Current News
Dehumidifier Recall
Fewer things on a boat are less sexy than a dehumidifier, but damp winters certainly justify their use. The small, passive marine air dryers sold at chandleries are just the thing to keep the mildew at bay in Southern California, but when winter presents itself in buckets of rain, a little more ‘oomph’ is needed. More »
Farewell 2009 – Our Photo Favorites
In January we were taunted by these kids, apparently because they were sailing and we were ripping around in a stinkpot photoboat.
© 2009 Peter Lyons
As we say goodbye to 2009, we thought it would be fun to take a look back through the news and nonsense that we’ve shared with you this year in ‘Lectronic. More »
Clipper Cove Anchoring Permits
Earlier in the year, we reported that Mirian Saez, Director of Operations at Treasure Island Development Authority, was working on a plan to require permits to anchor in Clipper Cove. According to Saez, the permits were not to inconvenience responsible boaters, but to clear out the derelicts that had littered the Cove in the years since the Navy pulled out. More »
Missing Dutch Teen Found
It’s a widely accepted fact that teenagers put their parents through hell. You know, staying out late, hanging with a bad crowd, behaving like snotty little know-it-alls, jetting off to the Dutch Antilles to thwart government oversight of their bid to become the youngest person to solo circumnavigate . More »
Winter Solstice Sailing
Dozens of sailors headed out on the ‘shortest’ sailing weekend of the year. Suzanne, Ariane and Alma on board Liberty, Alma & Sean’s Tayana 37, on their way out of the Estuary bound for Ayala Cove. More »
Coast Guard Involved in Fatal Collision
A collision between a 33-ft Coast Guard patrol boat and a 26-ft power boat killed eight-year-old Anthony DeWeese and seriously injured five others last night on San Diego Bay. According to reports published by the Asociated Press, the operator of the pleasure boat — which was carrying 13 people — tried unsuccessfully to get out of the way of the patrol boat as the latter hit the pleasure boat from behind. More »
The Show is On
Producers of Strictly Sail Pacific have announced that the show must go on — April 15-18 at Jack London Square in Oakland, to be precise. After a last-minute — and more than a little incongruous — name change last year to Strictly Sail Pacific & Power Boat Expo, show producers have revamped the popular West Coast event, returning to its ‘all-sail’ roots. More »
The Navy Finally Sells T.I.
It sounds like the start of a bad joke: How many bureaucrats does it take to buy an island? But the punchline was delivered yesterday when San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom announced that the City had finally struck a deal to purchase Treasure Island from the Navy for $55 million. More »
Moonduster Lost in Fiji Cyclone
Happier days – while singlehanding through the Society Islands in ’08, Wayne surveys Bora Bora’s distant peaks from the Tahaa lagoon.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The first major storm of the South Pacific cyclone season — named Mick — clobbered the Fijian islands two days ago with winds as high as 94 knots (108 mph). More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The first major storm of the South Pacific cyclone season — named Mick — clobbered the Fijian islands two days ago with winds as high as 94 knots (108 mph). More »
Friend of Tonga Cruisers Needs Help
In the aftermath of a tragic motorbike accident, South Pacific cruisers are reaching out to aid Renee Nauman, an American from Salem, OR, who is currently paralyzed from the neck down on one side. More »
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