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Panama Canal YC Bulldozed

March 20, 2009
Bulldozers made short work of destroying the Panama Canal YC at the end of February. © 2009 Webb Logg The Panama Canal Yacht Club in Colon, on the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal, is no more. More »

Spectacular Volcanic Eruptions in Tonga

The twin islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai have become one large pumice island. It should only take a few months for the ocean to wear it back down. © Robert Stone On Monday, a Tongan volcano that had been quiet since 1988 blew its stack. More »

Heavy Lifting

The Left Coast Lifter will soon be put to work on the new Bay Bridge. © 2009 Erik Simonson You may have seen it already, and if not, you won’t be able to miss it when you’re sailing near Treasure Island. More »
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Boater Missing in Richmond

March 18, 2009
The search has been suspended for an unidentified man who fell out of a dinghy near Richmond’s Marina Bay last night. According to the Coast Guard, the report came in about 9 p.m. More »
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Ship Damage by Its Own Container

March 16, 2009
In one of those odd twists of fate, last week a ship lost 31 containers in a storm off eastern Australia — and was itself damaged by one of them! The bit of poetic justice occurred aboard the Hong Kong-flagged Pacific Adventure near Moreton Island off the Queensland coast. More »

No Direction Home

Vitesse Too gets a tow home. latitude/JR
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Grant Hayes and crew Bill Schwob were about halfway back to from the Lightship when they heard the dreaded ‘bang’. More »
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KKMI to Take Over Anderson’s Location

March 13, 2009
The rumors have been floating around for a while. Now it’s official: the lease for Anderson’s Boatyard in Sausalito was not renewed, and this fall, Keefe-Kaplan Maritime, Inc. (KKMI) will take over the facilities there. More »

Unrest in the Caribbean

March 11, 2009
More than a month of violence on the Caribbean islands of Guadaloupe and Martinique seems to be heading toward resolution. Economic woes precipitated the unrest, and unfortunately the longterm effects may make the economic situation on the French-held islands even worse in the coming months. More »

Cosco Busan Pilot Pleads Guilty

March 9, 2009
John Cota, the pilot aboard the 901-ft Cosco Busan when it hit the Bay Bridge on November 7, 2007, pleaded guilty last week to negligently causing the discharge of 53,000 gallons of oil into the Bay and to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by causing the deaths of thousands of birds. More »

Take One Down, Pass It Around

An artist’s conception of the Plastiki . . . under build at Pier 31. © Adventure Ecology Although 12,000 may represent a small fraction of America’s daily consumption of plastic bottles, they’ll comprise a huge part of a 60-ft catamaran under build over at Pier 31. More »