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Canadian Westabout Circumnavigator Aborts Attempt
The crippled ‘Kim Chow’ riding out a South Atlantic Storm under drogue. Aboard, skipper Glenn Wakefield waits to be transfered to the Argentinian research vessel ‘Puerto Deseado’.
© MRCC Argentine
After a rollover on April 24 claimed his solar panels, liferaft and a hatch in the South Atlantic, Victoria, B.C.-based More »
BMW Oracle Makes Opening Day Appearance
BMW Oracle Racing design coordinator Ian “Fresh” Burns takes a turn on the bow of one of the team’s Swedish Match 40s. High school sailors based at the Golden Gate YC got a chance to pick up some match racing tips from the team during a Friday afternoon practice. More »
Thar They Blow
We got stopped a few years ago off the Embarcadero by both Coast Guard and the SF Police boats. And when we say ‘stopped’, this was with bullhorns blaring and lights flashing. More »
More Pirate Attacks off Somalia
It appears to be high season for Somalia’s pirate industry. On Sunday, just days after the 30-member crew of a French megayacht were released and several pirates arrested by French forces, pirates seized control of the 250-ft Spanish fishing trawler Playa de Bakio in the Gulf of Aden. More »
Mariners Rescue Downed Aviator and His Plane
After the float plane crashed, it didn’t float very well, and needed to be hand-carried to shore. Thanks to Dick Roland of Mar Si 2, a former cruiser and Tripui resident, who made the announcement on Channel 16, and Todd Butler, who was first on the scene with his small aluminum boat, both the pilot and plane were saved. More »
Cosco Busan Pilot Indicted
John Cota, the pilot aboard the Cosco Busan when the ship “touched” the Bay Bridge last November, was indicted on felony charges this week.
© Jeff Berman
Federal prosecutors have indicted pilot John Cota for alledgedly lying to Coast Guard officials about prescription drugs he was taking. More »
Crashing the Party
She looks bad here, but Gitana Vela suffered relatively minor damage in her double dismasting.
© 2008 Jenny Haldeman
Anyone who was out sailing last Saturday knows that it was really windy in the afternoon. More »
Yankee – Great Earthquake Survivor
Yankee with a bone in her teeth at the Master Mariners Regatta.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco Bay is home to one of the largest, coolest and most active fleets of classic yachts anywhere in the world — the Master Mariners Benevolent Association. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco Bay is home to one of the largest, coolest and most active fleets of classic yachts anywhere in the world — the Master Mariners Benevolent Association. More »
Crackdown on Hawaii’s Commercial Cats
Remember how both Southwest Airlines and American Airlines recently had to temporarily pull many of their planes out of service because of F.A.A.-mandated safety checks? It turns out that a similar thing happened in Hawaii last summer when the Coast Guard forced 13 of 59 commercial sailing catamarans and trimarans operating out of that state temporarily out of service, primarily because of "serious safety deficiencies" with their masts. More »
Snickers Arrives in Hawaii
Snickers is all smiles now that he doesn’t have to forage for his food.
© Laureli
The saga of Snickers, the boat dog abandoned on Fanning Island in December, is coming to a happy close. More »
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