The “In-Between” Wooden Boat Festival at Deer Harbor
Deer Harbor Washington Hosts Wooden Boat Gathering – photo by Chris Thomerson The Victoria Boat Festival, always held on Labor Day weekend, is coming up fast.(August 31-Sept 2. Go to classicboatfestivel.ca ) Always an enjoyable festival, in the heart of Victoria, going on simultaneously with their Jazz Festival on the waterfront…whats not to like! Thousands of casual spectators, some boat -savy, some not, but all appreciative of the boats. Then there is our own Wooden Boat festival, Sept 10-12th this year. Thousands of curious visitors and a busy fun-packed long weekend! All in our own backyard. Go to the [...]
ORACLE TEAM USA Wins Both Fleet and Match Racing Championships at ACWS / SF
Score a double for ORACLE TEAM USA, as Jimmy Spithill has won the fleet racing championship of ACWS San Francisco after stablemate Russell Coutts won the match racing championship earlier today. Spithill had to claw his way back through the fleet to ensure the victory, which was by 1 point over Luna Rossa Piranha (Chris Draper). Draper won the fleet race finale by 3 seconds over Spithill, which rounded the final reach mark in 3rd place. But Spithill was able to get a penalty on Team Korea (Nathan Outteridge), which was in 2nd place. Team Korea had to slow down [...]
“This style of racing, you’re going to get a bit of crash and burn evey once and a while.”
Sometimes, even if the guy works for you, there's no room at the Committee boat.
Live AC World Series / San Francisco Starts Thursday
Copyright ACEA 2012 / Photo: Gilles Martin-Raget. Almost as exciting as PACEMAKER, RAMBLE and RAVEN rounding the tower together Wednesday night. Looked just like this. Racing on Thursday through Sunday (2:00 pm PDT start time from Thursday through Saturday and at 11:30 am PDT on Sunday) will be broadcast live around the world on the America’s Cup YouTube channel (subject to territorial broadcast restrictions). On television, coverage is available Thursday through Saturday throughout the Bay Area on NBC Bay Area 11.2, and in California on Comcast Sportsnet California. The Sunday finale will be broadcast live, coast to coast [...]
AC World Series / San Francisco features 11 crews, 55 sailors and a new format
Featuring a new team, more boats and more sailors the second season of the America’s Cup World Series is scheduled to begin Wednesday, Aug. 22, at ACWS San Francisco. The entry list of eight teams includes Artemis Racing (SWE), China Team (CHN), Emirates Team New Zealand (NZL), Energy Team (FRA), J.P. Morgan BAR (GBR), Luna Rossa Challenge 2013 (ITA), ORACLE TEAM USA (USA) and Team Korea (KOR). The fleet now numbers 11 boats with Artemis Racing, Luna Rossa Challenge and ORACLE TEAM USA each fielding two crews, and the return of China Team. At this regatta there are 55 sailors [...]
Thanks, Myron
Myron Gauger, photo by Wendy Feltham Much of the success of the PTSA in the last couple of years is due to the hard work of our Race Committee. We are grateful for everyone's efforts but special mention has to go to the RC Chairman, Myron Gauger, who has set a standard that will be hard to match. Myron needs to throttle back his involvement but we will always be thankful for all he has contributed to our sailing community and for all the work he has put in. Thanks, Myron, you'll be missed.
Irish Olympic Sailing Commentary
Thanks, Satch, for passing this gem along.
Perseid Meteor Shower Set to Put on a Great Show
You can expect to see up to 80 “shooting stars” per hour when 2012’s best shower peaks Saturday night, August 11/12. The Perseid meteor shower peaks the night of August 11/12, when viewers with clear skies can expect to see up to 80 meteors per hour. Astronomy: Roen Kelly Lifted from www.astronomy.com By Richard Talcott — Published: August 3, 2012 If you ask most skygazers to name their favorite meteor shower, the odds are good that “Perseid” will be the first word out of their mouths. This annual shower seemingly has it all: It offers a consistently high [...]
LOW SPEED CHASE Final Report: “A Failure of Seamanship”
From Latitude 38, August 8, 2012 – San Francisco Bay The day after the race, the remains of Low Speed Chase stood as a grim reminder of the worst tragedy in the history of Northern California offshore racing. © 2012 Sophie Webb At least one other boat sailed in water as shallow as did the Sydney 38 Low Speed Chase during the tragic Full Crew Farallones Race of April 14, a race which saw five of the eight Low Speed Chase crew perish as a result of their boat being hit by a breaking wave .2 of a [...]
Solo Circumnavigator Jeanne Socrates Returns to PT
Jeanne Socrates on her boat NEREIDA preparing to leave on her circumnavigation by the five great capes. Photo by BRUCE STOTESBURY, TIMES COLONIST. Sue Hoover passed along this email from Jeanne Socarates who spent a number of months in PT getting her boat NERERIDA prepared for her solo navigation. You can read more about the circumnavigation and Jeanne here and here. Greetings from 'Nereida'! We're very close now to the 'Pacific North West' and B.C. - I'm getting excited at the prospect of finishing my solo circumnavigation via the Five Great Capes of the Southern Ocean: C. Horn [...]