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Oil Barge Hits Richmond Bridge
A 300-ft oil barge carrying more than 2.6 million gallons of heavy black oil struck the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge last night around 6 p.m. Miraculously, not a drop of oil was spilled. More »
A Life Lost, A Life Saved
The West Coast-based Bug Trap was found bobbing off Kauai, Hawaii, on Sunday with no sign of her owner.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The West Coast-based Catalina 30 Bug Trap was found dismasted and crewless about 19 miles off Kauai on Sunday. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The West Coast-based Catalina 30 Bug Trap was found dismasted and crewless about 19 miles off Kauai on Sunday. More »
Anybody Up for a Swim?
You think it’s been cold lately sailing on San Francisco Bay? Try swimming in it — without a wetsuit!
Sound impossible? Not really. Believe it or not, there is an elite group of swimmers who regularly swim in Bay waters wearing only normal bathing suits and swimming caps. More »
Mighty Storms Ravage Bay Area
Looking south towards Angel Island from the Corinthian YC race deck: At high tide the storm surge could barely be contained.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The full force of Mother Nature’s fury was felt throughout the San Francisco Bay Area last Friday and Saturday as torrential rains and hurricane-force winds lashed the region. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The full force of Mother Nature’s fury was felt throughout the San Francisco Bay Area last Friday and Saturday as torrential rains and hurricane-force winds lashed the region. More »
More on Darla Jean
When we receive reports of boats washing up on distant shores, we do our best to verify as many facts as possible but often must rely on eyewitness reports. Unfortunately, we are sometimes given inaccurate or incomplete information, as was apparently the case with Darla Jean. More »
Any Ladies Looking for Sailing & Romance?
Normally, we avoid matchmaking like the plague, but every 30 years or so we give it a try. This is one of those times.
In addition to sailing, Marc’s idea of fun include 10 to 15-mile hikes. More »
Stay in the Bay till Sunday
Even though the weather has been warmer the last couple days, don’t forget we’re still in the grip of winter. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous seas advisory for the next few days and the Coast Guard is urging mariners to stay put. More »
Sailing in the New Year in the Caribbean
The magic of St. Barth – one day you don’t know anybody, the next day you’re sailing to windward in 30 knots aboard a yacht like Altair, a spectacularly restored 130-ft gaff ketch designed and built by Fife in 1911. More »
Joyon Keeps Bombing Along
French sailing dynamo, Francis Joyon, just keeps cracking off the miles on his quest for the fastest singlehanded circumnavigation world record. As of this morning, Joyon and his 97-ft trimaran IDEC were 40 days into their assault on Ellen MacArthur’s record and some 3,400 miles ahead of where MacArthur was on her 40th day. More »
Have You Ever Wondered How . . .
. . . individuals can fund — or partially fund — America’s Cup campaigns that cost $150 million, and still have enough left to own 450-ft giga motoryachts?
The answer turns out to be ‘very easily’ if you’re in the league of Larry Ellison, the man behind Oracle, the BMW Oracle America’s Cup teams, and the 450-ft Rising Sun. More »
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