Current News
It’s Official!
After many, many, many public meetings on the subject, San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors finally — and unanimously — agreed yesterday to host the 34th running of the America’s Cup. "Good news yesterday that the politicians in San Francisco finally stopped negotiating against themselves and approved the deal with America’s Cup," Russell Coutts announced on his Facebook page. More »
Baja History Book
It will only be a few months before many members of the this year’s Mexico cruising class leave the mainland to head up to the spectacular cruising grounds of the Sea of Cortez. More »
The Rogue Hump-Nighters
After an evening of sailing, the Rogue Hump-Nighters rafted up just outside of Clipper Cove at Treasure Island.
© 2012 Rod Witel
"On Wednesday evenings between April and October, my sailing club, Club Nautique, organizes evening group sails followed by a delicious outdoor BBQ for members and their guests," writes instructor Rod Witel. More »
Pirate Women’s History Month
Johnny Depp may have made pirates seem downright hip with his portrayal of Captain Jack Sparrow, but real-life pirates are no joke, as evidenced by the horrors perpetrated by the current throng of Somali pirates terrorizing the Gulf of Aden. More »
Sad Indicator of Tough Times
Tough times lead to hard choices, such as anchoring your boat out when you know it’s not safe. Luckily, Crystal Blue Persuasion made a relatively soft landing.
© Cap’t Ted
It is a sad illustration of the tough times we’re in that the sleek Marple 50 cat Crystal Blue Persuasion washed up on Santa Cruz’ Seabright Beach on Friday. More »
Cal Boating Still Vulnerable
The Department of Boating and Waterways — a.k.a. Cal Boating — is still on Governor Brown’s list of agencies to kill, so if you want to keep the Delta as weed-free as possible, or you use boat launches, or you ever use pump-out stations, or you like that a government agency has your back, or . More »
Nuku Hiva Murder Suspect Update
With a lot of Puddle Jumpers having left or getting ready to leave the West Coast of the America’s for French Polynesia, lots of cruisers are probably wondering whatever happened in the case of Stefan Ramin, the German cruiser with the 46-ft catamaran Bayu, who was found murdered last October. More »
La Gamelle Touches the Caribbean
The heck with ‘Where’s Waldo’, where’s La Gamelle? This already being late in the season, most boats aboard the Dockwise ship had been picked up in Florida or St. Thomas for shipment to the Med. More »
Ouch! That Had to Hurt
Doh! A boater trying to avoid paddleboarders at the entrance to Ballena Bay wound up high and dry last Saturday.
© 2012 Nathaniel Penn
It’s easy to assume from this photo that the powerboat pictured simply cut a corner last Saturday and ran up on this concrete pipe on the north side of the entrance to Ballena Bay. More »
Dolphins Rescued in Brazil
No experience is quite like hanging over the side of your boat as a pod of dolphin squirm and play and splash in your bow wake — the sheer joy they so clearly take in showing off can’t help but be contagious. More »
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