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AC News, Weekend Racing Preview
The America’s Cup machine has been in high gear recently, with teams sailing their AC45s in the "test event" you can check out in the video below: The test event must have been so encouraging that Samsara decided to knock things back to size, with a pretty demoralizing development. Although he had previously…
Classy Classifieds Really Do Work
Did you know that, according to a recent survey of Latitude readers, 92% of respondents read the Classy Classifieds? No wonder we get so many letters like this one from a recent advertiser: "Please cancel our ad for a 50% equity partner for our boat. We ran the ad for three months and got an…
Blubber in the Rigging
When racing offshore, such as in the Oregon International Offshore Race from Astoria, OR to Victoria, BC, there are always plenty of safety concerns. But getting clobbered by a breaching humpback whale isn’t usually one of them. Nevertheless that’s exactly what happened to the aptly named L’Orca at about 9:30 yesterday morning, only a half…
“A Lot of Unpleasant Situations”
We’ve gotten considerable impassioned telephone and email response to our Wednesday ‘Lectronic titled ‘Is The Hangman’s Noose the New Symbol of Puerto Escondido?’ Puerto Escondido is the very popular cruiser center on the east coast of Baja that is also home to Loreto Fest, the largest cruiser gathering in the Sea of Cortez. Based on…
Is the Hangman’s Noose the New Symbol of Puerto Escondido?
Welcome to Puerto Escondido? Lifeline© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re told that the air and water temperatures aren’t the only things that have been heating up at cruiser favorite Puerto Escondido on Baja. Apparently there has been a lot of friction over the last few months between American cruisers and American boat service providers; between…