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Ever Wanted to Sail on an RC 44?
In the Race Notes located in the Racing Sheet in the July issue of Latitude 38, we brought you the news that the RC 44s will be having their first ever American event in Miami in December. What we didn’t know at that time is that there’s a spot onboard one of them that’ll go…
Adrift in a Sea of Vowels
For cruisers visiting French Polynesia, struggling to learn a little French is hard enough, but trying to master the pronounciation of locally-used Polynesian words is even trickier. The biggest challenge seems to be that most words contain so many vowels, they all sound alike to newcomers. Brian Calvert of the Seattle-based Selene 48 Furthur shared…
Pacific Cup Big Boats Away
Chip Megeath’s R/P 45 Criminal Mischief powers away from the line and into the lead in Division E. latitude/Andy©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The seventh and final division in the ’10 Pacific Cup got underway on Saturday afternoon. Division E, which features a wide range in boat size from Chip Megeath’s Tiburon-based R/P 45 Criminal Mischief…
Solo TransPac Comes to a Close
Al Germain sailed into Hanalei aboard his WylieCat 30 Bandicoot 19 days after the race’s start – but only 15 days after he restarted the race. latitude/LaDonna©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Singlehanded TransPac came to an end in the wee hours of Sunday morning when Adam Correa on the International Folkboat Blue Moon sailed…
Happy Ending: Catalyst Righted on North Coast
We’re happy to report that the PDQ 32 catamaran Catalyst, which flipped last week in heavy weather and eventually drifted, upside down, into a reef-fringed North Coast ‘doghole’, has been successfully rescued and righted. She now lies safely at Albion. "This has to be the sailing miracle of the month, or maybe the year," says…