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Red Light at Night No Sailor’s Delight
If you’re going to have your bilge pump alarm go off, it’s best if it happens when: 1) The water is warm. 2) The water is blue. 3) It’s daytime. Two out of three wasn’t bad for us. More »
Records Set in the Heinie
Paul Allen of Santa Cruz was one of the crew on the untouchable Phaedo3, seen here setting an around-the-island record.
© 2016 Laurens Morel
The 36th annual St. Maarten Heineken Regatta delivered a nice variety of conditions for the diverse fleet of 196 boats and crews over the weekend. More »
An Enduring Partnership
In the April issue we’ll be publishing a letter from a reader about being part of a boat partnership that started 50 years ago. That’s so long ago that, if we’re not mistaken, James Madison was still president. More »
St. Maarten Heinie Revs Up Today
The unusual-looking Fujin up on one hull and moving right along.
© 2016 Gold Coast Yachts
A lot of skippers — 24 — have gone to the dark side for the 36th annual Heineken Regatta in Sint Maarten this weekend. More »
Mummy Sailing a Ghost Ship
It could be the title of a B movie from the mid-20th century, but — to all reports — it’s a true story.
Last sighted in 2009, the ghost ship in question is a 40-ft sailboat named Sayo, sailed by the now-mummified German singlehander Manfred Fritz Bajorat. More »
Big Swell Captures Cat
Thursday’s big swell also affected the Big Island of Hawaii, as this catamaran entering Kona’s Honokohau Harbor demonstrates. More »
A Week Is Three Weeks too Little
This photo shows one of several anchorages at Antigua’s Green Island. That’s ‘ti Profligate on the lower left, just in front of the reef. The 60-ft Gold Coast charter cat which has circumnavigated Antigua every day of the year for the last 18 or so years zoomed between ‘ti and the reef at high speed. More »
Cruisers Aid in Fiji Relief Effort
The picture tells the story: Many Fijian families lost everything to Winston’s fury, including crops and food supplies. But visitors to the islands have been impressed by the upbeat attitude of the survivors, despite the obvious devastation. More »
The Fate of Alameda Marina
Alameda Marina, seen here from the Estuary, is a busy place during weeknight races.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC We strongly encourage Oakland-Alameda Estuary sailors and other concerned citizens to attend a crucial March 1 meeting (7 p.m. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC We strongly encourage Oakland-Alameda Estuary sailors and other concerned citizens to attend a crucial March 1 meeting (7 p.m. More »
Match Racing for 600 Ocean Miles
The MOD70 Concise 10 pursues the sistership Phaedo3 — just as she would for 600 exciting high-speed sailing miles.
© 2017 Emma Jones
Does ocean racing get much more beautiful and exciting than you see in the photo above of Tony Lawson’s Concise 10 trying to track down Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 sistership Phaedo3 in the Caribbean 600? More »
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