
Liz Clark at SF Patagonia Store Tonight
If you missed Liz Clark at the California Academy of Sciences last night, the young woman with the Santa Barbara Cal 40 Swell who has been singlehanding around Central America and French Polynesia for the last bunch of years, and who has been a frequent contributor Latitude, will be presenting her Voyage to the Source show at the San Francisco Patagonia Store at 770 North Point at 7:30 p.m. More »
Halcyon Damaged on Reef
Shannon and Mike left Halcyon on a mooring in Zihua while they returned to the States to work.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Mike and Shannon Scott of Florida report that their Formosa 51 ketch Halcyon, which had been left on a mooring in Zihua Bay for hurricane season, went up on a reef last week and has been badly damaged. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Mike and Shannon Scott of Florida report that their Formosa 51 ketch Halcyon, which had been left on a mooring in Zihua Bay for hurricane season, went up on a reef last week and has been badly damaged. More »
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