Elana Connor Singlehands to New Zealand
Elana Connor sailed out the Golden Gate in 2017, bound for Hawaii. Captain Conner’s only crew was Jadzia Dax, her dog.
Yesterday, Connor posted on her Instagram that she’d just arrived in New Zealand — it was a long and critical leg along her current west-to-east circumnavigation. More »
What Is There to Say, Exactly, About the America’s Cup?
Yesterday on Scuttlebutt, Craig Leweck expressed his reservations about reporting on the America’s Cup.
I was at a dinner party recently when asked for an America’s Cup update. I stumbled through a response, feeling like the information failed to tantalize, but truth is there is not much tangible information to share. More »
Greta and La Vagabonde; Coast Guard Solicits Feedback; AC75 Goes Splash!
Hitching Another Ride Back Across the Atlantic
Worlds are colliding. In her search for low-carbon transportation, climate activist Greta Thunberg is hitching a ride on another sailboat — this time with well-known sailors. More »
“Why I Sail,” by Webb Chiles
In this month’s Sightings, Webb Chiles attempts to answer the unanswerable. Don’t forget that Chiles still regularly posts on his website, which can be found here.
“Those who dance are thought mad by those who cannot hear the music.” More »
Mark Zuckerberg Plans Open-Ended Cruise in Mexico
Word from a local boatyard operator is that, after 15 years of running the social media giant Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg — who it turns out is a local sailor — has decided to take up cruising just “to get away from it all.” More »
Randall Reeves Racing South Toward the Golden Gate
We’ve tried to retrace Randall Reeves’ steps to see when he last made any southing. Not counting a few southerly drops in the Northwest Passage, it’s been a minute. After sailing out the Gate almost exactly one year ago, Reeves made a bee-ish-line for Cape Horn, headed east for three months, took the Horn to port again and shot north for the Arctic. More »
Sailors Beware: Hurricane Season Is Here
Following Monday’s story on the amazing escape of Josh and Christina from Hurricane Dorian, we find ourselves in the peak of hurricane season with other threats looming. Hurricane Humberto is moving toward Bermuda, and Tropical Storm Jerry has formed just to the east of the Leeward Islands, and is expected to reach hurricane strength before reaching the islands on Friday. More »
‘Maiden’ Departs, Greta Thunberg Arrives
Maiden Sails Out the Gate for L.A.
A crowd of well-wishers gathered this morning to bid farewell to Maiden and her crew as they departed for the next leg of their world tour. More »
A Trickle of America’s Cup News Before the Flood
The 36th America’s Cup is less than 90 weeks, or, like, a year and a half away — though, in reality, the hype around the event is about to ramp up. More »
Jeanne Socrates Zeroing in on West Coast
We are a little reluctant to say that any sailor is in the homestretch — especially a circumnavigator who has been sailing around the world for going on a year now. More »
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