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Wish Upon a Star
Cayard is again the star at US Sailing's Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the year awards at the New York Yacht Club.
Find Your 2026 Crew or Ride
Come to the Latitude 38 Spring Crew Party at Golden Gate Yacht Club on March 5!
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Well Deserved Recognition
Call of the Sea founder Alan Olson has been awarded Tall Ships America's Lifetime Achievement Award.
Warmup for Puerta Vallarta Race
Patrick and Mark Nichols' 'Natural Nine' took home the victory in the 2026 Islands Race, often used as a warm-up for the Puerto Vallarta Race.
What Super Bowl?
Coyote Point Yacht Club sailed its third Winter Sail race day on Super Bowl Sunday.
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A different Kind of Vision
The Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) hosted a dockside press conference in support of blind sailor Mitsuhiro “Hiro” Iwamoto's mission to singlehand from California to Japan.
The Sounds of Sailing
Kevin Wasbauer has sailed tens of thousands of miles on yachts small and large, and launched Shearwater Sailing in summer 2021.
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"Cal 20 Weather"
Richard vonEhrenkrook recaps his day of racing in the final doublehanded YRA midwinter race.
A Keen Eye
Welcome to this month's Sailagram, a pictorial view of sailors doing what sailors love the most — sailing!
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South of the Border
Racing heats up on Banderas Bay in March.
Traditional Boat Building
Local youth Chaan-hee Mata-Lee shares her experience of Tule Day on Alcatraz, exploring and learning about the Indigenous traditions of using tule reeds to create homes, baskets, nets, and boats.
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Season Champs Spillover
With Latitude 38 receiving so many submissions for the Season Champions Feature, we published some in Lectronic Latitude.
Happy Valentines Day
Have you got a date in the month of March? Let other sailors know in our monthly calendar.
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Another Sailing Legend
Bay Area sailor Heather Richard has been awarded the Ocean Cruising Club 2025 Qualifier's Mug.
The World Famous L38
This month's image is brought to you by the Flat Earth Society.
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Print Readers Win
What a great way to start the year! Two of our readers have found the elusive Golden Ticket in their copies of Latitude 38 sailing magazine.
Cup Controversies
Local sailor and America's Cup competitor and challenger John Sweeney challenges the legality of the current America's Cup format.
Join the Romp
Cruiser gatherings are one of the many great reasons to cruise to Mexico.
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Ready, Set, Go!
Registration for the 32nd annual Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally to Mexico opened last Friday, January 30, and five paid entries are already on the list.
The Sounds of Sailing
Tune in to Part Two of our chat with Bay Area sailors Barry and Samantha Spanier about sailing and sailmaking and the scow-bow 'Rosie G'.
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RS Boats at RYC
RS Tera and Feva kids sail into Richmond Yacht Club Small Boat Midwinters.
Contribute
Latitude 38 is looking for your support to help continue serving the West Coast sailing community.
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Did AI Help?
Lots of ebb but plenty of breeze for the battle ahead.
Season Champs Spillover
'Lectronic Latitude' is featuring the season champions from 2025 that didn't fit into the print magazine. Highlighted today is Jim Carlsen, who won the YRA Doublehanded Series Non-Spinnaker division.
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Bringing Sailing to the Shore
It's easier for all to connect with the inherent beauty of sailing when you bring it ashore.
Six of the West Coasts' Best
Six intrepid Bay Area sailors headed south across the Pacific for the Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race.
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Yacht Racing Preview
The Yacht Racing Association is trying out something new this winter to encourage and train sailors new to racing.
It's all about sailing
Welcome to the February issue of Latitude 38 where we share all things sailing from day trips to reed boats on the Pacific to racing.
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Bringing Back Junior Sailing
Benicia Yacht Club is working to restart its junior sailing program, which had stalled during and right after COVID.
20 Somethings
Do you remember how much fun you had in your 20s? Twenty-footers are where many of those memories were made.
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Get in Early
Registration for the 32nd Baja Ha-Ha Cruisers Rally opens this week on Friday, January 30.
Making Sails and Sailing
Tune as Bay Area sailors Barry and Samantha Spanier chat about sailing and sailmaking, and the scow-bow 'Rosie G.'
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Record Turnout for Island YC
Island Yacht Club hosted the third of their Island Days midwinter racing series in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary, seeing a record turnout.
Don't stop heading, heading south
The 2026 San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race is set to start in a little less than a month, with the first boats departing for Mexico on February 26.
Living up to a Legacy
Rob Reis bought 'Recidivist' less than a year ago. Now he prepares for his first race to Hawaii on the storied boat.
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Not Bluffing
Proof that scow bows are successful for both racing and cruising.
Sailors' Favorite Party
Latitude 38's Spring Crew List Party is on March 5 at the Golden Gate Yacht Club in San Francisco.
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French Flies
The French have done it again with the 100-ft trimaran, 'Sodebo,' and with the all-women's The Famous Project.
Sailing to French Polynesia
The PPJ is now open for registrations for this year's rally to French Polynesia, with free and paid options.
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Chasing LA28 in the Nacra 17
21-year-old Bay Area sailor Hoel Menard recently joined 2024 Olympian Sarah Newberry Moore's Nacra 17 Olympic campaign.
Go With the Flow
January has been ideal for sailing, and last weekend there was no place better than the sunny Corinthian Yacht Club Midwinters.
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Light me up!
How would I leave 'Sampaguita', a Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20, unattended at anchor for an extended time?
Match Racing in Monterey Bay
Monterey Peninsula Yacht Club and Santa Cruz Yacht Club squared off for the honor of hoisting the Veeder Cup.
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