General Sailing
Trawling for a Cause
Racing to Hawaii in the Transpac or Pacific Cup is almost always an exhilarating and uplifting experience. But in recent years many racers have been sobered along the way by encounters with large patches of plastic garbage, and in some cases pieces of debris large enough to sink a good-sized sailboat. More »
Learning By Doing
Since we last reported on 30-year-old Justin Hoye-House in the April issue of Latitude 38, he’s come a long way — literally — having successfully singlehanded from Mexico to French Polynesia during his first year of offshore sailing. More »
Alone, Yet in the Company of Others
You don’t have to race aboard a foiling catamaran to enjoy sailing. Just ask 87-year-old Don Person, whose passion is ‘Pottering’.
© 2015 Goose Gossman
Few quotes are more overused by boating writers than Kenneth Graham’s famous line from The Wind in the Willows: "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." More »
No California Stop for Clipper Race
The 10th edition of the Clipper Round the World Race will depart London August 30 with 12 purpose-built Clipper 70s. Sadly, there will be no California port stop this time ’round. More »
First Steps Toward Cleaning Up the Gyre
Hats off to the idealism of youth. Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat will leave Hawaii this week aboard Swiftsure, participating in the research phase of the wildly ambitious project that he conceived: The Ocean Cleanup. More »
Still Sailing at 100 Years Old
What did aunt Cornelia want for her 100th birthday? To go sailing with a boatload of close friends, of course. She’s seen here at the helm of the Trilogy VI cat with her son, sailmaker Barry Spanier of West Maui Sails and Canvas. More »
Hartjoy: A Solo Lap After 75,000 Miles
Even on his worst day sailor/adventurer Jeff Hartjoy is a pretty entertaining guy. So we’re sure that his free talk Wednesday night at the Corinthian YC will be both fun and thought-provoking. More »
Little Fanfare, Huge Accomplishments
Koga (left) and Abe show their country’s colors after safe arrival at Alameda.
© Ross Gillanders / Scanmar International
While most of the sailing media’s recent North Pacific coverage has been focused on Transpac victories and Lending Club 2‘s astonishing L.A.-to-Honolulu More »
San Salvador Replica on the Move
Construction volunteers and spectators were out early this morning to witness the San Salvador replica’s first move from her build site at San Diego’s Spanish Landing Park.
© Lynn Ringseis
Who was California’s first sailor? More »
Final Transpac Divisions Start Tomorrow
Dean Treadway’s Richmond YC-based Farr 36 Sweet Okole has done four previous Transpacs, and won overall in 1981. At this writing she is second in Division 7. The bright-finished sloop has also done five PacCups. More »
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