Steve Schmidt drives Hotel California, Too, to a 7th out of 22 boats in class in the first of four Voiles de St. Barth races. latitude/Richard
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Thomas Coville’s Sodeb’O fell just short of Francis Joyon’s singlehanded ’round the world record last Thursday. Coville sailed 28,431 miles in his attempt, at an average speed of 19.42 knots. © 2011 Francois Van Mallenghen / Sodeb’O We’re not much on heroes of any sort, but the individual who comes closest to fitting that description for us is Frances Joyon, the soft-spoken, semi-reclusive, and universally-admired French soul sailor who has astounded sailing experts with his singlehanded around-the-world and transoceanic exploits, and who is the current owner of the singlehanded around-the-world record. More »

Drumbeg, a Dubois/Vitters 140 enters the harbor at Gustavia, giving a graphic depiction of the size of Bucket boats. By the way, those aren’t small boats in the background. For example, the big ketch in the upper left is the 154-ft Mari-Cha III, which like a lot of big yachts, just showed up to be part of the scene. More »

From morning to night, top sailors are arriving from all over the world to get ready to — work! And play, at the Bucket. latitude/Richard
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC When boats have masts over about 100 feet, they are required to show red lights at the top of their mast(s). More »

A couple of mariners — they have a trawler — who plan to return to Central America and Panama on their boat are hoping to get an update on the price of fuel — diesel and gas — in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. More »

Yesterday we saw a big schooner anchored a couple of hundred yards from ‘ti Profligate in the Gustavia anchorage. "Could that be Bill and Grace Bodle’s  Richmond-based 103-ft Eros?" we wondered to ourselves. More »