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Festival Nautico – Vallarta Race Week

February 18, 2008
Blue skies, tropical temperatures, great sailing breezes – no wonder cruisers love the Banderas Bay Regatta, which is just one part of the Vallarta Race Week. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC John Moore has all the latest on Festival Nautico ’08 – Vallarta Race Week: This biannual, week-long event started in 2006 as a celebration of Mexico’s greatest natural treasure: Banderas Bay. More »

Tin Can Heads Back to the Bay

David Vann wisely ended his planned circumnavigation when he found some failed welds on Tin Can. © 2008 Peter Lyons Adventurer David Vann’s trip south in his 50-ft trimaran Tin Can was cut short over the weekend when he was towed into Santa Cruz on Saturday after discovering cracked welds on one of his crossbeams. More »
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Whale of a Bad Idea Found Out

February 15, 2008
In Monday ‘Lectronic, we ran a sensational photo of a whale and a dolphin frolicking together, said to have been taken near Punta Mita by a cruiser. We asked our readers if anybody knew if this interspecies behavior is common. More »

Tin Can Gets Underway

David Vann says he’ll stop in San Diego before heading non-stop around the world. © 2008 Peter Lyons David Vann departed San Francisco Bay yesterday aboard his self-built 50-ft trimaran Tin Can. More »
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Big Cat Claws North

The 110-ft maxi cat Gitana 13 continues its assault on the sailing record from New York to San Francisco. Now in their 30th day at sea, skipper Lionel Lemonchois and his nine-man crew were at 18° S this morning, looking at another 350- to 400-mile day, and happy to finally be back in shorts as they ease into the tropics. More »

New Rule for the Racing Rule Book?

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 »

The Lost Weekend

February 11, 2008
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 »