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The State of Sailing Talk

Latitude 38 Associate Publisher John Arndt will talk on the state of sailing and the sailing industry at the St. Francis YC’s Yachting Luncheon this Wednesday. He’ll discuss challenges and opportunities — including ones the America’s Cup will bring to local sailing organizations — and how Latitude 38, SailSFBay.org, Summer Sailstice and other events/organizations are working to promote participation in sailing. The buffet lunch starts at 11:45 a.m. with John’s hour-long presentation starting at 12:30 p.m. sharp. Open to all members of Bay Area yacht clubs. For more info, go to the Yachting Luncheon web page.

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"My friends, Thies Matzen and Kicki Ericson, have just won the Cruising Club of America Blue Water Medal and the Ocean Cruising Club Award of Merit, becoming only the second sailors to win both honors in the same year," writes Beth Leonard, who, with partner Evans Starzinger, has also been the recipient of a number of high-profile cruising awards for voyages aboard their Shannon 37 Silk and their 47-ft Van De Stadt Hawk.