Current News
Bucket Tips Off Tomorrow
Friday will be the start of the three-race 19th St. Barth Bucket, which is for megayachts about 100 feet and longer, and is arguably the the most magnificent spectacle in big-boat fun racing. More »
Puerto Vallarta Pounded by Rain
Abnormally heavy rainfall pounded the Puerto Vallarta area a couple of days ago, leading to the closure of a key highway bridge, Puente Ameca, that spans the Ameca River, and separates the popular cruiser and expat destination of Nuevo Vallarta from Puerto Vallarta itself, where most yachting infrastructure and the international airport is located. More »
Post-Cyclone Relief Arrives; Sailors Among Dead
Vanuatu is not an ideal place to weather the cyclone season, but by choice or necessity some boats winter over there. Reports indicate that roughly 20 of them were driven ashore by Cyclone Pam’s massive tidal surge. More »
Nautical Remainders to Be Sold
Although it’s been nearly two years since long-established Nelson’s Marine ceased operations in Alameda, a wide variety of boats and equipment has remained behind its locked gates ever since. However, next Tuesday, March 17, it will all finally be auctioned off by International Boat and Marine Auction Services. More »
If You Come, They Will Build It
The Matthew Turner in frames and deck beams. Next comes the deck.
© 2015 John Skoriak
Ratty, the resident boat expert in Wind in the Willows, said it best: “There is absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.” More »
Hard to Say Goodbye to Old Friends
Have you ever had to absolutely throw away a piece of sailing gear because it was so useless? We’re not the most sentimental types, but recently it was hard for us to throw away a bit of terribly frayed 3/4-inch three-strand because . More »
Zen Sailing Again
The Joker competes in the Carnaval Race aboard the boat designed and built by George Olson (and friends) of Santa Cruz. The color of the water hints at just one of the reasons sailing in the Caribbean is so delightful. More »
Search for Missing Princess
The Coast Guard has asked us to reach out to our readership regarding the search for Richard Byhre, a 76-year-old sailor who did not return from his sailing trip as expected, and his dark blue 28-ft Catalina sloop Princess, homeport San Diego. More »
New Generation Claims the Record
There’s a new ocean racing sheriff in town, and it’s the young gun Lloyd Thornburg with his MOD70 Phaedo3.
© 2015 Ocean Images / Team Phaedo
As if the RORC Caribbean 600 needed any more pizzazz to elevate itself on the world racing scene, it got a huge boost when 35-years-young Lloyd Thornburg of St. More »
West Coast Sailors Go for Caribbean Honors
If Lloyd Thornburg thought his Gunboat 66 Phaedo, which has been based out of Newport Beach for nearly two years, was fast, yesterday’s ‘record’ run was an eye-opener about how fast Phaedo3, his new MOD70 trimaran, can go. More »
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