Current News
Sail a Laser from California to Hawaii?
Tania in action. Some say the ex-Olympian is the greatest Mexican sailor of all time. And these days she has some very ambitious plans.
© 2016 Conade
We agree that it’s a very audacious goal to singlehand a 130-pound boat 2,500 miles from California to Hawaii. More »
Fire Destroys Sandpiper in Sea of Cortez
The sad news has just reached us that Edward Staples’ and Annette Alexander’s SoCal-based Island Packet sailboat Sandpiper caught fire and sank May 14, while crossing the Sea of Cortez en route to Mazatlan. More »
Mystery Spot
It’s easy to tell that this photo was taken in the beautiful Sea of Cortez, but where in the Sea of Cortez?
© 2016 Robert Novak
May is a great time to cruise the Sea of Cortez. More »
Phaedo3’s Latest Record Run
Co-skippers Brian Thompson and Lloyd Thornburg celebrate their record-smashing arrival in England.
© Team Phaedo
Lloyd Thornburg and his crew on the MOD70 trimaran Phaedo3 have smashed another world sailing record. More »
Springtime Sightings, Good & Bad
With the coming of spring there’s been a predictable increase in boat use both inside and outside San Francisco Bay. This week we received reports and photos that illustrate both the pleasures and potential hazards of sailing in Northern California waters. More »
Cook’s Endeavour Found on Sea Floor
An artist’s depiction of the HMS Endeavour in Australia in 1768.
© 2016 National Library of Australia
As marine archaeological finds go, this is a biggie: The remains of Captain Cook’s famous HMS Endeavour has been found by scientists at the bottom of Narragansett Bay, just off Newport, RI. More »
Captive Cruiser Beheaded in Philippines
Sixty-eight-year-old Canadian sailor John Ridsdel, who’d been held captive in the southern Philippines since September by Abu Sayyaf militants, was beheaded Monday after the deadline for his ransom had passed. Canada, like the US, has a policy of not giving in to ransom requests for its citizens. More »
Sailboat Abandoned off Año Nuevo
Alone offshore of the Central Coast was not a great place to be Monday morning. Due to incoming water and damage, the IOR one-tonner Kentucky Woman had to be abandoned.
© US Coast Guard
Conditions off the Central California coast Monday morning were rough and rowdy, with 40- to 50-knot winds reported, accompanied by 15- to 20-ft waves. More »
Cruisers to the Rescue with A- Blood
“My wife Donna is in the hospital in Puerto Vallarta,” reports Richard Pomeroy of the Oregon-based Polaris 43 Flying Carpet. “She got strep throat, and the antibiotics the doctors gave her ate a hole in her stomach, causing internal bleeding. More »
Not the Best Voiles, But Still Great
It’s not very often that the Caribbean looks like Lake Tahoe, but in this shot from the Voiles de St. Barth it does. That’s St. Martin 20 miles in the background. More »
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