Enrico Chieffi, CEO of Italian sailing clothes brand SLAM, and Grant Dalton, CEO of Emirates Team New Zealand, have a relationship that goes way back. Both of them have a long track record as world class sailors and managers. Through decades they have been both rivals and friends. Now they have a joint project: developing the best possible sailing clothes in a partnership that puts ENTZ in a better position to win their fifth America’s Cup title, and SLAM in a position where they can benefit from the feedback of the world’s best sailors.
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Crikey!!! … the stories were true
Wednesday
Nov 15
2023
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Nov 15
2023
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Most developments in yachting are evolution, not revolution but once in a while a boat is launched that’s a complete game changer, difficult to categorise because it’s distinctly different from anything that’s come before. Thus it is with Baltic Yachts’ 111ft (34m) foil assisted superyacht Raven. This isn’t a raceboat but it is focused on taking performance to a new level. It’s not a blue water cruiser but it is designed to make high-speed, long-distance offshore passages, potentially crossing an ocean with the owner and guests on board. At the time of writing there’s nothing else quite like Raven afloat.
rip it up
Wednesday
Nov 15
2023
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Nov 15
2023
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The new Beiker-designed, Betts-built Riptide 30 Baby Blue finished second overall in ORC in the Round the County Race in the Pacific Northwest. Looks good.
good times
Friday
Nov 10
2023
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Nov 10
2023
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This is a good time to be a sailor. I could have left it at that but here’s why I kept on writing. Right now the Transat Jacques Vabre is underway, albeit with a shortened course. A severe low-pressure system that came up the Bay of Biscay screwed with the heads of the race organizers. They let the Ultim’s and the Class 40’s go figuring that the Ultim’s (those massive multihulls) could outrun the storm (and they did), but they pulled the 50’s and the Class 40’s into Lorient to seek shelter which was a smart move.
They are back out to sea now heading for Martinique, and finally, the 40, yes 40 IMOCA 60’s have left the dock in Le Havre but in moments after the start gun went off they were getting pummeled. It has been a bit of a minefield out there as a handful of Class 40’s are seeking shelter to repair boats and five IMOCA 60’s have already pulled in with damage. Isn’t sailing fun, but I digress…
Santa Barbara Considers Closing Part of its Anchorage
Wednesday
Nov 08
2023
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Nov 08
2023
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A few weeks ago, Latitude 38 received a letter expressing concern about Santa Barbara’s plan to reduce or completely close part of the city’s free anchorages along its beachfront over concern for underwater infrastructure. Reacting to the proposal at a city meeting in late October, Santa Barbara’s Harbor Commission said they’d like to find solutions other than closing what’s known as the seasonal anchorage near Stearns Wharf. (There is also a permitted mooring area farther east of Stearns, as well as a free year-round anchorage.)
“There’s no proposal to touch or close the year-round portion of anchorage,” said Mike Wiltshire, Santa Barbara’s harbormaster and waterfront director. Wiltshire confirmed that the city’s Harbor Commission would prefer a solution that preserves the seasonal anchorage in addition to the year-round anchorage. He believes a solution is possible that can preserve mooring and anchoring in the seasonal anchorage while still protecting utility infrastructure. He said the seasonal anchorage is closer to Stearns Wharf and the harbor which is where people typically take their tenders/skiffs.
Wiltshire said the waterfront department and public works need to put together a proposal that “protects the infrastructure and preserves moorings.
A press release from Santa Barbara’s Waterfront Department said the city was taking “proactive steps to safeguard its offshore resources and the environment,” and added that “incidents of damage to [underwater infrastructure] due to anchors dragging have heightened concerns, prompting the need for protection.”
marketing 101
Monday
Nov 06
2023
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Nov 06
2023
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If I am trying to get traction selling my pretty wicked-up 28′ “gentlemen’s skiff” with racks, pretty sure this isn’t a picture that I would include in my marketing e-mail.
Oh, I sure hell as would not be promoting one sailmaker over all others. Just sayin’… – ed.
Does bottom paint even make sense?
Monday
Oct 30
2023
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Oct 30
2023
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So the divers have pretty much put an end to my bottom paint. When I last hauled 1.5 years ago I had 5-gal applied to my 41′ boat. There was plenty of that paint still on the hull 5 months ago.So since the divers didn’t say anything I didn’t plan for needing a haul/painting and now an on the wait list in case someone cancels the next 2 months before scheduled to leave here.
In the meantime I started adding up the cost of getting the bottom job done verse just cleaning. It works out that…
Union strike closed St. Lawrence Seaway, halts shipping
Friday
Oct 27
2023
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Oct 27
2023
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Canadian union strike has closed the seaway, as well as Welland Canal between lakes Erie and Ontario.No commercial ships moving; no recreational vessels can transit either.
Strike Halts All Shipping on St. Lawrence Seaway | Transport Topics
Strike Halts All Shipping on St. Lawrence Seaway | Transport Topics
MINNEAPOLIS — A strike has shut down all shipping on the St. Lawrence Seaway, interrupting exports of grain and other goods from Canada and the U.S. via the Great Lakes to the rest of the world.
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air foil
Friday
Oct 27
2023
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Oct 27
2023
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The Environment
The Seawing, an automated kite system designed to provide wind-assisted propulsion, has achieved a key milestone in completing its validation testing. Developed by the French company Airseas, it is a unique approach toward the decarbonization of commercial ships using aerospace technology to harness the power of the wind.
Based on the latest phase of trials, Airseas is now able to project initial results with a 16 percent fuel and emissions reduction, in line with its broader development roadmap. The company calls the latest steps a demonstration of how aerospace expertise allowed it to pass major technological challenges and demonstrate the potential for wind-assisted propulsion. They had projected up to a 20 percent reduction depending on operating conditions.
Founded by Airbus engineers, the company conducted its first demonstration flights six years ago in 2017 helping it to win financial support from Airbus. Working with Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, which operates vessels chartered to transport components for Airbus, Airseas received its first order for a prototype system. The company has also partnered with Japan’s “K” Line (Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha) which has become an advocate and supporter of the kite system. The Japanese company has committed to testing the system aboard its bulkers and won support from the Japanese government to advance the development of the technology.
march of the maxis
Friday
Oct 27
2023
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Oct 27
2023
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We are back in peak Maxi racing season having just completed a very successful Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (MYRC) in Porto Cervo and are now en route for Les Voiles de Saint-Tropez (LVdeST). Both attract some 50 Maxis although there is substantial variation between the fleets which begs the question: ‘what makes a regatta really attractive to Maxi owners?’
As estate agents say the main drivers really are location, location and location. We go to Saint-Tropez twice in a season – in June for the Rolex Giraglia Regatta which has inshore racing followed by the classic offshore, and then again in October where there is just inshore racing.
At the glamorous 12-strong racing boat end of the Saint-Tropez fleet, 10 were also racing at the MYRC. But scrolling down to the sub-class of smaller, more cruiser-racer boats it is a very different mix with 14 boats only two of which were in Sardinia. Read on.
From the Editor: You Go, Girl(s)
Wednesday
Oct 25
2023
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Oct 25
2023
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So, how’s she doing today?
This question hops to the top of my morning scroll through the usual feeds and takes me to the YB tracking app, where I check the blue path and yellow pin that shows Cole Brauer’s progress across the Atlantic. It’s late September as I write this, and a couple of days ago she left Newport for A Coruña, Spain, on her final qualifier to the start of the Global Solo Challenge. The only female entry, she is to start the race on October 28.
She’s sailing First Light, a Class40 on which this summer she and her doublehanded co-skipper, Cat Chimney, became the first women to win the Bermuda One-Two—first to finish on both legs, and not by a little. She hopes to win the Global Solo Challenge. No less significantly, she also hopes to become the first American woman to successfully race solo nonstop around the world (“Leading the Pack,” October 2023). I know I’ll be as glued to her tracker in November and December as I was to Kirsten Neuschäfer’s earlier this year, as she became the first woman to win a solo round-the-world race, sailing her stout and beautiful 36-foot Cape George cutter Minnehaha to win the Golden Globe (“Golden Globe Glory,” August/September 2023)…
gotta go
Wednesday
Oct 25
2023
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Oct 25
2023
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I’m burnt out and pretty much done with racing. It’s been coming for a while and I thought getting the 105 would be a bit of an elixer, and while I truly like the 105 and the OD racing is really fun, it’s simply time for me to get out.
I’ve made the boat as good as I can and it is plenty fast. New sails, new bottom, etc. This is a great boat for class racing, PHRF and ORR. And, I’ve priced it right. Check it out! –ed.
stop eating the dock!
Monday
Oct 23
2023
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Oct 23
2023
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Profile: Yacht Designer Gino Morrelli
Monday
Oct 23
2023
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Oct 23
2023
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“This just came in the mail,” says Gino Morrelli excitedly as he runs into the kitchen of his California home. In his hand is a booklet that may or may not grant him the International Proficiency Certificate (IPC) that is required to charter a bareboat in Croatia. “Now we can go on vacation in September!”
Morrelli, one half of the design power team Morrelli & Melvin, is one of the minds responsible for boats like the Rapido trimarans (read the Rapido 40 review here), multiple Leopards including the 47 PC and award-winning 38 and 44, HH catamarans, Invincible powerboats, the NACRA 17, and even the Windcat workboats that service offshore wind farms. If that weren’t enough, he also had a hand in designing for elite racers like America’s Cup campaigns and the maxi cat PlayStation during his career of four decades.
And still, he’s been sweating getting approval to run a European power cat for a week. Bureaucracy can be batty.
From Humble Beginnings
Gino Morrelli may be a top multihull designer today, but it wasn’t always bleeding edge technology and yacht design accolades. When he was young, his family moved from Texas to Southern California. They bought plans for and built a 33-foot Lock Crowther-designed plywood and epoxy trimaran, which was the boat that began Morrelli’s racing career. Self-taught in multihull design, he couldn’t have guessed the legacy he was starting.
Over the next 10 years, Morrelli launched and closed his first company building 18 square meter cats, and hung out in Hawaii after sailing there on a friend’s home-built 45-foot boat, just because there wasn’t much to do back home. The Hawaiian contacts he made during those years would stay with him for life…
Is anyone going to make paper charts?
Saturday
Oct 21
2023
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Oct 21
2023
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So NOAA is discontinuing paper charts. I don’t know why. As easy as it is to get the data now it seems like they would not shut down the data collection and that could easily be turned into paper charts, or at least pdfs for paper charts that you can print yourself. I know I want to have paper charts when I start sailing.Chasing Latitudes, who I am becoming tired of, said all paper charts will stop being printed. Is this true? If so, what a loss. Why do people not want a paper backup? What…
holy s@#t!
Thursday
Oct 19
2023
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Oct 19
2023
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why not?
Thursday
Oct 19
2023
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Oct 19
2023
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Anarchist Chris sent us this rendering of something called a SailScow 37. A supposed “cruiser”, in this render it looks anything but a cruiser, and ffs, could they at least make the “people” look like they are at least sitting comfortably?
Besides that, it actually looks pretty bitchin’, and depending on where the price point is, we could see some success for this plywood-built scow.
Hurricane intensitiy increasing
Thursday
Oct 19
2023
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Oct 19
2023
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A recently published journal article reports that hurricanes in the Atlantic basin have increased their tendency to get worse (intensify) by more than 25% in recent decades. What this means is that more storms are being boosted into higher intensity depressions.Here’s the paper:
Observed increases in North Atlantic tropical cyclone peak intensification rates
Ultrasound hull protection
Monday
Oct 16
2023
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Oct 16
2023
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Does anyone have pro or con about the untrasound hull protection versus bottom paint or reliable hull protection?
easy ease
Saturday
Oct 14
2023
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Oct 14
2023
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Big Pimpin’
Ronstan’s new Orbit Winch makes easing sheets and halyards a lot easier
Winches for operating sails have been around for roughly 50 to 60 years, and they still look more or less the same. Even technically, winches operate basically the same way they did when Grandpa was in his prime. So what’s the big deal, when Ronstan now launches their new Orbit Winch?
‘Well, a lot of things’, says Thomas Galster, content manager at Ronstan. ‘More than anything, for most of our customers it’s the QuickTrim feature. Every sailor knows the endless procedure of making minor trim changes. Especially with jib sheets, but it could be a halyard or basically any trim line. When the line needs to be tightened, it’s easy enough – just take a turn or two on the winch handle.
But easing is a bit more time-consuming: You need to remove the handle, take the line off the top, ease the line and then put everything back. In most styles of sailing this has to be done with short intervals. So making that part easier would make a real difference. And this is exactly what we have done with the new Orbit Winch: All you have to do is use one hand to rotate the self-tailing top, and now you can just ease the line out as needed with your other hand. You don’t have to take the handle off or even remove the line from the jaws.’
More here.
floriduh fire
Friday
Oct 13
2023
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Oct 13
2023
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Far be it from us to insinuate any sort of wrongdoing here, but isn’t it always suspicious when a big powerboat goes up in flames in Floriduh? The boat name is enough to call for an investigation!
A 28-metre Cheoy Lee superyacht named Self Made was destroyed in a fire at Yacht Haven Marina in Fort Lauderdale last night (12 October).
The incident was reported at 10.30pm and fire crews were met with “heavy fire”, according to a statement by the Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue service. More here.
troubled
Friday
Oct 13
2023
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Oct 13
2023
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Old-timer Tempesta takes you through yet another one of his tiresome journeys back in time, like 40 goddamn years to regale you with how he once won the Lipton Cup for SDYC. With some added bizarreness to complete the story.
But here he surprises you by bringing you to today’s Lipton Cup, with, of course, more weirdness. Jesus, does he ever just have a normal story?
duck duck goose cooked
Wednesday
Oct 11
2023
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Oct 11
2023
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Another IOR boat, the Schumacher 38 Wall Street Duck, gets carved up. Water-soaked balsa core did this one in, among other things…
Cruising: It Takes Two
Tuesday
Oct 10
2023
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Oct 10
2023
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It had been five years and nearly 35,000 nautical miles of hard sailing—including three years in Antarctica and Chile—when we finally turned north for the Caribbean. We were ready for a change and the chance to swim in warm, crystal clear, blue waters again, and it was time to get Zephyros, our 47-foot Boréal, in for a tune-up at a proper yard.
Trinidad’s reputation for boat work made it an obvious choice, so we reserved a spot in the Peake Yacht Services yard for the 2022 hurricane season (July-November), fully expecting our visit to be mostly work and little play—which is also part of Trinidad’s reputation. But what we found was much more, and our experience there was only enhanced by the three weeks we spent meandering Trinidad’s largely unsung neighbor, Tobago, after our work at the yard was finished.
We left for Chaguaramas, Trinidad, from Mount Hartman Bay, one of Grenada’s popular southern bays, on August 31. We’d stopped in Grenada to get our paperwork in order and the permits for our cats to clear customs with us, which took an unexpected six weeks. The Peake yard worked with our changing and sliding arrival dates, remaining accommodating throughout the process.
Some people are nervous about this 95-nautical-mile passage because there have been pirate incidents along the route in the past. The Trinidad Coast Guard requests that boats file a float plan before transiting, and they monitor VHF 16 with a high-powered antenna and repeaters. We know of a couple of incidents when the Coast Guard has come as far as the offshore oil platforms—30 nautical miles off Trinidad’s northern coast—to tow and assist boaters having problems like malfunctioning engines or flooding. They understand that cruisers have concerns and are taking maritime safety and security seriously…
another trajedy
Monday
Oct 09
2023
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Oct 09
2023
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From the forums…
Rockland (Maine, USA) – Windjammer Grace Bailey had a catastrophic rig failure this morning, with 3 badly injured and one dead. It was perfect Fall sailing weather, about 15 kts SW, little sea, and bright sun (if a bit chilly). The Bailey is one of the originals of the Maine windjammer fleet, built originally in 1882 for coastal cargo, and converted to passengers in the ‘40s.
She’d been in Camden ever since, moving to Rockland after being sold this past winter. The accident happened just outside the Rockland breakwater and were within an hour or so of the end of the cruise. Super, super sad.
I head of this by text from someone peripherally involved just after it happened, then overheard details minutes later from my Coast Guard next-door neighbor as he was on the phone and headed to the base in Rockland. Thought of putting this in the Buy a Drink thread but thought it could deserve its own.
Photo from someone nearby. Discuss here.
ladies first
Monday
Oct 09
2023
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Oct 09
2023
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To the Editor,
Sailing Anarchy,
San Diego CA
Dear Sir,
It falls to me, as World Sailing Executive Vice-President for Gender Equity and Sexual Diversity, to respond to your offensive commentary on the Gender Design Survey initiative recently announced by the World Sailing Trust.
This may be a matter for derision among the male heterosexual sailing community but for those of us who make a handsome living inventing meaningless issues and then attending all-expenses-paid conferences around the world to promote them, these are issues of considerable significance.
Let me provide one example: the term “Man Overboard”. This is plainly insulting to any sailor who does not identify as “male”.
The obvious replacement – “Person Overboard” – appears adequate until we consider its acronym, “PoB”. This could be confused with “Persons on Board”, which is required in the Owner’s Declaration before any offshore event.
The World Sailing Trust now proposes a new term: “Lesbian/Gay/Bi-sexual/Transgender/Intersex/Queer/Asexual Person Overboard”. This might take a little longer to say than the previous hail, however, as the person drowns they will have the comfort of knowing they were not demeaned by any slight on their current sexual identity or preferences…
double fast
Friday
Oct 06
2023
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Oct 06
2023
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An interesting look at the new VPLP Gunboat 80 full-race version
Launched in early June for Irvine Laidlaw, a Scottish baron, the first Gunboat 80 made her regatta debut in the Maxi Yacht Rolex Cup (3–9 September, Porto Cervo). Xavier Guilbaud, Partner Naval Architect at VPLP Design, and Benoît Lebizay, Managing Partner at Gunboat, were aboard to present this exceptional catamaran.
She’s the eighth Gunboat to be launched since the brand was picked up in 2016 by Grand Large Yachting, and she’s also the biggest. While seven Gunboats ranging in size from the Gunboat 68 to the Gunboat 72 flybridge have already gone into the water since last spring, the new Gunboat 80 represents another step forward for the range of ocean cruising catamarans built by the yard based in La Grande Motte (France).
“We honoured the brand’s DNA, notably with the inclusion of a cockpit forward and a helm station inside,” says Xavier Guilbaud. “But we also managed to move the mast further aft, stepping it on the coachroof, which results in a more balanced sail plan and a better centre of gravity.” Unlike her predecessors whose carbon cored layup was infused in-house, the 80 was built entirely with pre-impregnated carbon fibre, a construction process also used on the big racing boats (Ultim, IMOCA).
Because of this, Gunboat decided to outsource the manufacture of the hulls, superstructure and bulkheads to Multiplast (Vannes) and Fibre Mechanics (Lymington). It took two years to build the first boat. “On this model we are assemblers, in the best sense of the word. More than ever our expertise lies in our capacity to manage the integration of complex systems in a body whose weight estimate is strictly controlled. Weight estimates are, by the way, a contractual obligation at Gunboat,” says CEO Benoit Lebizay.
This focus on weight began way back in the concept stage, because the boat’s lines and structure were designed for the most unfavourable loading scenario, in this instance 29 tonnes light displacement. The second Gunboat 80, which was commissioned by the American Jason Caroll (owner and skipper of the MOD70 Argo) for fast cruising with his family, should be close to this maximum displacement…
heartbreak at the bathtub worlds
Thursday
Oct 05
2023
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Oct 05
2023
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We kid, these minis are so badass and a very close race just finished as a heartbreaker for Victor Mathieu, (pictured above) as he saw his once 40-mile lead get eaten up. More here.
hellish
Wednesday
Oct 04
2023
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Oct 04
2023
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An inferno engulfed Falmouth Harbour, Antigua as Tropical Storm Phillipe travelled across the islands in the early hours of this morning (Tuesday 2nd). Whilst some reports claim it was instigated by lightning, the cause of the fire is still under investigation. No deaths or injuries have been reported at this moment in time. Government authorities are also reporting widespread flooding on both islands.
“First and foremost, the most important thing is that everyone is safe. No one has been hurt or injured,” Devin Joseph, Yachting and Sailing Business Development Manager, Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority tells SuperyachtNews. “The commercial building, however, has been fully destroyed, which housed the Dock Master’s Office, Cloggy’s restaurant, Turtle Surf Shop, Skulduggery bar and café, Ari fish shop, Dockside supermarket, Marina Gym, and Seabreeze bar and café.” More here.
Former Tesla exec announces e-boat launch
Wednesday
Oct 04
2023
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Oct 04
2023
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Some St. Petersburg Pier visitors may have noticed a strange-looking boat cruising just offshore. Blue Innovations group will soon publicly unveil the completed version. Images provided.
John Vo, the former global head of manufacturing for Tesla, pledged that his latest venture would bring technological ingenuity typically found in Silicon Valley to St. Petersburg.
He is now eager for residents to test drive his R30, a 30-foot…
are we clear?
Monday
Oct 02
2023
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Oct 02
2023
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Don’t know the story, just know it is the fear of “are we clear?” come to life…
slip owership-the good, bad, and ugly
Saturday
Sep 30
2023
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Sep 30
2023
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I have read through other forums and info online. I think I have my head wrapped around the basic dangers and short comings of purchasing a slip. I am asking if anyone has any useful opinions/experience owning a slip at a Safe Harbour marina in…slip owership-the good, bad, and ugly
Happening Right Now on San Francisco Bay
Friday
Sep 29
2023
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Sep 29
2023
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As we write these words and bang away on the keyboard, as the October issue of Latitude 38 is making its way to your local waterfront, mailbox and inbox, boats are making their way onto the water. Today marks the last day of the biennial International Folkboat Regatta, sailing out of Corinthian Yacht Club in Tiburon.
There’s actually a bit of wind in today’s weather reports — it may be summer making an encore and taking a bow with one final day of fog and snorting San Francisco sea breezes. Looking at today’s windy.com forecast, there is a sea of upper-atmosphere green enveloping the Bay around 2 p.m., suggesting a brisk 20 knots of breeze and the kind of conditions hearty sailors, wingers, kiters and windsurfers love and maybe even plan their lives around…
winter live aboard slip <$80 month.
Friday
Sep 29
2023
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Sep 29
2023
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Decided to find a slip for the winter in the finger lakes, live aboard, amenities, under $500 for October through May, no insurance required, quiet, peaceful, and inexpensive. Less than $80 a month!!!
there be pirates
Tuesday
Sep 26
2023
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Sep 26
2023
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At 12:09 UTC, Outlaw AU (08) / Captain Campbell Mackie, contacted McIntyre Ocean Globe race headquarters stating they’d come in contact with a sole male drifting in a 20ft canoe, 90nm off the coast of Dakar.
The distressed mariner, who doesn’t speak English or French, had no water, limited fuel in 2 small cans, no fishing gear and no sign of a radio. Campbell provided food and water and took the sailor under tow, but left him in the canoe making the best speed under motor to Dakar at 5knts in light winds.
OGR declared a Code Orange and contacted Senegal/Dakar MRCC, MRCC Dakar, JRCC /Maritime and Senegal Coast Guard asking for assistance in an immediate evacuation. More here.
bad man
Monday
Sep 25
2023
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Sep 25
2023
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The owner of Howard Boats in Barnstable, Mass was arraigned on charges of rape and indecent assault and battery on a person 14 or over, the Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office announced.
Peter Eastman, 57, of Barnstable, was arraigned in the Barnstable District Court on Sept. 11. Eastman already had bail on a separate matter — with charges including assault with a dangerous weapon and violation of a restraining order — which was removed during the recent arraignment.
On Tuesday, Eastman appeared in the Barnstable District Court, where the state’s motion to hold him without bail was allowed. There was a motion by the Commonwealth to hold Eastman on dangerousness in the sexual assault case, meaning, as a matter of procedure, the court revoked bail on his previous pending case and held him on dangerousness.
He is due back in court today.
The Lesser of 2 Weevils!!
Sunday
Sep 24
2023
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Sep 24
2023
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We are on the island of Carriacou, part of Grenada and Hillsborough has 5 “supermarkets” and 1 Co-op. None are airconditioned, all are open in some way to the open air.
I call them the “Supermarkets without Food”.
Our shopping on Saturday to last us till Monday took in the Co-Op and 3 of the alleged Supermarkets.
They all have flour. In paper bags.
On Thursdays shop we bought a bag of flour and Marjorie was happily mixing up a batter for…
Hospice Cup Draws Record Turnout off Annapolis
Friday
Sep 22
2023
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Sep 22
2023
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This year’s Hospice Cup off Annapolis on September 19 saw 94 racing boats competing on three different courses, a record turnout of participants, and record fundraising to support the four hospice partners: Capital Caring Health, Luminis Health Gilchrist Life Institute, Montgomery Hospice, and Talbot Hospice.
The 94 entries represented 13 classes, from Melges 15s and Snipes to J/105s, 40-footers and a Reichel-Pugh Aquila 45. The classes divided into three racing areas: an inner course for the smaller one-designs, a pursuit course around government marks for the handicapped classes and the Cal 25s, and a southern course for the J/105s and the Vipers.
The inner course was run by Drew Mutch, PRO for the Organizing Authority, Sailing Club of the Chesapeake. Mutch was able to get five competitive races off, leveraging the northwest breezes coming out of the Severn River. With 19 entries, the Harbor 20s were the largest class in the regatta…
What are the Indicators the Hurricane Season is Over? Atlantic
Monday
Sep 11
2023
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Sep 11
2023
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What indicators do the meteorologists use to determine that the Atlantic Hurricane Season is finished/finishing for the year?(Yes, I know its not now. We are at peak season). I can’t find a list of indicators on the net…
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