Archive for May 2010
Spot On. . . Or Not
Those who know us well would fall off their chairs in a state of hysterical laughter if we purported to be technical experts. But we do know something about SPOT Satellite GPS Messenger units that we’d bet some ocean passage-makers — and some salesmen — don’t know. More »
Provisioning Seminar Tonight at OYC
With start of the Singlehanded TransPac just over a month away, skippers are undoubtedly getting ready to start provisioning for their solo run to Kauai. Instead of just packing your boat with protein powder and Gatorade, stop by the Oakland YC tonight for the race’s Provisioning and Return Options seminar. More »
Crewed Farallones Gets Weird
Peter Stoneberg’s Formula 40 Shadow blasts under the Gate on the way to posting an elapsed time of just under six hours in the Full Crew Farallones Race.
© Erik Simonson
With the Spinnaker Cup just a few short weeks away, the OYRA’s Full Crew Farallones Race brought out a high-quality fleet of boats for what many people expected would be a breeze-on, pound-out, surf-back, 58-mile trip around the Rockpile. More »
Vote for the Boat
Adventuress was a work boat on San Francisco Bay for many years before being taken to Seattle. She was restored in the ’70s by Ernestine Bennett and has been a youth training boat since. More »
Will AC 34 Be Sailed on the Bay?
Russell Coutts and Vincenzo Onorato have a plan for the 34th America’s Cup. We hope it involves the Bay.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
“Every candidate city knows that a very strong case has already been put forward by San Francisco.” More »
Is Offshore Drilling a Reasonable Risk?
The fact that more than four million gallons of oil have now spilled into the Gulf of Mexico in the aftermath of the Deep Horizons Rig explosion begs these questions: Is offshore oil drilling a reasonable safety risk? More »
Embezzling Yacht Brokers Sentenced
Former long-time Sausalito yacht brokers Clay and Teresa Prescott were each sentenced yesterday to eight months in the county jail for stealing more than $200,000 from their clients. They must also pay restitution. More »
Rally Registration Skyrockets
Many sectors of the marine industry may still be shaking off the economic slumber of the recession, but there’s apparently plenty of sailors gearing up for a Mexican cruise this fall. More »
More on Bogus Bob
The extent some people will go to in perpetrating a fraud never ceases to amaze us. Take, for example, the case of Boguslaw ‘Bob’ Norwid, who is now the focus of scrutiny by the maritime authorities of several nations. More »
Ha-Ha Sign-ups Begin at Noon
We’re happy to report that we’ve gotten our new Baja Ha-Ha entry forms all set up on the website, and as soon as this ‘Lectronic Latitude posts, we will flip the switch, officially beginning the registration process for Baja Ha-Ha 17. More »
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