Posts by Andy Turpin
Pac Cup’ers on Record-Setting Pace
Woohoo! We’re havin’ some fun now. Charles Devanneaux of the Beneteau First 30 Sailing For ALS (currently second in DH2) somehow found the time to upload a few photos to give his followers a hint of the wild ride he’s having: barefoot and blasting downwind with a rooster tail behind. More »
Join Us for Some Prime SoCal Cruising
If you’d love to use your boat for something more ambitious than a Central Bay daysail but aren’t ready to enter the cruising lifestyle full-time, we’ve got the perfect solution: Join us on the fourth annual SoCal Ta-Ta rally, a weeklong, one-directional cruising rally from Santa Barbara to Catalina Island. More »
Big Winds Push Pac Cup Fleet
"We’re all wondering when the sun is going to come out. It’s been cloudy and overcast for days and nights now," wrote the crew of the Allied Mistress 40 ketch — ironically named Shadowside — in their Pacific Cup blog this morning. More »
Classified Deadline Is Today at 5 p.m.
Alameda Outboard Thefts Continue
How secure is your outboard? This one was snatched in broad daylight at the Alameda Marina.
© Steve Waterloo
Periodic outboard thefts have been a serious problem in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary for years. More »
Pacific Cup Maxis Start Today
With today’s final starting sequence, the 2016 Pacific Cup shifts into high gear, as it features the fastest racing machines in the fleet: the maxis. Sponsored by BMW of San Rafael, the division includes Manouch Moshayedi’s 98-ft Super Maxi Rio100, which won Transpac’s Barn Door Trophy in 2015; Jens Kellinghusen’s custom Ker 56 Varuna VI from Germany; and three hot 70-ft sleds: Roy P. More »
Skipper Found Dead aboard Grounded Sloop
Yesterday, the South Pacific cruising community was stunned to learn that one of its own, singlehander Louis Schooler, 64, had been found dead aboard the San Diego-based Hylas 42 Entertainer, which had grounded on Takapoto Atoll in French Polynesia’s Tuamotu archipelago. More »
Notes From Out There
Photo quiz: If you’ve cruised the South Pacific you can probably recognize the mountain profile in the background of this shot. But can you tell us: 1) what island it was shot from, and 2) what must-see attraction we were anchored near when we shot it? More »
Lat 38 Readers on Offshore Readiness
Rogues’ Scholarship, as seen in ‘Lectronic Latitude on June 10.
© 2016 US Coast Guard District 13
One of the reasons we report on offshore emergencies is that there are usually lessons we and our readers can learn from both tragedies and near-tragedies. More »
Biggest Tahiti Rendez-vous Ever
Winds were light and skies were cloudy for the crossing from Papeete to Moorea, but arrival at Cook’s Bay was dramatic nonetheless. Seen here is Neil and Jeanette Hay’s Freemantle, Australia-based Beneteau 47 Echo Echo. More »
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