Posts by Rob Grant
How Much Do You Wanna Bet . . .
That the match for the 34th America’s Cup will be sailed on San Francsico Bay? In the wake of yesterday’s news that the City would not seek a one-time exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act for the infrastructure improvements necessary for a Cup village, we are all but certain that the next Cup match will be held in Europe. More »
Medium-Range Racing Forecast (Text Only)
The Bay’s Racing calendar is full, as in FULL, over the next few weeks, and we wanted to make sure you got a heads-up on some of the larger events coming down the pipe. More »
IKC Gets Underway
The 26 teams entered in this year’s IKC got exactly what they came for during yesterday’s second race.
© 2010 Sergei Zavarin
The 42nd International Knarr Championship hosted by St. Francis YC got underway on Sunday in typical mid-summer fog and drizzly skies. More »
Cuddle Up With the New Latitude!
The August issue of Latitude 38 is a ray of sunshine after an otherwise gray month.
latitude/Annie
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC All throughout July, the weather outside has been frightful. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC All throughout July, the weather outside has been frightful. More »
Shadow’s Lessons Learned
Peter Stoneberg, Shadow‘s owner, got back to us on Monday evening with a wrap-up and some lessons learned from his and his crew’s capsizing on Sunday afternoon following the YRA’s second-half opener. More »
Shadow Flips in Second-Half Opener
Peter Stoneberg is all smiles as his Formula 40 Shadow is back upright and ready to be towed after yesterday’s YRA Second-Half Opener.
Tiburon
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While this has to have been the coldest July ever, the flipside is that it’s been breeze-on for most of the month, and this weekend’s YRA Second-Half Opener was no exception. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While this has to have been the coldest July ever, the flipside is that it’s been breeze-on for most of the month, and this weekend’s YRA Second-Half Opener was no exception. More »
Whale Breaching Under Investigation
A Southern Right Whale administers a smack down on the steel-hulled, 32-ft Barens Seatrader Intrepid off Cape Town.
© 2010 James K. Dagmore
Photos of the 32-ft Barens Seatrader Intrepid being on the receiving end of a Southern Right Whale’s best impression of a pile driver have gone viral over the last couple days; but curious sailors and a massive non-sailing audience aren’t the only people paying attention. More »
Bulk of Pacific Cup Fleet Arrives
The all-conquering Horizon crew, clockwise from top left: Jason Adamson, Tom O’Keefe, Peter Kornhaber, John Berry, Robert Plant, navigator Jon Shampain, skipper Jack Taylor, Erik Shampain.
latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC With the bulk of the ’10 Pacific Cup fleet safely moored in Kaneohe Bay, all seven divisions have been decided. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC With the bulk of the ’10 Pacific Cup fleet safely moored in Kaneohe Bay, all seven divisions have been decided. More »
Pacific Cup Update
The spread of the Pac Cup Fleet.
© 2010 Pacific Cup
With much of fleet either past or approaching the half-way point, the fickle breeze that all but Thursday’s starters experienced in their first few days at sea must be forgotten. More »
Ever Wanted to Sail on an RC 44?
In the Race Notes located in the Racing Sheet in the July issue of Latitude 38, we brought you the news that the RC 44s will be having their first ever American event in Miami in December. More »
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