Repair and Maintenance
After finding that there was a crack in her keel (please see part 1 on Monday), singlehanded cruiser Elana Connor had her 1985 Sabre 34 MkI Windfola hauled out — and was told that the crack was “just cosmetic” — before departing for San Diego for a more thorough investigation.
Weather Politics
In late 2017, President Trump nominated Barry Myers to head the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, a choice that was seen as controversial, even for an administration that was voted in on being unconventional.
Station Golden Gate
National Safe Boating Week
The US Coast Guard recorded 4,291 accidents that involved 658 deaths and 2,629 injuries in 2017, the most recent year for which such statistics are available.
Delta Cruising Seminar
Delta Cruising Seminar & Kickoff Party, May 18, 6-9:30 p.m., at Richmond Yacht Club
The World Famous L38
Here’s this month’s Caption Contest(!). Good luck!
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Waterfront Politics
“The San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission has neglected its responsibility to protect the San Francisco Bay and the Suisun Marsh,” read the opening line of the Auditor of the State of California’s report on the BCDC.
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Inland Cruising Rally
The 11th annual Delta Doo Dah cruising rally will kick off this Saturday with a Delta cruising seminar at Richmond Yacht Club from 6 to 9:30 p.m. Breakout sessions will cover anchoring, destinations and the return trip to the Bay.
June Issue Deadline
The Classy Classified ad deadline is always the 15th of the month.
DIY Cruising
“I don’t know how to tell you this,” my diver said after pulling himself up onto the dock.
Getting Rid of Flares
Recreational boaters who live or berth their boats in Alameda County will have the opportunity to properly dispose of their expired or unwanted flares on Sunday, May 26.
Vendor Showcase
Calling all sailors! West Marine Vendor Showcase, May 15, Sausalito.
Coastal Cruising Rally
Every year the Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha expects there to be a big drop-off in the number of entries. "With more than 3,000 boats having done it in 25 years," he says, "it would seem that at some point we'll run out of sailors who haven't done it or who have continued on to the South Pacific and never come back."
small boat sailing
We posted a few pictures of Bay Area launch ramps, omitting the location of one of them. We asked our readers if they could identify the location. It comes as no surprise to us that several of our clever readers quickly replied with the correct answer. The mystery ramp? It's the…
Waterfront Politics
In August 2018, the State of California began the process of auditing the Bay Conservation and Development Commission, after a group of bipartisan lawmakers formally requested an independent investigation into the BCDC’s enforcement activities.
Buy or Sell Marine Gear
Buy, sell, trade your used or new marine equipment, supplies, rigging, boating gear and anything & everything marine.
Hurricane Season
East Pacific Offshore Zone forecasts of winds/waves/warnings are now official and freely available 24 hours a day/365 days a year.
Coastal Cruising Rally
The 26th Baja Ha-Ha Cruising Rally is now open for business and accepting entries. The 2019 rally has been scheduled, a bit later than usual, to run November 3-16.
Wednesday Night Races
While we counted down the last few minutes to our start, an emergency situation suddenly appeared. During a tack away from the line, we lost a hat overboard.
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Cruising Tragedy in Panama
On May 2, New Zealand cruiser Alan Culverwell was killed by robbers aboard his anchored boat at Morodub Island in Panama’s San Blas archipelago.
Ladies' Latitude Logowear
Just in time for Mother's Day: Women's Inventory Clearance Sale.
We’re not sure why we were cynical about the arrival of SailGP in San Francisco this weekend, but we were.
Traditional Sailing
In this month’s issue of Latitude 38, we interviewed a local sailor with lots of color, experience and heritage.
Vendor Showcase
Calling all sailors! West Marine Vendor Showcase, May 15, Sausalito.
Small Boat Launch Ramps
Over the past decades, there has been a great increase and improvement of the trails around the Bay, but our favorite 'Bay trails' always end in the Bay. The Bay is ringed with numerous launch ramps where Lasers, Hobies, Day Sailers, Thistles, West Wight Potters and many other small boats are launched to explore the Bay.
Ladies' Latitude Logowear
Just in time for Mother's Day: Women's Inventory Clearance Sale.
Spectating This Weekend
If you'd like to compare 5 knots to 50 knots, this is the weekend to take your boat out on the Bay. But keep your distance. SailGP is sailing on the Cityfront with practice races today and the two-day regatta tomorrow and Sunday.
West Coast Circumnav
Latitude Nation — On Monday, Webb Chiles completed his sixth circumnavigation of the planet upon his early-morning arrival in San Diego.
Station Golden Gate
Water Safety Fair. Make a splash with your local first responders. A fun and free family event.
Foils and Wings
As the French SailGP team wrote in their latest press release, "Il fait frisquet à Frisco." They're comparing the relatively mild conditions for the first act of the series in Sydney to the brisk conditions in the Frisky City for the second act this weekend.
Safety At Sea
Hello readers! My name is Layne Carter and I am your friendly Coast Guard Search and Rescue (SAR) Specialist at the Coast Guard’s Joint Rescue Coordination Center (JRCC) Alameda.
Ladies' Latitude Logowear
Just in time for Mother's Day: Women's Inventory Clearance Sale.
Stadium Racing on the Bay
Phil Robertson called it “the scariest moment I have ever had on a yacht. The boat literally leapt out of the water and nose-dived. We destroyed most of the wing.”
Cruiser's Rally
The first opportunity to sign up for this fall’s Baja Ha-Ha, some of the most fun you can have with a boat, will be at noon on May 8 at the www.baja-haha.com website — exactly one week from today.
Inventory Blowout
Annual Tent Sale Saturday, May 4, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Inventory blowout: boats, outboards, electronics, trailers, parts and more.
Hot Off the Presses
As SailGP and the latest in high-tech, ultra-fast foiling descends on the Bay this weekend, we took a pause.
Caribbean Circuit
When it comes to serious yacht racing combined with serious partying on the cleanest, safest and most beautiful island in the Caribbean, nothing compares with Les Voiles. Nothing.
West Coast Circumnavigators
Webb Chiles has just completed his sixth circumnavigation. The 77-year-old singlehanding legend slipped into San Diego Bay early this morning after finishing the fifth and final leg on a voyage that began in 2014 aboard his Moore 24 Gannet.
Let the season begin
Sunday started brisk, gray and breezy — but like much of the summer season, the clouds parted, the sun shone through, and a cool breeze moved in.
Sponsored Post
Rates, rental forms and details on what Brickyard Cove has to offer.
ILCA and Laser Performance
The stakes are high in this conflict, most notably the future of the class's inclusion in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Currently the Laser and Laser Radial are the 'equipment' for the men's and women's one-person dinghy events.
Regatta Calendar
"It's an epic race, with an epic party. No matter what type of boat you sail, we've got a division for you: multihulls, PHRF, one-design, non-spinnaker, even a cruising division."
On Wednesday in the Oakland Estuary, roughly 10 sailboats designated as abandoned, derelict and illegally anchored were destroyed.
Navy Training Barque
A hardy crew of sailors were onboard Call of the Sea’s Schooner Seaward this morning to welcome the BAP Union as she sailed through San Francisco’s famous Golden Gate. As the Union entered the Bay and sailed gracefully beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, we considered ourselves to be among the fortune few who witnessed this once-in-a lifetime spectacle.
Inventory Blowout
Annual Tent Sale Saturday, May 4, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Inventory blowout: boats, outboards, electronics, trailers, parts and more.
SailGP on San Francisco Bay
SailGP founder and five-time America's Cup winner Russell Coutts landed to see what was taking shape as the second heat of the 2019 SailGP circuit readies for its US debut on San Francisco Bay May 4-5.
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