Since I first saw the Balclutha, wooden boats and iron men have fascinated me. My first experience with class boats was when I came to San Francisco as a young boy of 8. My mom and I ventured to see the tall ship Balclutha tied up to the dock but with the sense that...
Carl Nolte has been working at the San Francisco Chronicle for more than 60 years. He has a great sense of what has happened and how the pieces fit together. This article about Wind In Their Sails: Death and Resurrection puts the documentary into the bigger context of...
How does AI come to be a part of a documentary about classic wooden sailboats? There's a lot of discussion about how AI will do away with people working in many fields. I never thought I would use AI when I started this production. What I've found is that just like...
Find out what the story is takes time and lots of research. Back in 1985 I'd done a documentary about racing on San Francisco bay. It covered everything from the the three America's Cup teams that were practicing on the Bay that year to one design fleet and even a...
I've know Craig Leweck, the editor of Scuttlebutt, for nearly 40 years. We met sailing Snipes when his dad was the editor of this blog. Craig is always on the lookout for interesting stories and a video that features David Crosby and how he came about selling his...
How did Mayan end up here on the Bay. This is a story of someone who had some of his most productive moments writing and arranging songs while sailing Mayan near and far. Beau Vrolyk knew he wanted an Alden schooner and Mayan had gone through a total refit but the...
Lectronic Latitude is my favorite read every time I see it. I know how wide the coverage is because when I meet people who sail they almost always know something about my project because they read about it in Lectronic Latitude or Latitude 38. They helped give...
2024 Summer Edition 02 Vol. 02 This is the program for the Master Mariners Benevolent Association regatta. The regatta dates back to 1867, and its purpose is to foster participation in yachting and the preservation of well designed, properly constructed, and well...