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Photos of the DayAugust 31 - Cowes, UK Beer drinking was as big as the boats in Cowes, with 150 taps lined up in a row. In Europe, classic yachts are considered treasures. The 12-Meter dock Latitude/John Arndt |
Starting line action The crowds lined the Battery to get a glimpse of the historic sailing action. Not all boats at the Jubilee were classics. Crew quarters? Jubilee banners festooned Cowes. |
Why Not Cruise India?August 31 - Goa, India The problem is not that there aren't adventurous cruisers, but rather that India apparently has the world's most difficult bureaucracy for boats. The burden is so great all but a few cruisers just give up. If not for that, we suspect that many folks would gladly cruise to Goa, which along with Ibiza, Spain, and San Francisco were always the main stops on the famous 'Hippie Trail'. Photo Peter Kacandes |
The September Latitude 38 Is Now OutAugust 31 -
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Labor Day Weekend and the Jazz CupAugust 31 - San Francisco Bay and Carquinez
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Bob Medd Trust FundAugust 31 - Calgary, Canada |
YOTREPSAugust 31 - The Pacific Ocean and Cyberspace Who is out making passages in the Pacific and what kind of weather are they having? Check out YOTREPS - 'yacht reports' - at http://www.bitwrangler.com/yotreps/ |
Weather UpdatesAugust 31 - Pacific Ocean San Francisco Bay WeatherTo see what the winds are like on the Bay and just outside the Gate right now, check out http://sfports.wr.usgs.gov/wind/. California Coast WeatherLooking 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/stuff/southwest/swstmap.shtml. Pacific Winds and PressureThe University of Hawaii Dept. of Meteorology page posts a daily map of the NE Pacific Ocean barometric pressure and winds. Pacific Sea StateCheck out the Pacific Ocean sea states
at: http://www.mpc.ncep.noaa.gov/RSSA/PacRegSSA.html.
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