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New Rule for the Racing Rule Book?

February 13, 2008
If you race your boat on Newport Bay, you should probably consider heading to the City of Newport Beach Council Chambers at 6 p.m. tonight for the monthly meeting of the City’s Harbor Commission. More »

Tin Can Goes Sailing

David Vann’s self-built trimaran Tin Can had her maiden voyage yesterday. latitude/JR
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Adventurer David Vann was out test-sailing his 50-ft trimaran Tin Can yesterday, having been delayed several days from his planned Saturday outing. More »
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Not Your Father’s VHF Radio

Sorry for the late notice, but Coyote Point YC is hosting an informal talk on marine radios tonight at 7 p.m. This talk is free and open to all mariners who are interested in learning more about VHF radio communications in SF Bay, from simple nuts and bolts stuff (such as the fact that using cheap cable and connectors can lose you up to 33% of your range in some radios), to all the new features and capabilities of modern VHFs such as digital selective calling (DSC), AIS reception, and integration with GPS for radios with built-in digital distress transmitting capability. More »

Barcelona World Race Winner Finishes

February 11, 2008
Paprec-Virbac 2 will cross the finish line today to win the inaugural Barcelona World Race. © 2008 Yvan Zedda After three months and more than 25,000 miles, the inaugural edition of the Barcelona World Race — a doublehanded, non-stop race around the world — is finally over for the winning team. More »

The Lost Weekend

G2 was just one of hundreds of boats out this weekend shaking the recent rain from their sails. latitude/LaDonna
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We had all sorts of plans this weekend to get some long-overdue maintenance work done on boats, cars, what-have-you. More »
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Circumnavigating in a Tin Can

February 8, 2008
After a test sail on San Francisco Bay on Saturday, 39-year-old David Vann of Tallahassee, Florida, hopes to leave Sunday on a four-month non-stop singlehanded circumnavigation via the Southern Ocean aboard his trimaran Tin Can. More »

Boat Explodes Next to Wanderlust 3

Harker rushed out of Hooters in Miami and down the docks on his folding bike to see if Wanderlust 3, the boat he’d just circumnavigated aboard, had exploded. © 2008 Mike Harker When Mike Harker finally returned to Miami following both his personal and his Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust 3‘s circumnavigations, he had more excitement than during almost any time during the trip. More »
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Singlehander Finds Calmer Seas

February 6, 2008
In last Friday’s ‘Lectronic, we reported that singlehander Robert Botha, who’d left the Bay on January 9 aboard his Alberg 30 Flyer bound for his native New Zealand, was having a tough time dealing with heavy weather in the middle of the Pacific after his windvane broke. More »

Wanderlust 3 Finishes in Under 11 Months

February 4, 2008
Mike, legally a parapalegic, unsnarls his chute off St. Barth about a week ago when he still had 1,100 miles to go in order to complete Wanderlust 3’s circumnavigation. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Mike Harker of Manhattan Beach reports that he completed his circumnavigation with his Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust 3 yesterday in the Bahamas. More »