July 20, 2001

By Grzegorz | July 20, 2001

Photo of the Day

July 20 – Guadaloupe, FWI

Summer temperatures in the French West
Indies can leave you yearning for a cool pool to relax in. On
Guadeloupe, there’s no better place to find relief than at the
Cascade aux Excrevisses high up in the island’s lush rain forest.

Photo Latitude/Andy

Swan on the Move

July 20 – Punta Ala, Italy

Nautor’s Swan, perhaps the most prestigious name in production
boats, used to be owned by a paper product conglomerate in Finland,
and had a staid reputation. Everything changed when it was purchased
by Leonardo – “I liked the boats so much that I bought the
company” – Ferragamo, who is part of the Italian fashion
dynasty of the same name. Ferragamo’s first step was to jazz
up the styling of new Swans by making them very clean and simple.
For the second big change, Swan has just made a major acquisition,
that of the British-based Camper & Nicholson, a superyacht
builder whose yard dates back to 1782.

While in Punta Ala, Italy, last month, we stumbled across Ferragamo’s
new Frers-designed Swan 82RS Solleone. We didn’t take
the photo, but here’s what Ferragamo likes in the way of styling.

That Sinking Feeling

July 20 – Gulf of the Farallones

“We were standing by while a fishing boat sunk in the southern
traffic lane out the Gate on April 14,” reports Mike Giraudo
of Fishing Lures. “Here’s what she looked like. We’ve
even got video.”

Photo Mike Giraudo

YOTREPS

July 20 – 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 http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/

Weather
Updates

July 20 – 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

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.

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