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An Unspeakable Tragedy at Sea
Thirty-four people are presumed dead after a fire broke out on the 75-ft diving vessel Conception on Monday off the Channel Islands. “Most of the passengers had come from several towns in the San Francisco Bay Area,” CNN reported. More »
Sailor Nominated for Olympic Hall of Fame
Voting is open for the US Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame. Among sailors nominated is two-times Olympic Gold Medalist Mark Reynolds.
Movie Star ‘Maiden’ Sails Under the Golden Gate: Part 2
After having met Maiden and her crew at their arrival in San Francisco on Monday, we were pretty excited to learn that we’d be joining them for a sail on Thursday. More »
Movie Star ‘Maiden’ Sails Under the Golden Gate: Part 1
Maiden was more than another entry in the 1989-90 Whitbread. Maiden is more than a thrilling and wildly successful documentary about the first all-female crew racing around the world. Maiden the boat, a 58-ft 1979 Bruce Farr-design Disque D’Or III, is alive and well, and the mothership for The Maiden Factor, a 30-plus city world tour to raise money for charities working to provide an education for young women in need. More »
Monterey Death Investigation Report Released
US Sailing has released a report detailing the results of their investigation into the death of Rick Srigley. Srigley, 77, fell off his Moore 24 Morpheus during Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club's first Wednesday night race of the season on March 13.
Coast Guard Rescues Sailors in Tomales Bay
On Thursday evening, the 40-ft sailboat The Witch ran aground in Tomales Bay amid 25-mph winds and six-foot waves. The boat hailed the Coast Guard.
Because of the shallow water, the Coast Guard contacted the Marin County Fire Department, or MCFD, “who provided a search and rescue personal-watercraft. More »
Yachties to the Rescue in the South Pacific
It was yachties to the rescue after the 50-ft Danish ketch Gwendoline M hit a submerged object and started sinking in the South Pacific on Tuesday. The two people on board, owners Kim and Lene Egtved, put out a mayday after hitting the unidentified object 50 miles west of Niue Island about 5 p.m. More »
Blistering Paces Set Records
Dylan Fletcher’s Great Britain SailGP Team achieved what no other sail racing team in the world has done: they broke the elusive 50-knot speed barrier.
Entangled Whale, Crew Overboard, Boat Grants
They reported that the humpback was in poor condition, with multiple lines wrapping around it. After several hours of working to free the entangled whale, the rescuers…
Motorboat Rams Jetty near Vallejo
On Saturday, the Coast Guard rescued three people near the Carquinez Bridge in Vallejo after their 36-foot motorboat collided with the eastern jetty near the entrance of the Napa River. It’s not clear what caused the accident, other than something went terribly wrong. More »
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