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Sailagram: A Snapshot of April Sailing
And now, for your viewing pleasure, we introduce … April, a snapshot of sailing and sailors everywhere.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of February Sailing
Sailing in February saw us enjoying Valentine’s Day, aka “I love sailing day,” plus some wet and wild weather and summery weather.
Sailagram: Snapshot of January Sailing
2024 is off to a racey start! Lots of winter regatta action. Catch it here as Sailagram brings the heat to an otherwise chilly month on the S.F. Bay!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of December Sailing
Happy post-holiday rush to you all, and cheers to a new year ahead with many days out on the water. Here are the last days of sailing in 2023 for your enjoyment.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of November Sailing
Holiday festivities got going in earnest this month with some Thanksgiving sailing!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of October Sailing
October was a big month: fall-themed regattas, Oktoberfest, Halloween and more!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of August Sailing
Sailors gotta sail! Check out what your community was up to last month.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of July Sailing
We’re excited to share all these excellent photos our readers have taken during the past month.
Trans Tahoe Regatta Report
The 45th Annual Trans Tahoe Regatta was held on Saturday with 37 boats starting shortly after noon in seven classes under warm, sunny skies with a 10-knot breeze. The 35-mile route ran from Tahoe City to Sugar Pine Point on the west shore, over to Deadman’s Point on the east shore, and back. Winds were…
Report from Cat Country
David Otto’s masterpiece: As far as we can tell, the hull was cast as a single piece. © 2009 David Otto We’ll bet many guys out there — as well as a few women — still have fond memories of building plastic models as a childhood pastime. Looking at these photos of San Francisco sailor…
Spike Africa Begins a New Chapter
The last time we saw Spike she was lying peacefully in Hanalei Bay as the Singlehanded TransPac fleet arrived last summer. latitude/LaDonna© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re happy to report that Spike Africa, one of the most famous schooners ever built on the West Coast, has returned after a long hiatus in Kauai where she’d…
Star Speaker TBA for Leukemia Cup
Pending full approval from organizers, we’ve been asked to remove an announcement posted earlier today concerning a special celebrity slated to speak at this year’s San Francisco Leukemia Cup Regatta (September 19 & 20). We can tell you, however, that the event’s planners continue to outdo themselves. Last year — the third year for the…
Alfa Closes in on Diamond Head
Alfa Romeo will break at least one TransPac record, if not two. © IonEarth Race Tracking The question of the last 24 hours hasn’t been whether Neville Crichton’s R/P 100 Alfa Romeo will break the outright monohull record for the TransPac — that’s pretty much in the bag. The possibility that has everyone talking here…
Nick Jaffe Arrives in Hawaii
Nick Jaffe tried several sail combinations to get a comfortable ride downwind but nothing really stopped the rolling. © Nick Jaffe Solo sailor Nick Jaffe, who left Half Moon Bay on June 7 and who we featured in this month’s issue of Latitude 38, arrived in Honolulu, Hawaii, on July 5 aboard his Contessa 26 Constellation. Jaffe blogged…
Mexican Tall Ship Arrives Monday
The 270-ft Cuauhtemoc was one of the stars of Sail San Francisco during her last visit in 2005 latitude/Andy©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One the the world’s largest tall ships will grace the Bay next week. Mexico’s 270-ft cadet training vessel Cuauhtemoc is scheduled to sail beneath the Golden Gate Monday morning at 9 a.m.,…
Underwater Invader Arrives From Asia
This innocent-looking plant is a maritime menace. © NOAA According to Chela Zabin, PhD, the waters of Northern California are being invaded, so to speak, by undaria pinnatifida, which a very fast growing kelp native to Asia. It was first noticed in the Los Angeles – Long Beach Area in 2000, and has now spread…
‘Criminals’ On The Lam
What a difference three days makes. For the Sunday starters in the top-right corner, it’s been more of a rhumb line race. For everyone else, getting way South is paying big for those with enough resolve to hang in there. © Chip "Dr. Megadeath" Megeath’s R/P 45 Criminal Mischief is blasting toward Honolulu like a…
Rest of TransPac Fleet Gets Going
Paul Cayard at the helm of Tom Akin’s Flash while rounding the West End of Catalina Island after yesterday’s Division 1 and 2 start. © Jerry McNeill In 12 to 15 knots of breeze, the two remaining divisions — 1 and 2 — of TransPac boats got underway yesterday under blue skies off Pt. Fermin.…
Sailagram: A Snapshot of March Sailing
Spring has sprung, along with our clocks and our docklines. Sailors have been making the most of the warmer, sunny weather and enjoying the spring breezes on the Bay.