General Sailing
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Is ‘Captain Ron’ Sailor’s Favorite Sailing Movie?
Who could have imagined that Captain Ron, a whacky, early-'90s family-comedy, would cement itself into sailor's hearts as their favorite sailing movie?
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The Ice Cocktail Challenge
In a ‘Lectronic Reader Submission from earlier this month, Janet Baker asked what we thought was an improbable question: "Have you ever had glacial ice in your whiskey?" The gauntlet thusly thrown down, we had a quick response from David Eberhard and Deborah Connors of San Francisco. More »
Reader Submission: Back in the Bay
This photo was given to us by Joe Warren as part of our Reader Submission Series.
"This was taken in August 2015," wrote Joe Warren. "David Allocco photographs the Golden Gate Bridge after he, skipper Perry Peters and I arrive back to the mainland aboard Perry’s J/120, Felicita, after 24 days at sea from Honolulu, Hawaii. More »
Sunrise Off Richardson Bay
Latitude reader and cruiser Lee Panza reminded us that Richardson Bay is one of the hidden gems of the Bay Area. This time of year, outbound cruisers drop their hook in the waters off Sausalito in preparation for making a run for the lower latitudes — especially Mexico. More »
Reader Submission: East Bay Cruising
This picture was sent to us by Walter Funk. "Predator, a Hobie 33, heads to the City," Funk wrote us.
Predator passes Yerba Buena Island and sails upwind for the Cityfront. More »
An Account of the Sunken Ketch
We’ve been trying to piece together what happened to a wooden ketch off Treasure Island on the last weekend of July. As we reported in a previous ‘Lectronic, a sailboat — which some of our readers have identified as the Sans Souci, a Block Island ketch — was taking on water one mile north of the Bay Bridge and east of Treasure Island on Saturday, July 29. More »
Man Killed in Boat Explosion in Ensenada
A man has died after a possible propane explosion and fire aboard a sailboat at Marina Coral in Ensenada yesterday afternoon, according to reports from witnesses in the marina. The man’s identity is not known. More »
Windsurfing Is Alive, Well and Progressing
On Saturday, we headed to one of our favorite windsurfing spots at the Berkeley Marina. Berkeley is not exactly among the famous locales on the Bay, especially when compared to the epic scenery of Crissy Field, the gnarly ebb swells at Third Avenue in San Mateo or the nuclear sea breezes along the Delta. More »
Reader Submissions: Alaska
The following comes to us from Janet Baker:
"The Talos IV in Glacier Bay, Alaska. We spent last summer exploring the northern waters of British Columbia and Alaska."
Views of the ice from the boat, and apparently from inside a good rocks glass, too. More »
Sailboat Sinks Off Treasure Island
THIS STORY WAS UPDATED AT 2:40 p.m.
A sailboat sank off Treasure Island over the weekend, according to reports from the Coast Guard.
John Boggs, one of our readers, said he saw a sunken ketch off the east side of Treasure Island on Sunday. More »
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