Posts by Rob Grant
Coastal Cup Starts This Week
With a quality field of 27 boats, Encinal YC’s Coastal Cup got underway this morning when the slower divisions started. Boats rating PHRF 27 and under will start tomorrow, and the the weather forecast looks really, really good, at least until Pt. More »
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Forecasters are predicting gorgeous — and warm — weather for the Bay Area for the next few days, and there are few better ways to stay — and look — cool than by wearing Latitude 38 gear. More »
Melges 24 Nats Go Down to Wire
Brian Porter’s Full Throttle works upwind at the 2009 Melges 24 Nationals.
© Ellen Hoke
With the 2009 Melges 24 Nationals Trophy on the line, Brian Porter’s Full Throttle was over early at the Alcatraz start for Sunday’s eighth and final race. More »
The Scratch Boat
All 100 feet of the carbon fiber, Nomex and tungsten that make up Neville Crichton’s Alfa Romeo came out of their cradle at Knight & Carver last week to meet up with their new rig. More »
St. Mary’s Wins Nationals in Final Set
Yale (Boat 2) Leads St. Mary’s (Boat 12) around the mark in the last A-division set of the ICSA/Gill National Championships. The battle between the two schools went down to the wire. More »
St. Mary’s Holds on to Slim Lead
The Tufts Jumbos in #6 actually made this cross! But apparently it was thanks to the half-boat length head start.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC With just eight races left to go today, the St. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC With just eight races left to go today, the St. More »
College Women Get Banner Day
Yale’s Jane Macky and Marla Menninger on their way to a first-day lead for the Elis, and third place in A division for the team.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The ICSA Women’s National Championships got underway yesterday at St. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The ICSA Women’s National Championships got underway yesterday at St. More »
Vessella Takes Laser Masters NAs
Conditions at the 2009 Laser Masters North Americans weren’t as breezy as they were here in this photo of the 2007 Laser PCCs on the Bay, but it didn’t faze the Peninsula’s Peter Vessella (right). More »
It’s Official
The future’s comin’! Dogzilla got the invite to the party, in early February of next year.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
Yesterday the Commercial Division of the New York Supreme Court upheld an earlier decision by the state’s Court of Appeals that — barring an unlikely mutual consent agreement — Alinghi must meet BMW Oracle Racing for a Deed of Gift America’s Cup match on February 7 or 8 of next year. More »
Get Out the Vote
The Bay Area’s Dan Woolery is up for the Seahorse Sailor of the Month. Make sure to get out the vote!
© Sharon Green
Readers of ‘Lectronic Latitude and Latitude 38 should be familiar with Dan Woolery’s Soozal and her successes in Florida and the Caribbean this winter. More »
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