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Off Season on the Vallarta Coast

July 3, 2013
Philo Hayward, rocking out on his 68th and on the 12th anniversary of his music studio/bar/restaurant. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The plan was for Profligate to be relaunched at the Riviera Nayarit Shipyard about a week ago, and for the Wanderer and Doña de Mallorca to do a two-person Dash/Bash up to San Diego. More »

Racing to Hawaii

While most sailors are getting ready for casual Fourth of July fun on their boats, five Mini 6.50 sailors are amping up for the July 6 start of the Mini 650 Pacific Challenge. More »

Rendezvous Reunion in Paradise

If there was a prize for fortitude it would have gone to the San Diego-based Morgan O/I 33 Orca Suite. After the autopilot crapped out, Bill and Belinda Tackett had to hand steer for 40 days. More »

Ted Hood Passes Away

July 1, 2013
Sailing icon and pioneer Ted Hood passed away on Friday at the age of 86. Founder of Hood Sails, Hood Yacht Systems and Ted Hood Yacht Designs, he skippered 1974’s winning America’s Cup boat, Courageous, after supplying sails to many winning AC boats for nearly two decades. More »
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AC Bits from Peyron and Cayard

There was some interesting information disclosed about the Artemis America’s Cup campagin in a June 27 New York Times article by Christopher Clarey: The May 9 incident in which Artemis capsized and broke apart was, in the words of Loïck Peyron, a "classic capsize situation." More »

AC Cups Permits, Rudders & Elevators

Permits and rudders and elevators, oh my! © 2013 Gilles Martin-Raget / ACEA The U.S. Coast Guard has given the America’s Cup folks the Marine Event Permit required to conduct the America’s Cup on the Bay this summer. More »

Emergency Recall of Lite Propane Tanks

In late May, the Department of Transportation issued an emergency recall of composite propane tanks made by The Lite Cylinder Company. The tanks are easily identified by their plastic outer case and translucent inner epoxy tank. More »

Classic Yacht Long Overdue

June 28, 2013
Friends and authorities are beginning to fear the worst for the seven sailors aboard the classic 70-ft American staysail schooner Nina, as the vessel hasn’t been heard from since June 3. More »

Blind Sailor’s Boat Sunk

Hiro Iwamoto (left) tries to hold it together at a news conference. He and sighted crewmember Jiro Shinbou were rescued from a liferaft after their Bristol Channel Cutter hit a large piece of flotsam 800 miles off Japan and sank. More »

Let’s Go to Croatia!

Sailor David Hammer has a predicament.  He’s set to do a week’s yacht charter in Croatia soon aboard a Leopard 40 cat. But a key crewman had to drop out — and that guy was the only crew that holds a ASA 104 certificate, a requirement of the charter company (unless someone has an ICC document). More »