Posts by Tim Henry
The Training Boat, Part 1
It was late summer and we met for lunch overlooking the Shelter Island yacht basin. The waitress took our order, and Phil cut to the chase: "So how’s this whole boat-owning thing working out for you?" More »
Lia Ditton Is Set to Persevere
Last week, sailor and ocean rower Lia Ditton posted the following on her website, announcing her intent to continue training to become the first female to row solo across the North Pacific (we featured Ditton in the September issue of Latitude). More »
Tragedy on ‘YachtCruz’
We’re saddened to report that YachtCruz has likely met a tragic end. The Coast Guard confirmed in a phone call with Latitude yesterday that they’ve identified the remains of Patrick Wolfgang, who was found just offshore and about 10 miles south of Ensenada. More »
Movie Night!
It was a packed house at Spaulding Marine Center last Friday, as droves of movie fans piled under the heat lamps to watch a screening of Captains Courageous, one of our readers’ favorite sailing films. More »
MOB in the VOR
Big speeds and lots of water over the deck on Sun Hung Kai/Scallywag today in the VOR during the Melbourne to Hong Kong leg.
© Konrad Frost / Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 4 of the Volvo Ocean Race is drawing to a close with the fleet of seven one-design Volvo 65s fully ‘sending it’ on approach to the finish in Hong Kong. More »
Dismasting in Jules Verne Attempt
Not every round-the-world record attempt goes as planned. Earlier in the season we saw François Gabart achieve what many thought to be nearly impossible when he sailed his maxi-trimaran Macif around the world in just 42 days, with an absolute minimum of drama, to record the fastest solo circumnavigation on record and secure — incredibly — the second-fastest lap of the globe ever recorded — solo or fully crewed. More »
Missing: Irwin 52 ‘YachtCruz’
A sailboat traveling from Cabo San Lucas to San Diego has gone missing, and debris and an EPIRB have been found, according to people familiar with the incident.
A photo of YachtCruz, a 52-ft Irwin ketch, taken from Jeanne Pepler’s Facebook page. More »
The Best Boats South of the Border
I jolted wide awake, just before dawn, and made my way on deck to heed nature’s call. Crawling out of the forepeak was no easy task (this and ‘the call’ both sure signs I was getting older) — you had to grab onto to something, then wiggle your legs out until you could bring them underneath you, then shuffle past the inoperable head and into the salon. More »
Kris Larsen and the ‘Kehaar Darwin’
Last Wednesday in ‘Lectronic Latitude, we reported on a "Strange Boat Rescued off Maui." One reader commented: "Every man and woman who owns a boat, loves their boat above others. It’s just not good manners to disrespect another person’s boat." More »
Reeves Hopes to Resume Figure 8 Soon
"’Option one,’ I said to my wife, Joanna, ‘is to sell the boat, return home and grow cabbages.’"
In his last blog post, Randall Reeves contemplated — if only for a moment (and in jest) — canceling the Figure 8 Voyage. More »
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