Posts by John Riise
Rising Star in the Vendee Globe
Sam Davies celebrates Christmas. Is she sailing’s next superstar?
© 2009 Samantha Davies / Roxy Sailing / Vendée Globe
Every now and then competitors rise above their chosen sports to become media stars. More »
Weekend Racing Review
Hoot leads the Olson 30 charge at BYC’s Saturday race.
latitude/JR
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC ‘Indian Summer’ finally arrived on the scene this past weekend. Sunny skies and near-record high temperatures made San Francisco Bay seem more like San Diego — especially with those light, shifty breezes. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC ‘Indian Summer’ finally arrived on the scene this past weekend. Sunny skies and near-record high temperatures made San Francisco Bay seem more like San Diego — especially with those light, shifty breezes. More »
Crew List Party ‘Save the Date’
Are you a racer who likes to keep a cushion of ‘stand in’ crewmembers when your regulars can’t make it? Do you wish you could go on more daysails but don’t like sailing alone? More »
Sailing For Sanity
What keeps folks sailing, even after the days where the head clogs, the furling jams, the new handheld GPS decides to show it can sink like the Dow, and we swear to the heavens that we will never, ever go out again? More »
l’Hydroptere – The Record and The Wreck
Yet More Good Reads
Here’s the final installment of our holiday book reviews. For the past week, we’ve featured mini-reviews of a few of the more interesting boating books that have come out this year. More »
More Good Reads
As noted on Monday, we’re doing quickie reviews this week of some of the new books we’ve received over the past year, the idea being that they might make nice gifts for the sailors on your holiday list. More »
Some Good Reads
Don’t get us wrong. The internet is great. But when it comes time for a good read, we turn the computer off and grab a book. If you’re a scholar and gentleman (or woman) such as ourselves — or are looking to buy a nice sailing-related book for one — maybe we can help you out. More »
Eight Bells – Mik Beatie
We are sorry to report that Mik Beatie died suddenly, yet peacefully, at his Corte Madera home on Thursday, December 11, with wife Suzi at his side. He was 67.
Michael Lauren Beatie was born in Hood River, Oregon, on April Fool’s Day, 1941. More »
Big Bang on Gitana Eighty
Peyron’s ‘big bang’ has taken him out of the running.
© Yvan Zedda / Gitana SA
In one of the real heartbreakers of the singlehanded, nonstop round-the-world Vendée Globe Race, Loïck Peyron reported that his IMOCA 60 Gitana Eighty had dismasted early this morning in the Southern Ocean. More »
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