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Posts by Tim Henry

Cupdate: Are You Ready for a Rematch

June 12, 2017
After a slow morning of racing in Bermuda, several hundred clicks to refresh our browsers, and more than a little disgruntlement at the coverage of this year’s America’s Cup, it’s official: Team New Zealand just beat Artemis Racing 5 races to 2, and has realized a long awaited rematch with Oracle Team USA.  More »

Sailboat Hits Duxbury Reef

A boat crew from Station Golden Gate assists a 32-ft sailing vessel that was taking on water near the Golden Gate Bridge.   © 2017 USCG A sailboat hit a reef off the coast of West Marin on Wednesday and started taking on water while it was returning to San Francisco Bay. More »

Cupdate: Racecourse Carnage

June 7, 2017
Team Emirates New Zealand suffered a dramatic wipeout yesterday just before the start of a Semi-Final race against Land Rover BAR — all crew were accounted for and reported safe. Racing has been canceled for today, giving all the teams a chance to lick their wounds. More »

Jack O’Neill’s Sailing Odysseys

June 5, 2017
If you’ve ever worn a wetsuit, then you know Jack O’Neill. Any surfer (or dinghy sailor) staying warm in frigid water owes their comfort to the pioneering O’Neill. But the pirate-looking, swashbuckling Santa Cruz icon — who passed away on Friday at the age of 94 — was a sailor, too. More »

Webb Chiles Makes It to the US

May 31, 2017
In other, (and decidedly happier) Moore 24 news . . . When we last reported on Webb Chiles — the 75-year-old solo circumnavigator going for his sixth lap around the planet, this time in a Moore 24 — he’d left Durban, South Africa, made a pit stop on St. More »

Moore 24 Dismasted in Coastal Cup

Snafu after the start of the Spinnaker Cup on Saturday. Steve McCarthy sailed with owner Karl Robrock in that section of the California Offshore Race Week. © Erik Simonson We’ve written about Karl Robrock and Gilles Combrisson numerous times over the past several years. More »

Artemis and the Gate

May 26, 2017
With the Louis Vuitton Cup scheduled to kick off today — but postponed due to high winds — we thought we’d feature a Flashback Friday to 2013, as brought to us by Christine Smith. More »

Matthew Turner Shipyard Sale

May 19, 2017
This Saturday, Call of the Sea is hosting a shipyard sale to benefit the continued construction of the 100-ft brigantine Matthew Turner. The event will take place in "the Big White Tent" where the Turner was built. Nautical More »