LE CONSEIL MUNICIPAL DE SAN FRANCISCO A VOTE

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hurricane gulch ???????

précisément il est prévu de regatter jusqu'à un vent moyen de 25 noeuds
donc les bateaux seront calculés en fonction
ça sera extremement spectaculaire à 30 noeuds entre le golden gate angel island et alcatraz !

de mai à octobre ça souffle quasi tous les jours à la meme heure et la meme force comme la brise de mer à ajaccio l'été pendant 2 mois mais beaucoup plus fort

le chantage d'Oracle continue
en dehors des régattes c'est vraiment laid la "Cup"

donc Ellison, Coutts et Oracle donc avaient donné un ultimatum "deadline" en anglais qui se terminait vendredi 17 décembre.

Ils ont annoncé par ailleurs qu'ils indiqueraient la ville choisie le 31 décembre au plus tard

il semble qu'ayant en mains la propal de SF ils relancent les villes concurrentes en Italie, en espagne peut etre (sont fauchés les espagnols), dasn le golfe peut etre. Marseille n'est pas dans l'épure, me semble t il ?

Au final je pense que SF sera choisi mais ils vont leur tordre le bras dans le dos jusqu'au bout

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Break Out the Bubbly...Bath
December 15, 2010 – Palmyra Atoll

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Most cruisers consider the odd hot shower a treat, but Emmy prefers bubble baths in the jungle.
© 2010 Eric Willbur

"We have to agree that a shower of any kind is a special event while cruising," writes Emmy Newbould, who has been cruising with hubby Eric Willbur aboard their Brickyard Cove-based Dutchman 37 Nataraja since April '09 and are currenty in New Zealand. "Our boat holds only 40 gallons of water in her tanks, plus we carry four jerry cans. We don't have a watermaker so fresh water is very precious to us. The shampoo, soap and sponge have a special place in the cockpit so as to be at hand when the squalls come.

"But, the real treat is a bath — pure decadence is a bubbly bath. Some of our favorite bath spots are: Comptrollers Bay in Nuka Hiva — the river has a wonderful spot where you can sit, relax and enjoy Jacuzzi-like jet action; Warm Springs Bay on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska — you can either hike up to the natural hot springs and enjoy them while a massive waterfall tumbles down behind you or you can enjoy a proper bath in the bath house on the wharf where you will find tub-sized cattle water troughs plumbed with the hot springs water; Smoke House Bay on Great Barrier Island in New Zealand — a very special spot with not one, but two bathtubs with showers (one is sitting above the beach, the other is inside the bath house and is plumbed with hot water that is heated by building a fire in the wood-burning stove); but my number one all-time favorite spot is the bath tub on Palmyra Atoll's North Beach. This one sits on the beach backed by the lush jungle. Pure decadence is a bubble bath on the beach while sipping champagne!"

• latitude / ld

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Your Move, Larry
December 15, 2010 – City Hall

With an 11-0 vote, San Francisco's Board of Supervisors approved the Host City Agreement for America's Cup 34 yesterday, and Mayor Gavin Newsom promptly signed it. What is unclear is whether the agreement — which is sigificantly different from what was orginially negotiated between the City and BMW Oracle Racing — will satisfy Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts. What is absolutely clear is that this nearly year-long chess game between the City and the team has come full circle and it's now Ellison's move with the clock ticking. The team had set a deadline of Friday for the City to come up with a suitable agreement. While we'd like to think a thumbs-up-or-down announcement from the team will be forthcoming in short order, the reality is that Ellison has until December 31 to make up his mind, and has reportedly solicited 11th-hour bids from other cities. So stay tuned, this process might go down to the final moments.

• latitude / rg

euh ....
la Californie (l'état de ...) est en quasi faillite et licencie ses fonctionnaires (même ses enseignants) à tour de bras ... ;-)

J'ai bien l'impression
que la Californie est dans un état au moins aussi pire que l'Espagne ou l'Italie.

En 2009, l'état de Californie était limite banqueroute.

Mais il est clair que SF va se battre pour avoir la Cup, et que le spectacle va être grandiose.

Jacques