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AC 33: A Fine Mess Indeed

We’ve begun to notice that when things aren’t going well for BMW Oracle Racing, their press releases get pretty short. Such was the case yesterday, when the New York Appellate Court reversed Justice Herman Cahn’s earlier ruling and finding that CNEV was a valid challenger for the 33rd America’s Cup, which effectively drops the Golden Gate YC as the challenger of record for the next event. More »

Rain Drop Takes Pac Cup

July 28, 2008
Rain Drop sailing to the finish and an overall win in the 2008 Pacific Cup. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Joby Easton and Bill Huseby sailed Easton’s immaculate Cascade 36 Rain Drop into Kaneohe Bay at 12:45 HST Saturday afternoon, claiming overall honors in the 2008 Pacific Cup. More »

Pac Cup Fleet Closes on Hawaii

July 25, 2008
This may have been the last time Joby Easton and Bill Huseby looked back. Rain Drop still holds the overall lead in the 2008 Pacific Cup. latitude/Rob
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC With only 230 miles to go Kanehoe Bay, Joby Easton and Bill Huseby aboard Easton’s Cascade 36 Raindrop still hold the overall corrected-time lead as the 2008 Pacific Cup fleet sails ever closer to a cold mai tai. More »
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Common Sense in Washington?

July 23, 2008
The July 2 edition of ‘Lectronic Latitude reported that the EPA was developing a ‘discharge permit’ for the 17 million recreational boats in the U.S. as a result of a Circuit Court ruling that revoked the 35-year-old exemption the agency gave to such vessels. More »

Raindrop Takes Pac Cup Lead

Michael Maloney’s Express 37 Bullet has wrestled the Division C lead from Dean Treadway’s Farr 36 Sweet Okole. latitude/JR
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The lighter-air trend that began over the weekend has continued to affect the Pacific Cup fleet. More »

North Pacific High Shuffles Pacific Cup Deck

July 21, 2008
Joby Easton and Bill Huseby have Raindrop headed up the overall standings and towards Kaneohe Bay. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC With some of the earliest starters in the neighborhood of their halfway points, the Pacific Cup fleet is experiencing a massive shuffle of positions. More »

Dive! Pac Cup-ers Take Southerly Route

July 18, 2008
The Barran Family’s Antrim 40 XL charges off the Cityfront on a perfect summer day in yesterday’s Division E Pacific Cup start. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The southerly route is definitely in favor amongst the seven Pacific Cup divisions which have started to date. More »

Coville Claims West-East Transatlantic Record

July 16, 2008
Thomas Coville enjoys a well-deserved celebratory drink after taking eight and a half hours off the singlehanded west-east transatlantic record. © 2008 Francois Van Mallenghen / Sodeb’O Thomas Coville sailed his 105-ft trimaran Sodeb’O past the Lizard 5 days, 19 hours, 29 minutes after leaving New York, taking eight and a half hours off the previous singlehanded west-east transatlantic record set by Francis Joyon in IDEC 1 in 2005. More »

Pacific Cup Racers Into More Breeze

Dean Treadway’s venerable Farr 36 Sweet Okole leads the Pacific Cup fleet as it stands right now. latitude/JR
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After a slow first 24 hours, Monday’s starters — which included the two doublehanded divisons and Division A — in the 2008 Pacific Cup finally got into some breeze as they were joined on the course by Divisions B and C yesterday. More »