February 22, 2001

By Grzegorz | February 22, 2001

Photos of the Day

February 22 – Toulon, France

At first glance, this may look like a sinking
ship, but it’s actually Super Servant 4, a ship that transports
boats from 40 to 200 feet from Fort Lauderdale across the Atlantic
to the Med. She’s seen here in Toulon, France, ‘sunk’ so her
cargo deck is 14 feet under water in order to be able to float
the 95-foot Belle Adventure out the back. The photo –
as well as the others, were taken by Paul Zupan, who had his
72-ft schooner Latitude taken across on the same boat.
The second photo is of Latitude in Fort Lauderdale, as
it’s being floated into Super Servant. The third photo
is of Latitude in place on Super Servant, after
the ship has been refloated. The final photo is of play time.
According to Zupan, it got so warm in the afternoon, the only
way to stay cool was by making a swimming pool – cribbing lined
with blue tarp and filled with saltwater – and jumping in. For
more on the uncompleted Latitude’s trip across the Atlantic,
see the March issue of Latitude
38.

Photos Paul Zupan

Puerto
Vallarta Race Update

February 22 – Pacific Ocean

According to yesterday’s position reports, Howard Gordon’s Morro
Bay-based Jutson/Sayer Open 50 Etranger should have finished
yesterday about noon to take line honors in the 1,125-mile Marina
del Rey to Puerto Vallarta Race. Etranger also had a pretty
good lead on corrected time honors in class and fleet. Locomotion,
Winslow and Melinda Lincoln’s Andrews 45, and Pegasus,
Phillipe Kahn’s Andrews 70+, were running neck and neck for the
second boat to cross the line. A couple of Santa Cruz 50s, Shep
Kett’s Octavia from Santa Cruz, and Kirk Wilson’s Bay
Wolf from Cabrillo Beach, were running second and third in
the fleet on corrected time. It’s been a slow race, as only Pegasus
has been able to average over eight knots. For the latest, visit
www.dryc.org. We’ll have a
full report in the April
Latitude.

The Race Update

February 22 – Atlantic and Southern Oceans

A few days ago, Club Med was suffering through her worst
sea conditions of The Race, but yesterday it was dream sailing.
With less than 3,500 miles to go, bets are being made that she’ll
finish before March 1, which will mean she’ll have completed
the circumnavigation in less than 60 days. Mind-boggling.

Ranking of
22 Feb 2001 15:00:00 GMT

1. Club Med / dtf 3,081.2 miles
2. Innovation Explorer / dtl 943.3 miles
3. Warta Polpharma / dtl 6,604.3 miles
4. Team Adventure / dtl 6,666.4 miles
5. Team Legato / dtl 8,095.7 miles

Blue Club Med
Green Innovation Explorer
Orange Team Adventure
Yellow Warta Polpharma
Magenta Team Legato

Graphics Courtesy Club Med
www.catamaran.clubmed.fr/

YOTREPS

February 22 – The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace

Who is out making passages in the Pacific
and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS –
‘yacht reports’ – at www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/

Weather Updates

February 22 – Pacific Ocean

San Francisco Bay Weather

To see what the winds are like on the Bay
and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/.

California Coast Weather

Looking for current as well as recent wind
and sea readings from 17 buoys and stations between Pt. Arena
and the Mexican border? Here’s the place – which has further links
to weather buoys and stations all over the U.S.: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/stuff/southwest/swstmap.shtml.

Pacific Sea State

Seas are normal in the Pacific. But you
might check out the Pacific Ocean sea states at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.

For another view, see http://www.oceanweather.com/data/global.html.

Note: We will not have a
new edition of ‘Lectronic Latitude tomorrow, Friday.

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