Capt. Marc, veteran of multiple ocean crossings, offshore and one-design racer, and instructional pro, invites you to join him for lessons and/or excursions under sail.
What drove us to do something as crazy as making a sailing DVD? Here’s the backstory. Click here to purchase the whole DVD In late 2004, we returned to Santa Cruz, California after a six-year voyage that took our family through the Panama Canal, across the Atlantic, around the Mediterranean, and home again. Once returned, Monica, a... »
A letter to Latitude 38 Like Latitude, I found Bill Hinkle’s letter in the May issue - in which he stated that living the cruising life when he was young was “senseless” - to be interesting. Rather forthrightly, he gives voice to the often unspoken fears and trepidations that entrap people and keep them from... »
(In my opinon, the Moore 24 is the quintessential Santa Cruz boat. Back in 1990 I was the editor of the Moore 24 Class Association newletter. The newletter developed quite a reputaton in the Bay Area with articles like “Shoot this Baby Otter” and “Moore Homes for Homeless”. I wrote this silly ditty after... »
Download Melges World Championships, Santa Cruz, 2007 This clip is from footage I shot at the 2007 Melges Worlds Championships in Santa Cruz, California. My thought was that it might provide some interesting footage for our DVD project, “Around Monterey Bay”. In years past I raced quite a bit– as skipper aboard my Moore 24,... »
Download Libertad Tenicatita Bay is one of the sweetest anchorages on Mexico’s Gold Coast. Joel and I had just finished surfing at the river mouth and we were lounging aboard Songline, blissfully tired. As the sun dipped westward our reverie was broken by an approaching motor yacht. She was about 85 feet long. She came... »
Download Pacific Coast of Nicaragua We departed Barillas Marina in El Salvador and cut across the Gulf of Fonseca. We’d been warned that the Nicaraguan navy was conducting raids on Salvadoran shipping in the gulf. We’d had enough of men with guns while in El Salvador so our plan was to make all haste down the... »
Download Mid-Atlantic I find the sound of the boat making way at sea comforting. Michael sent me the following quote as an accompaniment. »
For some, a single image tells a story. Jamie Mitchell caught this Black Crowned Night Heron as it contemplated (do Herons contemplate?) a run of anchovies in Santa Cruz Harbor. Nice pic Jamie!—STC Ed. (Click image for larger version) See more of Jamie’s pics at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamieharbor/ »
