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Posts by Rob Grant

Anyone Going To Stockton?

June 6, 2008
“Hey, buddy, goin’ my way?” Latitude’s Race Editor Rob Grant is looking to hitch a ride for tomorrow’s Delta Ditch Run. Sextant, optional. latitude/LaDonna
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In the last week, I happened to mention to a few people that I’d be driving up to Stockton to get the lowdown on the Delta Ditch Run. More »

Leopard Sets Transatlantic Record

June 4, 2008
ICAP Leopard en route to breaking the west-east transatlantic record for monohulls with power-assisted winches. © Rick Tomlinson Briton Mike Slade’s 100-ft maxi ICAP Leopard passed the Lizard just before 8:30 p.m. More »

Corinthian In-The-Bay Race

June 2, 2008
A little bit of chaos in the Pt. Blunt washing machine for sailors in the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Corinthian Race on Saturday. latitude/Rob
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Ross Stein’s Corsair 24 Mk II Origami made it two in a row for the overall corrected time win in the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s 18-mile Corinthian Race on Saturday. More »

The Pirates of Clipper Cove

There’s a lot of stuff at the bottom of Clipper Cove that could cause an anchor rode to part, but this one parted above the water © Teddius Maximus When the Coast Guard notified me that my Santana 22 had been floating aimlessly around the eastern towers of the Bay Bridge (near the construction zone) and I needed to come get it from Yerba Buena Station right away, I rushed right over. More »

Spinnaker Cup

May 30, 2008
Mark Langer’s Sydney 38 Absolute ’02 shortly after the start of Last Friday’s Spinnaker Cup. © 2008 Erik Simonson After a few days of wind in the 40s out of the northwest, last Friday’s Spinnaker Cup was looking promising for a typical 90-mile downwind blast from San Francisco YC to Monterey. More »

Soldini Crushes Class 40s in Transat

May 28, 2008
Giovanni Soldini bow-riding Telecom Italia to a win in the Class 40 division in The Artemis Transat. © Matt Dickens onEdition/The Artemis Transat Italian Giovanni Soldini sealed his win in the Class 40 division in The Artemis Transat when he crossed the finish line off Marblehead just after 7 a.m. More »

Peyron Closing in on a Record Third Win

May 23, 2008
Loick Peyron’s Gitana 80 is closing in on the Boston finish of the 2008 Artemis Transat. © 2008 onEdition / The Artemis Transat/OC Events LoÏck Peyron is closing in on an unprecented third win in The Artemis Transat. More »

And Then There Were Three

May 21, 2008
Vincent Riou’s PRB is the third race leader forced to abandon in the IMOCA 60 division of The Artemis Transat. Riou said that PRB was reaching at speeds in the high teens when the boat’s keel collided with a large animal, cutting the beast clean in two. More »

Artemis Leaders Reach Ice Gate

May 19, 2008
LoÏck Peyron’s Gitana 80 has been steadily chewing into race leader PRB‘s margin, halving a 24-mile lead in the past twelve hours in lighter wind. The weekend’s 36-hour blackout saw previous race leader Sébastien Josse aboard BT squirt ahead into a dominant position, then have to retire with a damaged mainsail track and batten cars. More »

Twenty-Six Miles Across the Sea

May 16, 2008
Isthmus Cove at Two Harbors, Catalina Island. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season at Catalina. As we write this from a heatwave-oppressed Bay Area we’re reminded of the island’s blue crystalline water and a night sky like diamond dust on black felt. More »