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Posts by Tim Henry

Reader Submissions: Sail into Fall

September 22, 2017
Can you feel it in the air? That undeniable crispness, the bite that comes from a cool, still day, rather than the searing, blasting cold of the summer seabreeze. The days are getting shorter, the late-afternoon fog is disappearing from the headlands, there’s football on TV, and coffee shops are stocking up on on their pumpkin spice flavoring. More »

Friday Night Sundown Series

The sun sets on summer, and on these Sundown sailors in Marina del Rey. © Andy Kopetzky For the past 30-odd years Del Rey Yacht Club has put on their Friday night Sundown Series. More »

Hurricane Maria Engulfs Puerto Rico

September 20, 2017
Puerto Rico has sustained a ‘direct hit’ by Hurricane Maria, now a Category 4 storm with winds up to 140 mph — and perhaps worse, unrelenting rain inundating the island, which had already sustained damage from Hurricane Irma. More »

A Guide to Rolex Big Boat Series

September 13, 2017
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 »

Caption Contest!

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 »

Irma Lashes Florida

September 11, 2017
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 »

Anyone Passing Through?

September 8, 2017
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 »