SUPPORT US
Sailing is awesome. Help support it with a story, a photo, a subscription, or a contribution. Learn how below!
For more than 40 years Latitude 38 has covered the world of sailing through the eyes of the West Coast sailor. We’ve provided sailors the connections, stories and inspiration from our sailing community, and kept you informed by reporting the good news and bad news, insights, entertainment, fun activities and antics from sailors near and far.
As we adapt to shifting winds we're asking for your financial support. If you have the ability, enjoy sailing and the work of Latitude 38, your contributions will help and be appreciated.
There are several ways you can help by contributing, please see the options below:
Yes, I'd like to support Latitude 38 with a contribution:Â
More ways to support Latitude 38:
Subscribe
Have Latitude 38 delivered to your home:Â Subscribe for yourself or as a gift to a friend.
Sign Up for Our Sailing Newsletter: 'Lectonic Latitude
Advertise:
We love our advertisers. You can help by patronizing the advertisers in Latitude 38 or become one of them! Click here to see the advertisers to supporting our current edition or to become an advertiser email [email protected].
Send Your Story:
Whether sailing the Bay, cruising the Channel Islands or Mexico or circumnavigating the globe, if you are a West Coast sailor, our readers would appreciate hearing your story. Editorial contributions are welcome for your comments in Letters to the Editor or Sightings, Changes, Features and 'Lectronic Latitude. You can read our Writer's Guidelines here or just email you story and photos to [email protected].
Send Your Best Shot to Sailagram:
Email your sailing photos to: [email protected].
Suggestions:
Got a suggestion on what we can do better? We love ideas to help improve our offerings, especially from folks who have the skills and/or ability to help us find the solution. We're constantly working to improve our website, magazine, crew list, events, distribution and all other aspects of serving our West Coast sailing audience. If you have a thought regarding what we can do better you can contribute it here.
See you on the water.
Subscribe to Latitude 38. Delivered to your door every month.
'Lectronic Latitude
Life after the Spill
A little over a week after the 902-ft Cosco Busan sideswipped the Bay Bridge, spilling 58,000 gallons of heavy-duty bunker oil into the Bay, the focus on oil recovery has moved from the water to the shoreline. The Coast Guard announced yesterday that 10 of the 11 oil skimmers were dismissed, having collected about 16,974…
Latest Salvos Over America’s Cup
Remember how great the last America’s Cup was? The close racing, the exciting TV coverage on the Versus channel, the good feeling that it was finally an event worthy of sailing’s oldest trophy? Neither do we. From now until the next Cup — whenever that may be — most AC proceedings will apparently be more…
Sand in Orifices to Honor the Famous Surf Smooch
In order to teach the onlooking Ha-Ha kids that love is preferable to violence, one of the Here To Eternity couples enters the contest arena. latitude/Richard© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We never would have suspected, but the most hard fought competition in the Baja Ha-Ha has become the Here To Eternity Kiss contest, which celebrates…
Koast to Koast Wins for Kilroy
It hasn’t mattered which coast Samba has raced on, she’s come out on top. latitude/JR© Latitude 38 Media, LLC John Kilroy Jr., who calls San Francisco as well as Malibu home, went east to Annapolis, Maryland on November 2-4 to take top honors at the IRC East Coast Championships with his TP52 Samba Pa Ti.…
The Price of Fuel in Mexico
The crew of Profligate fueled up at Marina Cabo San Lucas last Saturday and would like to report the following prices: Diesel was 6.63 pesos a litre or 25.11 pesos a gallon Gasoline was 7.85 pesos a litre or 29.71 a pesos a gallon The exhange rate between the peso and the dollar is about…