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Search Suspended for Farallones Racers
Boats rounding after Low Speed Chase watched helplessly as heavy shore break pummeled the grounded hull.
© 2012 Rune Storesund
(*Note: several corrections have been made to our original posting, as new info was revealed.) More »
Don Anderson Passes Away
The West Coast sailing community was dealt another blow on Saturday when Don Anderson was discovered dead aboard his Valiant 47 Summer Passage in Oxnard. "Don was known as the weatherman on so many radio nets throughout Mexico and the Pacific," writes Jim Barden of the Santa Rosalia, Mexico-based Morgan Out Island 28 Ann Marie. More »
SPECIAL REPORT: Farallones Rescue Update
Aboard a Coast Guard helicopter, an overhead camera captures the airlift of one of three sailors rescued from the grounding of Low Speed Chase yesterday afternoon.
© U.S. Coast Guard
The heavy gray cloud cover that shrouded the Bay Area this morning echoed the somber mood of the Bay Area sailing community, as details of yesterday’s Farallon Islands Race tragedy were slowly revealed. More »
SPECIAL EDITION: Tragedy at the Farallones
The OYRA Crewed Farallones Race ended in tragedy today when James Bradford’s Sydney 38 Low Speed Chase somehow ended up on the rocks at the Southeast Farallon. USCG Petty Officer Levi Read confirmed the well-known offshore race boat went aground around 3 p.m. More »
Bon Voyage, Ka’iulani
Ka’iulani’s majestic presence won’t be felt on the Bay until next year.
© 2012 Jim Rimmer
It was clear, sunny and calm this Saturday when the Sausalito-based 86-ft gaff schooner Ka’iulani cast off her dock lines and headed for Tahiti. More »
It’s Boat Show Week
Sailors from all over the Bay Area and beyond are clearing their calendars this week in order to make the most of the annual Strictly Sail Pacific boat show (April 12-15) at Oakland’s Jack London Square. More »
April Sailing Fools
The full-throttle sailing times keep on coming in the Caribbean for locals and visitors alike, including many sailors from Northern California and elsewhere on the West Coast. First there was the St. More »
Socrates and Rutherford Updates
Solitude is what many sailors seek when they take to the water, but some seek it more than others. Jeanne Socrates, the British granny who is making her way to Victoria, B.C. More »
Cruiser/Pilot Missing in Palau
Longtime Changes in Latitude contributor and former Monterey resident Frank Ohlinger went missing off Palau on Sunday after the plane he was piloting lost its GPS at night. Ohlinger had been hired by Palauan authorities to fly two officials to the site of a burning Chinese fishing vessel suspected of poaching giant clams in the Ngeruangel Atoll marine preserve. More »
Stricken Clipper Sailors Rescued
Thanks to a well-coordinated effort by several US Coast Guard resources, two injured crew were safely transported Sunday from the Clipper Round the World Race vessel Geraldton Western Australia to the cutter Bertholf. More »
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