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Baja-Bound Boater Update

As in years past, berth availability is tight, tight, tight in San Diego at this time of year. With 177 boats signed up for the 14th annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers rally (which begins October 29), and about 65 powerboats  registered for the inaugural Fubar Odyssey (which begins November 7), we would encourage southbound skippers to…

Ken-Ichi Horie – The Wind-Up and the Pitch

Japanese sailing icon Ken-Ichi Horie is back in the news — or will be soon — with yet another weird new boat he intends to sail across the Pacific. Longtime readers will recall Horie as the first Japanese sailor to sail solo from his homeland to San Francisco in 1962 aboard a 19-ft plywood sloop…

Photos of the Day: Fleet Week

Howls could be heard across the Bay every time this boat splashed through a wake. latitude/LaDonna©2007 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re pretty sure every boat registered in the Bay Area left its slip on Saturday to join in some Fleet Week fun and catch the annual Air Show. As expected, several teams of crazy-skilled pilots…

Anyone Want My Latitude Collection?

We received the following email from John Siegal today: "I have a 15 year collection of Latitudes that I must get rid of. I hate to throw them out. Is there anyone you know of who might like them?" If you’re interested, shoot John an email.

Deleon Sentenced to Life Times Two

Jennifer Deleon was sentenced on Friday to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for her part in the murder of cruisers Tom and Jackie Hawks. Prosecutors claim that Deleon’s husband, Skylar Deleon, John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Alonso Machain, posing as potential buyers for the Hawks’ 55-ft trawler Well Deserved, accompanied the couple…