Today’s Photos of the Day are meant to
be reminders to all sailors planning on heading up the Delta
this summer that you have to be wary of vessels being operated
by skippers with more horsepower than sense at their control.
Diane Shipway of Parker Diving Service sent up these shots of
a Fountain triple V-8 that went up on the levee on the Stockton
Deep Water Channel, almost certainly the result of operator error.
Who Was That Intruder?
June 4 – Los Coronados Islands, Baja California
In the June
2 ‘Lectronic, Dwain and Nancy Lentz of the Tempe-based Hunter
340 Dancy report that their boat was boarded by an intruder
while at South Coronado Island, just south of San Diego. Since
they didn’t identify what kind of intruder – who dove back in
the water after a steak – some readers wondered whether it was
a thief, a teenager, a local fisherman, or what. Our presumption
is that it was a seal or sea lion.
One Last Race
June 4 – Honolulu, HI
Philippe Kahn’s Santa Cruz-based TransPac
winner Pegasus 77, an R/P 77, will be for sale immediately
following July’s TransPac. The price is $1.45 million. For details,
visit www.pegasus.com.
Pegasus 77
at the finish of the 2001 TransPac Photo Sharon Green
Always Wanted to Try Sailing a Big Cat
on the Ocean?
June 4 – Santa Barbara
We think the perfect circumstance would
be during the Santa Barbara and King Harbor YC’s King Harbor
Race on August 1. This 86-miler is perfect: not too long, not
too short, and it takes you from Santa Barbara on a reach around
Anacapa Island, then downwind to Redondo Beach. Many people think
it’s the most enjoyable ocean race in all of California. Plus,
there are great festivities at the Santa Barbara and King Harbor
YCs before and after the race. As such, if there’s enough interest,
we’ll put together a Profligate shared expenses group
charter for the event, which would include staying on the boat
July 29 in Santa Barbara, racing on the 1st, and in King Harbor
on the 2nd. Given the delivery, insurance, and other expenses,
figure on about $500/person – which isn’t bad for a three-day
sailing adventure you don’t have to pay a fortune to travel to.
If interested, email Richard.
Photo Tom Lyons
YOTREPS
June 4 – The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace
Who is out making passages in the Pacific
and what kind of weather are they having? The YOTREPS daily yacht
tracking page has moved to www.bitwrangler.com/psn.
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/Maps/Southwest.shtml.
Pacific Winds and Pressure
The University of Hawaii Dept. of Meteorology
page posts a daily map of the NE Pacific Ocean barometric
pressure and winds.
