Denis Neumann reports that, on November 24, while walking the beach in Half Moon Bay, he spotted a small, bright yellow canvas pouch. "It was about 2" x 4" x 5" with two zippers and two velcro straps. More »

Got the Christmas shopping blues? If you’re perplexed about what to buy for hard-to-shop-for friends or family members, we may have the perfect solution: Invest in their mental and physical well-being by giving them a sailing gift certificate. More »

Designed by the Huntington Beach-based firm Morrelli and Melvin, the Aeroyacht 110 features an optional two-seater Icon A5 amphibious sports plane and pod to house it in. Morelli & Melvin
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Although typically associated with large, sleek, maxi-daysailers, Italian yard Wally and its 300-by-40-meter shed in Ancona, Italy, has signed on as the builder for the Aeroyacht 110 — a cruising maxi cat designed by the Huntington Beach firm of Morelli and Melvin. More »

"Is it time we did something about the shoddy marine forecasts for San Francisco Bay?" asks reader Iain Woolward. "On the afternoon of November 28 — the day of the big blow here on the Bay — the forecast called for 15 knots, dropping to 12 knots. More »

"While anchored at North Minerva Reef, a Royal New Zealand Air Force Orion did numerous passes over the anchorage," reports Emmy Newbould, who’s cruising with her husband Eric Willbur on their Brickyard Cove-based Flying Dutchman 37 Nataraja. More »

Intrepid solo circumnavigator Jeanne Socrates, who set out from the Canaries on October 10 on a planned non-stop circuit of the globe via the five Capes, is being forced to stop in Cape Town, South Africa, to effect repairs to her Najad 380 Nereida. More »

Natasza was greeted by adoring friends and family – and magnums of spraying champagne – when she arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday. © 2009 Agnieszka Caban Polish beauty Natasza Caban sailed into Honolulu on Wednesday aboard her S&S 34 Tanasza Polska Ustka, completing the westabout solo circumnavigation she started two years and four months earlier. More »

JoJo as she lay wrecked on the beach in Stillwater Cove. © Karl Livengood Karl and Betsy Livengood of Walnut Creek experienced every sailor’s nightmare when their beloved Catalina 36 JoJo ran up on a rock reef in Stillwater Cove on October 20. More »

The five-person crew of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) entry Pelican abandoned ship yesterday after a massive rig failure 325 miles west off the Cape Verde Islands. Though the details of the failure are unclear, it was reported that lines had fouled the prop, so the U.K.-based More »