During the month of June, it’s unusual
to get a light-air, sun-drenched day on the Bay. But yesterday
was one of them. In the lee of the Tiburon Peninsula, we came
across this Catalina 30 with many of its crew dangling their
limbs – or, in the case of the individual at the transom, body
– off the boat. He/she kind of looks like the ’17th man’ on an
IACC boat.
Photo Latitude/Richard
Ha-Ha Packets Being Sent Out Today
June 11 – Baja Ha-Ha World Headquarters
The folks at Baja Ha-Ha, Inc., tell us that they’ll be mailing
out nearly 90 Baja Ha-Ha entry packets today, complete with ads
from the sponsors and Latitude 38’s First-Time Cruisers’
Guide to Mexico. Returning the completed entry packs as soon
as possible is advised, because it puts boats at the top of the
list for the very limited berthing at Cabo San Lucas at the end
of the Ha-Ha.
The Ha-Ha, of course, is the 750-mile cruisers
rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle
Bay and Bahia Santa Maria, starting on October 30. If you’re
interested in complete details, send $15 to Baja Ha-Ha, Inc.,
21 Apollo Road, Tiburon CA 94920. Include a 9×12 self-addressed
envelope. For more information see their Web site at www.baja-haha.com.
Beach party at Turtle Bay
Last year’s race committee aboard
the mothership Photos Latitude 38
Catnip Cup
June 11 – Vallejo
There was perfect weather this weekend for the Catnip Cup from
the Golden Gate to Vallejo and back for cruising multihulls.
It was a lovely sail up, and a spectacular sail back in which
some boats were able to lay the mid-span of the Richmond Bridge
on port tack from the breakwater at the eastern end of San Pablo
Bay.
About 15 boats from 29 to 63 feet in length
participated to one extent or another in the unstructured, no-host
event. Next year, Mr. No Host promises to announce the dates
earlier and get some names to go along with folks and boats in
the photos.
Photos Latitude/Richard
Record Crushed in Coastal Cup Race
June 11 – Ventura
“It was like Viet Nam out there,” reports Latitude
Racing Editor Rob Moore, who did this weekend’s Coastal Cup Race
from San Francisco to Ventura. “There were seven DNFs out
of a fleet of 29, including dismastings of an Express 27 and
a Laser 28, a broken boom on a Santa Cruz 50, and steering problems
on a Santana 40. On the other hand, the strong winds helped Steve
Williams and crew aboard his Santa Cruz-based SC 52 Natazak
crush the old course record by more than two hours. Although
the results aren’t final, it looks like Simon Garland’s Hobie
33 from the San Diego YC will correct out first. Among the crew
aboard Peregrine were Bill Erkelens, COO of Oracle Racing,
and his wife Melinda.
Natazak sailed
out the Gate Saturday morning on her way to a record-crushing
finish in Ventura. Photo Latitude/Andy
Lookin’
Good
June 11 – San Francisco
While out sailing this weekend, we saw
some boats that were lookin’ good!
Photos Latitude/Richard
YOTREPS
June 11 – 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/
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.
