Sailing
Dismasting in Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race has been dramatic on the boats and for sailing fans following along at home. This leg will be most remembered for the tragic loss of ...
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Have You Seen This Boat?
Jim Cotton of Santa Rosa sent us this postcard of the 30-ft teak Tahiti ketch Torea. He's hoping to find her and is even offering a $500 reward for information about her location.
Back in the late 1950s, Ji...
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Leeching the Life Away
For those of us with old boats and old sails, you know the sound. You're sailing along on a decent breeze with the Bay more or less to yourself when it starts. You check the sky around you to see if there's a helicopter near by, but ther...
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Beer Cans, Extra Light
Not included in last week's April Racing Preview (because it was already too long) was our region's Beer Can Series...
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Hawkfarm Knockdown Redux
I raced against your mother. That's what Dorian McKelvy told Gordie Nash at Golden Gate Yacht Club during the Seaweed Soup Regatta in San Francisco this winter. Currently the skipper of the J/111 MadMen, McKelvy used...
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The April Issue. More than Meets the Eye
Spring is here and the April issue is out just in time for Easter sailing or a boat project weekend. When you stop by your harbormaster's office, chandler or other water...
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Photo Quiz Solution
On Monday, we posted Jeff Berman's photo of this tall ship and asked readers to guess her name, homeport and mission.
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Snickers, the Castaway Dog, Part 2
Today we bring you part 2 of the tale of Snickers, The world's most famous cocker spaniel. After Snickers and Gulliver, a parrot, were abandoned by their owners - who had shipwrecked on Fanning Island, Kiribati, in ...
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Volvo Ocean Race Sailor Lost at Sea
The sailing world was both shocked and deeply saddened on Monday with the development of a tragic man-overboard situation in the Volvo Ocean Race. While sailing downwind at spee...
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America's Cupdate
In America's Cup news, the NYYC challenger team has released their branding. The team will be called American Magic.Philip Lotz, commodore of NYYC, said, America...
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April Racing Preview
Because Easter falls on April 1 this year, the coming weekend is light on regattas, but women skippers can still sign up for Island Yacht Club's Sadie Hawkins Rac...
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Photo Quiz
This tall ship was spotted in the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday. Who can a href="mailto:chris@latitude38.com?subject=Photo%20Quiz%20from%20'Lectronic%20Latitude&body=%0A(Please%20sign%20your%20full%20name%20and%20yo...
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Enhanced Banderas Bay Regatta
Now in its 26th year, Banderas Bay Regatta has always been a mainstay of the Pacific Mexico racing season - a cruiser-oriented regatta that has the motto “They had a party, and a yacht race broke out!” In ...
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Snickers, the Castaway Dog. Part 1
Almost exactly 10 years ago, we told you about a couple named Jerry and Darla Merrow who spent 95 days adrift in the Pacific on their 48-ft motorsailer Darla Jean before it washed up on Fanning Island after leaving Moss Land...
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Man Overboard in Volvo Ocean Race
Just as we were about to hit the 'Post' button on this edition of 'Lectronic Latitude, we received the following press release from the Volvo Ocean Race /...
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