Events
Pacific Cruisers Converge on Vava’u
As the South Pacific cruising season draws to a close, many voyaging sailors are poised to head south to New Zealand in order to avoid the imminent cyclone season in the tropics. More »
Livin’ for the Weekend
If the weekend’s forecast of patchy fog, drizzle, and light winds aren’t tempting you out onto the water to watch (if you can see that far through the fog) the Big Boat Series or to join the Singlehanded Sailing Society’s Richmond/South Beach Race, you have options. More »
Last Call for Ha-Ha Entries
Ready for a sunny getaway south of the border? If you were planning to enter this year’s Baja Ha-Ha cruisers rally you’d better hurry, because the official entry deadline is tonight at midnight. More »
Sail Indonesia Rally Report
Locals in Banda, Indonesia, heartily welcomed the 150-strong fleet in the Sail Indonesia Rally.
© 2010 Nancy Tompkins
We’re a little late in reporting this but, in late August, Convergence, the cat ketch-rigged Wylie 65 with freestanding masts owned by West Marine founder Randy Repass and his wife Sally-Christine, was first to finish in the Sail Indonesia Rally that started in Darwin. More »
Saving Sailing
In his controversial article in the August issue of Latitude 38, Max Ebb mentioned the book Saving Sailing by Nick Hayes, in which Hayes lays out a plan to help boost the declining number of sailors in the U.S. More »
Bye Bye, Summer
Most sailors look at Labor Day with mixed feelings — hey, it’s three days of sailing, yet it’s also the official end of summer. But we’re guessing most Bay sailors are saying ‘Good riddance’ to this summer, considering we were socked in under a marine layer for most of it. More »
2011 Puddle Jump Plans Announced
Although the prime season for ‘jumping the puddle’ from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia is still six months away, a wide variety of international cruisers are already psyching up for the 3,000-mile crossing. More »
A Trailer for Santana
While none of the films entered in the Sausalito Film Festival — which runs from today through Sunday at Fort Baker — have to do with sailing, their trailer kicks ass. More »
Doo Dah Comes to a Close
The ‘West Marine Contingent’ — Jay and Micah on Moorea, Bruce, Karen and Joshua on Gitana Vela and Doug on Rigel (not all of them work at West Marine) — spent their free days lampin’ in Potato Slough’s Bedroom 2. More »
What Are You Doing in October?
We’ve been accused of ‘Ha-Ha’ing our readership to death in the past. But with the Baja Ha-Ha‘s September 10 entry deadline just over a month away, it’s high time for an update. More »
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