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Former Sausalito boatwright Jody Boyle and his soon-to-be-four-year-old daughter Frances pose beside one of the smallest projects being built at NSWBB. latitude/Andy
Unlike the original locks, the Third Lane will recycle much of the water it uses, and will have sliding gates that operate faster than those on the original Canal.
Subscribers to the YRA of S.F. Bay newsletter learned of changes to the organization’s biggest race of the year, the Great Vallejo Race, earlier this week.
Patrick and Jeann Hughes’ Seattle- and Mazatlan-based wooden schooner Patricia Belle sails through Zihua Bay with a boatload of event supporters on board.
A light-air spinnaker start to a casual race in the La Paz Channel.
The 45-ft cold-molded, owner-built Rage on the beach at La Cruz, Mexico. Having gone over the rocks, she sustained an enormous hole in her port side and will be cut up this afternoon.
If you pay attention to the tides, it is possible to motorsail all the way to downtown Napa, in the heart of the wine country.
When transiting the North Coast, it’s always wise to stay well offshore, especially when passing outside Half Moon Bay, where a reef contributes to the occasional formation of enormous waves.
Kinked necks, bloody knuckles and strained eyes are three things every sailor suffers from after working in a dark, cramped engine compartment.
Sea Child, the Bartos’ Aikane 56, was built in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
Undeniably, the Bay Area has produced a boatload of world-class racing sailors, but one of the local marine community’s greatest treasures is the wealth of colorful waterfront characters who call these waters home.
Peter Krueger and his well-traveled Double Trouble team continued their adventuring winter ways last week by helping make history in Cuba.
This file shot of Jeff Hartjoy posing beside a phallic Mexican cactus reminds us of what a great sense of humor he has — no doubt an invaluable personality trait during his round-the-world endurance contest.
Although they’ve since moved their sailing operations to Bermuda, in January Artemis Racing launched a second turbo development boat out of their base in Alameda’s former naval air station.
Anyone who’s spent a real winter on the water there can tell you that San Francisco’s South Bay can fetch up some nasty wave action in stormy weather.
Isolated incident or new trouble spot? Colombia’s Isla Providencia lies 120 miles off the Nicaraguan coast.
Here on the West Coast, a great variety of high-volume smuggling attempts have been discovered — including open panga-style fishing boats with bales of pot piled higher than their gunwales and semi-submersible submarines carrying tons of cocaine.
The bigger the boat, the bigger the ground tackle, and the bigger the ground tackle the bigger the potential for environmental damage.
These young scholars from hillside communities took their first boat ride ever during SailFest.
If it’s February it must be seminar season. Some events of interest to Bay Area sailors include the following.
Initially it looked fine to our untrained eye. But after talking to Jim Drake, we looked closer and saw the sides of the belt were glazed — and bits of debris from it ended up on the bottom of our Yanmar diesel.
Welcome to the big party in San Francisco.
latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco was a busy place this weekend.
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco was a busy place this weekend.
Our Valentine to you: the February issue of Latitude 38.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sweet!
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sweet!
While up the mast, John was surprised to discover a couple of dolphins swimming beneath his and his wife Debbie’s Deerfoot 62.
The fire started on a powerboat and spread to another powerboat and a sailing catamaran.
Yet again the poor Nora needed the help of others besides her two American crew.
The SSS received 367 entries for this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco (registration is now closed).
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