Events
Deliver School Supplies to Baja
As Tropical Storm Patricia dwindles to a measly remnant low, the effects of last month’s Hurricane Jimena are still being felt in many places along Baja. Cruisers Steve and Edie Hollan of the Yorba Linda-based Irwin 37 Andalucia have coordinated with officials in Turtle Bay to facilitate donations to local schools. More »
Women’s Sailing Seminar This Weekend
Registration for the 17th Annual Northern California Women’s Sailing Seminar, which will be held at Island YC in Alameda this Saturday and Sunday, is still open. "This is the only event in Northern California that is exclusively women teaching women the sport of sailing," said event organizer Dawn Chesney. More »
Saving the Bay
Saving the Bay premieres on KQED Channel 9 tomorrow night from 8-10 p.m., with Part Two running October 15. This series of four one-hour episodes focuses on the geological, cultural and developmental history of San Francisco Bay and the larger Northern California watershed from the Sierra Nevada mountains to the Farallon Islands. More »
Calling All Pirates
When dark settles on Two Harbors, grown-up time begins.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re a pirate, it’s time to get out the eyeliner and Johnny Depp up. If you’re a wench, it’s time to dig out that special boob enhacing bra. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re a pirate, it’s time to get out the eyeliner and Johnny Depp up. If you’re a wench, it’s time to dig out that special boob enhacing bra. More »
Meet a Movie Star at TYC
Kick-ass Tiburon sailor Genny Tulloch will be speaking at a fundraiser for junior sailing programs at Tiburon YC on Monday, September 28, at 6 p.m. Tulloch, 25, will detail how she went from a junior Opti sailor to star of the Disney film Morning Light to a member of the U.S. More »
Who’s Your Buddy(boat)?
Blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Frys Harbor.
© 2009 Mark Reed
"We’ve been buddyboating down the coast with one of the 191 registered Ha-Ha boats," report Mark and Vicki Reed of the Portland-based Ericson 38 Southern Cross. More »
Hot Weather, Hot Deals at Oakland Show
Boats of all sorts are ‘priced to sell’ at the Northern California Fall Boat Show.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Local weather gurus are predicting phenomenally warm weather this weekend, making it an ideal time to get out on the water, and also to to check out the Northern California Fall Boat Show at Jack London Square. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Local weather gurus are predicting phenomenally warm weather this weekend, making it an ideal time to get out on the water, and also to to check out the Northern California Fall Boat Show at Jack London Square. More »
‘Eros’ on Display Today at St. Francis
Bill and Grace Bodle’s beautifully restored Eros sailing on the Bay last week.
© 2009 Thomas Brichta
After enduring an exhaustive 18-year refit, the magnificent 103-ft schooner Eros (ex-Fair Sarae) was turning heads on the Bay last week when owners Bill and Grace Bodle took her out for a shakedown cruise. More »
Biggest Ha-Ha Entry List Ever
As of today, the Baja Ha-Ha has received 186 paid entries, and several more are expected. This means the old entry record of 183 has been eclipsed. This comes as a pleasant surprise to the Grand ‘worst case scenario’ Poobah who, back in May, feared the entry list might be as low as 100 boats because of the poor economy. More »
Ha-Ha Deadline & Crew List Party
Tom, Nicole and the kids at Catalina yesterday, during a shakedown for late October’s Ha-Ha. It will be at least the fourth Ha-Ha for Tom.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The last time Tom and Nicole Lyon of San Diego did the Baja Ha-Ha, she was four months pregnant. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The last time Tom and Nicole Lyon of San Diego did the Baja Ha-Ha, she was four months pregnant. More »
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