Posts by Tim Henry
Volvo Race Leg 2 Starts Sunday
Leg 2 of the Volvo Ocean Race starts on Sunday, November 5 in Lisbon, Portugal (at 1400, Lisbon time, which is 7 a.m. California time . . . but Sunday will also be the end of Daylight Saving Time, so good luck figuring it out). More »
The Figure 8 Voyage Is Underway
After being delayed from his original early-October departure date, Randall Reeves has sailed through the Golden Gate and begun the first-ever "Figure 8 Voyage," a solo circumnavigation which will take him from San Francisco, around Antarctica, then up across the Northwest Passage and back to the Bay. More »
What Really Happened to Sea Nymph?
The bizarre story of the Sea Nymph — a Morgan 45 that had left Hawaii in May and was reportedly adrift for five months — is getting weirder by the day. More »
Sailboat Stranded at Sea for Months
Here’s what we know about two people — and two dogs — who were lost at sea for over five months:
Jennifer Appel and Tasha Fuiaba set sail from Honolulu in early May, headed for Tahiti in what appears to be a Morgan 45 that we believe is the Sea Nymph, a vessel we reported on in June, something that one of our readers brought to our attention. More »
Escape From Al-Cat-Traz
On the left-hand boat and peering out of a porthole is a cat that cannnot be contained.
© 2017 Quincey Cummings
My wife Quincey Cummings and I recently moved onto a friend’s beautifully finished West Sail 32, Costanza, while our Fuji 32 Windrose was in the yard. More »
The Larry Cup
What would you do if you wanted to amp up the drama surrounding the America’s Cup? More lawsuits? Reality TV shows from each team’s compound?
Or how about another regatta entirely? More »
Where’s Rimus . . . Now?
When Rimas Meleshyus didn’t show up anywhere in the South Pacific after he departed Hawaii in June, we feared the worst. This is how most stories about Rimas start.
The 66-year-old Russian immigrant left Hilo in his Rawson 30 Mimsy over four months ago. More »
Found! Jimmy Buffett’s Lost Shaker of Salt
We’re receiving reports that after years of searching — and indeed, after years of wasting away — Jimmy Buffett has apparently located his lost shaker of salt, which is rumored to be in San Francisco. More »
Socrates Cancels Circumnav Attempt
After taking a fall from a ladder in a British Columbia boatyard, Jeanne Socrates has postponed her attempt at becoming the oldest person to singlehand around the world until next year.
"I’m leaving hospital today to stay with friends nearby and recuperate slowly, but carefully," Socrates told us by email last week. More »
Svendsen’s Relocating to Richmond
Svendsen’s Boat Works —an institution in Alameda for 54 years — is relocating. The yard will close its gates in Alameda on November 3, and reopen in Richmond in January. The Chandlery will remain at its current location for the time being. More »
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