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Big Wave Day
Triple-overhead swell stacks up along the Sharp Park area in Pacifica.
© 2016 Erik Simonson
The pro surfers at Mavericks may have been delighted with yesterday’s 40-ft waves, but the huge surf that pounded the California coast in the wake of the most recent El Niño-enhanced storm prompted the closure of the Pacifica Pier, San Francisco’s Fort Point, and King Harbor Yacht Club in Redondo Beach, doubtless among other venues. More »
SF Boat Show Moved to April
Following the recent march of storms and surging waters even inside San Francisco Bay, the National Marine Manufacturers Association last night made the tough decision to postpone the Progressive Insurance San Francisco Boat Show. More »
We Won’t Be Coming Back
Doublehanded ‘soul sailors’ Jonathan and Rebecca of Serenity. If the couple look a little rough, it’s because the photo was taken with a cheeseball Android phone in dim light.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Doublehanders Jonathan and Rebecca Mote of the Corona del Mar-based Jeanneau 42DS Serendipity were among the handful of soul sailors who sailed the entire 750-mile length of November’s Baja Ha-Ha. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Doublehanders Jonathan and Rebecca Mote of the Corona del Mar-based Jeanneau 42DS Serendipity were among the handful of soul sailors who sailed the entire 750-mile length of November’s Baja Ha-Ha. More »
Autopilot ‘On Watch’ Yields Disaster
After dawn broke, Nacar 1’s crew realized that the rig had been damaged, further threatening the crew and passengers. As seen here, the mast eventually came down as the big cat wallowed in the punishing surf. More »
Peso to Dollar
We’re not saying the Chinese at Mega is any healthier than the Chinese at a typical place in the States, but for less than $4, you get enough food to last all day. More »
Who Says You Can’t Race Your Home?
Mike and Shelly on their totally restored Peterson 44 Avatar are to windward of Tom and Helen’s Lagoon 42 Catatude at the start of the Punta Mita Race.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Finishing first overall among the 21 boats that participated in the three-race ‘nothing that serious’ racing for cruisers that is the Banderas Bay Blast was Fred Roswold and Judy Jensens’s Serendipity 43 Wings. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Finishing first overall among the 21 boats that participated in the three-race ‘nothing that serious’ racing for cruisers that is the Banderas Bay Blast was Fred Roswold and Judy Jensens’s Serendipity 43 Wings. More »
Temporal Dysphoria in the Jules Verne
On Friday, we told the story of Francis Joyon’s IDEC Sport maxi trimaran setting a record for the Indian Ocean crossing from from Cape Agulhas in South Africa to Cape Leeuwin in southwest Australia. More »
Homeward Bound
We hesitate to call it a trend — that poor word has been beaten to death by social media — but it is interesting to see how many sailing vessels have made their way back to where they started from in the last few decades. More »
IDEC Sport’s Indian Ocean Record
IDEC Sport is speeding toward the southern Pacific Ocean, having passed Australia’s Cape Leeuwin last night.
© 2015 Paul Bessereau / IDEC Sport
IDEC Sport smashed the Indian Ocean record by crossing the longitude of Cape Leeuwin late Thursday evening. More »
Sailors’ Splash / Banderas Bay Blast
Profligate as seen sailing from Punta Mita to Paradise Marina during a recent Pirates for Pupils Spinnaker Run for Charity event. What could be better than raising money for a great cause while having a great time sailing in the tropics? More »
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