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Is It Hard to Rebuild a Marine Diesel?
If you’re a diesel engine expert, we’d like your opinion as to whether or not an "average do-it yourselfer who is handy with tools" is likely to be capable of rebuilding a diesel engine. More »
San Francisco Sunset Spectacular
The Bay Area was dazzled by beautiful sunsets last week, including this one photographed at Marina Bay in Richmond by Paul Kassatkin of the Hunter 40 Relax. For many sailors — us included — beautiful sunsets are the cherry on top of a terrific daysail. More »
The Electro-Diesel Mystery
On September 8, we needed to get from San Diego to Santa Barbara for the start of the Ta-Ta. As usual, we figured we’d do the old two-step: 80-some miles the first day to Two Harbors, and 80-some miles the next day to Santa Barbara. More »
Scott’s Ship Found
Seen here in her former glory, the Terra Nova carried Scott’s party on their ill-fated expedition to the Antarctic.
© BBC / Getty Images
One hundred years after the S.S. Terra Nova carried Captain Robert Scott and his team on their ill-fated journey to the South Pole in 1912, the wreck of that ship has been discovered off Greenland. More »
Sweeter Deal for Marine Sanctuary
A boundary revision proposal is in the works for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. The adjustment would add a 100-square mile area to the sanctuary that was left out when the sanctuary was designated in 1992. More »
Dad Arrested, Kids Home, Boat Returned
It’s almost always better to think long-term rather than short-term. Someone should have told Christopher Maffei that. But it appears that Maffei allowed emotions to run ramshackle over reason when he allegedly snatched his two toddlers — Brooklynn, 3, and Devin, 2 — from their mother’s home, stole a Hunter 41 from Ballena Isle Marina, and tried to make his escape down the coast last week. More »
Near Miss?
"Please enjoy the attached video of our Franchman Alain Thébault‘s 60-ft foiler l’Hydroptère, the latest flying speed freak on the San Francisco Bay," writes Fredrik Hakanson. "The video was shot from the Blue & Gold ferry Bay Monarch last Friday. More »
‘Unleashed’ Being Tracked by USCG
Unleashed, seen here in a file photo, is a white Hunter 41 with dark blue canvas. She was last spotted about 50 miles off Pillar Point. Investigators believe the thief also kidnapped his two children from their mother. More »
SPECIAL EDITION: Possible Child Abduction on ‘Unleashed’
Yesterday we reported that Unleashed, a Hunter 41 in Club Nautique’s charter program, was stolen from Ballena Isle Marina Tuesday evening. Marianne Armand, Marketing Manager for Club Nautique, now says the police have identified the main suspect as a man who allegedly abducted his children from their mother. More »
l’Hydroptere Sets Bay Record
l’Hydroptere set the San Francisco Bay speed sailing record on Friday.
© Erik Simonson / l’Hydroptere
The long Labor Day weekend was filled with exciting sailing news, but arguably the most thrilling of all was Alain Thébault’s 60-ft foiling trimaran l’Hydroptère DCNS‘s setting the nautical mile speed sailing record in San Francisco Bay. More »
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