Cruising
Still Smiling in Mazatlan
"When you ask a dozen cruisers about Mazatlan as a potential stop, the resounding sentiment is ‘skip it,’" writes Tucker Bradford, who’s cruising with his wife Victoria and two small children, Ruby and Miles, aboard their Emeryville-based Cal 43 Convivia. More »
The $25,000 Cruising Solution
How much/little do you need to spend to get a good 38-ft cruising boat?
In the case of Ben and Molly Doolittle of Sacramento, seen here with their sons Mickey and JP at the Red Chair street taco stand in La Cruz, it was just $25,000. More »
Winter Sailstice Sailing
Watching the sun set between the Bay and Golden Gate Bridges can be a breathtaking sight.
© 2011 Rod Witel
Winter sailing is one of the best kept secrets on the Bay. More »
Pacific Puddle Jump Registration Now Open
Having ‘gone live’ yesterday with our online registration page for the 2012 Pacific Puddle Jump rally, we were excited to spread the word in today’s ‘Lectronic. But when we checked the site at 7:00 a.m. More »
Getting Crabby in the Cooks
Among the most interesting animals that cruisers encounter for the first time in the South Pacific is the coconut crab. Check out the one — they are typically blue — being held up by Randy Ramirez of the Stockton-based Mariah 31 Mystic at Suwarrov Atoll in the Cook Islands a few months ago. More »
Blast Wrap-Up
Roger and Diana Frizzelle’s Catalina 470 Di’s Dream and John and Gilly Foy’s Catalina 42 Destiny, both from Alameda, battled it out in the last race of the Blast. The greenery behind them was slated to be a Ritz-Carleton hotel, but the plans are on hold. More »
Ha-Ha Folks in Caribbean 1500
As we’ve often written, we West Coast sailors generally have a much easier time getting to the tropics than do our sailing friends on the East Coast. Lynn Potter and Larry Klein of the Carmichael-based Catalina 470 Beaudacious, vets of the ’06 Ha-Ha who have just finished the Caribbean 1500, will vouch for that. More »
Bargain-Boat Cruising
Who says you have to be old and gray – or have a $500,000 yacht – to go cruising? Zachary Lough (front) and these other young cruisers opted to take the fast track into the cruising life by sacrificing creature comforts. More »
The Fold, Truck and Sail Plan
As we often point out, you don’t need a million-dollar yacht to access the much-envied lifestyle of international cruising. As witnessed during the recent Baja Ha-Ha rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, just about any boat built and equipped for offshore sailing can take you to the same idyllic anchorages. More »
Post-Ha-Ha Cruising
"Lordy, Lordy, Lordy, is it ever great to be back in Mexico!" That’s all we and a lot of Mexico cruising vets have been saying in the last week as we moved on following the end of the Baja Ha-Ha rally. More »
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