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Posts by Tim Henry

Caption Contest!

September 13, 2017
Here is your September Caption Contest(!). We’re excited to see what you all come up with for this quirky, head-scratching photo. As always, the winner will be published in Loose Lips of next month’s issue (or October as it’s also known). More »

Monohulls for Next Cup

Monohulls. Foiling monohulls. At least that’s the news we heard from Radio New Zealand, who on Tuesday wrote, "The next edition of America’s Cup racing will switch from catamarans to high-performance monohull yachts, defending champions Team New Zealand have confirmed.  More »

A Guide to Rolex Big Boat Series

Here it is again — Rolex Big Boat Series — a four-day sweep of either lots of wind or no wind, starting tomorrow at St. Francis Yacht Club. Of ridiculous tank-top heat days and suntanning at the docks, or cold and wet conditions. More »

Irma Lashes Florida

Hurricane Irma, which was described by some analyst as the ‘"size of France," has moved into Florida and the US.  © 2017 NASA After devastating the Caribbean, Hurricane Irma marched toward Florida, changing categories from 5, down to 3, and back up to a 4, according to ABC news. More »

In the Wake of Irma

September 8, 2017
As Hurricane Irma slowly churns her way out of the Caribbean, it’s difficult to assess the extent of the damage, and to say what’s next for the dozens of islands with economies reliant on tourism and the charter boat industry. More »

Anyone Passing Through?

Did you wake up this morning, make coffee on your gimbal stove, and poke your head through the companionway, into your cockpit and onto Richardson Bay? Are you from Oregon, Washington, British Columbia or even Alaska, and making a pit stop in the beautiful waters of Sausalito, or other Bay Area haunts? More »

Adventures in AIS and Other Gizmos

September 6, 2017
As flocks of cruisers prepare to head south this fall, their nav stations will be packed with more state-of-the-art electronics than ever before. The Wanderer has broken down at length the pros and cons of the various systems available to oceangoing cruisers — deciding what’s best for you and your boat includes factors like cost (duh), installation versus a handheld system, the ability to text or communicate with other cruisers over thousands of miles, and even the ability to get Internet in the middle of the ocean. More »

Hurricane Irma Makes Landfall

A satellite image of Hurricane Irma spinning violently in the Caribbean.  © 2017 NOAA Hurricane Irma gathered steam in the Atlantic before finally making landfall in the Eastern Caribbean early today, threatening thousands of lives and homes, as well as infrastructure, and one of the largest concentrations of sailboats in one of the premier cruising destinations in the world. More »