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Ken-Ichi Horie – The Wind-Up and the Pitch
Japanese sailing icon Ken-Ichi Horie is back in the news — or will be soon — with yet another weird new boat he intends to sail across the Pacific. Longtime readers will recall Horie as the first Japanese sailor to sail solo from his homeland to San Francisco in 1962 aboard a 19-ft plywood sloop named Mermaid. More »
Bertarelli Pitches Changes to America’s Cup
Ernesto Bertarelli, the man behind Alinghi‘s successful defense of the America’s Cup, called on both the New York YC and St. Francis YCs last week to defend his vision of the next America’s Cup. More »
Deleon Sentenced to Life Times Two
Jennifer Deleon was sentenced on Friday to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for her part in the murder of cruisers Tom and Jackie Hawks. Prosecutors claim that Deleon’s husband, Skylar Deleon, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Alonso Machain, posing as potential buyers for the Hawks’ 55-ft trawler Well Deserved, accompanied the couple on a test sail. More »
Notorious Palmyra Murderer Freed
As noted in recent ‘Lectronic reports, the remote North Pacific island of Palmyra is a quiet, peaceful place these days. But it has one particularly dark chapter in its past – a chapter which burst into the headlines again recently when convicted murderer Wesley G. More »
It is Glenn Tieman’s New Catamaran
Glenn Tieman’s new 38-ft cat sails off the San Diego waterfront.
Bill Barker
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s as we suspected in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, the photo we ran, as well as the one above, is of Glenn Tieman’s new catamaran Tama Moana. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s as we suspected in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, the photo we ran, as well as the one above, is of Glenn Tieman’s new catamaran Tama Moana. More »
One of the Biggest Sailboat Sales Ever
The folks at KKMI in Richmond are understandably proud to announce they have have sold Adele, the spectacular 180-ft Hoek ketch, to Northern California owners. The new owners wish to remain anonymous, but we do know they started out with an Express 37 and then moved up to the Swan 112 Song of The Sea. More »
A Little Lube’ll Do Ya
As any female diesel mechanic will tell you, proper lubrication is critical for good sex – but no less critical for proper engine maintenance. When it comes to engines, lots of clean lube oil is the main thing, but don’t forget the little stuff like waterproof silicone grease – such as seen in today’s Photo of the Day. More »
Passports Now Required
It’s official – as of Monday, October 1, passports are now required for any American citizen traveling by air out of the country, including Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The new rules were supposed to have gone into effect in January but massive delays at processing centers prompted officials to postpone enforcement until later in the year. More »
Speaking of Ellison . . .
Prop planes soaring through the afternoon sunset. Note the two painted with the ‘Oracle’ logo.
Ellen Hoke
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s just another party held by billionaire Larry Ellison, fourth richest man in America. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s just another party held by billionaire Larry Ellison, fourth richest man in America. More »
Folding Boat – and We Do Mean Folding
Boelter’s boat ‘underway’ on the Elbe. The origami creation is part of an ongoing exhibit by the artist.
© 2007 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.
German artist Frank Boelter was fooling around with a milk carton at breakfast one morning when all of a sudden (so the report goes) it occurred to him that you could build a boat out of this stuff. More »
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