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Photos of the Day
Be careful what you wish for. After our praying — and in some cases begging — for rain in California this fall, the gods have answered. And they're still answering.
License to Sail
After our last round of License to Sail, we have gotten an avalanche of motor-bound, metal-plated nautical quips.
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Sailing Records and Racing
Less than 24 hours after crossing the starting line, maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 had to abandon her fourth attempt at breaking the Trophée Jules Verne record for fastest outright circumnavigation of the globe.
Holiday Shopping
Visit the Latitude 38 online store for great holiday gift ideas for sailors.
"My Worst Nightmare"
Last week, a motorboat caught fire at Marina Village Yacht Harbor in Alameda and eventually sank.
The Calm Between Storms
Taking advantage of what was literally the calm between the storms, 38 sailors on five boats from various harbors around San Francisco Bay converged on Clipper Cove.
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Lighted Yacht Parade, December 7, 2019, on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, starting at 5:30 p.m.
#optsailing Part 2
A few more #optsailing sailors enjoyed the calm between the storms and sent us photos.
Online Shopping
Visit the Latitude 38 online store for great holiday gift ideas for sailors.
Cruising to Mexico
We wanted to say one last word about the 26th Baja Ha-Ha, and to share a few unpublished photos and anecdotes.
Setting Records and Winning Races
The maxi-trimaran Spindrift 2 is less than 24 hours into its fourth attempt at tackling the Trophée Jules Verne record for the fastest boat to sail around the globe. It's a lofty record that now stands at an incredible…
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Brand new docks in Marina del Rey at Wayfarer Marina.
High School Sailing
Could anyone blame me for being so excited over a fast, new, two-person dinghy with an asymmetrical spinnaker and an open back? This excitement only built when…
Visit the Latitude 38 online store for great holiday gift ideas for sailors.
A West Coast Present
Happy holidays, Latitude Nation. And for all of you on the West Coast, the current deluge of rain marks the unofficial but totally welcome end of fire and power-outage season.
Making Your Pastime a Profession
Behind the racing, cruising and recreational aspects of sailing that dominate the pages of Latitude 38 lies a robust marine industry that is often in search of new recruits.
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Lighted Yacht Parade, December 7, 2019, on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Away Games
A team of young people from San Francisco and Annapolis YCs and a team from Cal Maritime Academy dominated the competition. The two were tied on points…
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Any Excuse to Sail
After our long-overdue first seasonal rain, our boats have finally had a Mother Nature provided rinse to get them ready for a Thanksgiving sail.
An Adventure Story
Here’s a dispatch from sailor-turned-ocean-rower Lia Ditton‘s human-powered trek from Washington state. She rowed more than 700 nautical miles in 24 days, down the Oregon and California coasts to the Bay Area.
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Meritorious Service Award
On the evening of July 19, around 2145 hours, a resident of Coast Guard Station Rio Vista housing, along the Sacramento River, was lying in bed and heard cries for help.
Waterfront Celebrations
On the slopes, Santa arrives on skis. So it's fitting that at the shore, Santa arrives by water. Lighted boat parades proliferate in December. We keep collecting more events to add to the list.
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December Issue Sneak Peek
Stacy the bow gal on the Express 37 'Bullet' wrangles the spinnaker at the very-light-air downwind start of Golden Gate Yacht Club's Seaweed Soup Midwinters. We'll cover that and much more in the December issue of Latitude 38, coming out on Monday, December 2.
The Happiest Day?
How does the saying go? “The best days of a boatowner’s life are the day you buy the boat, and the day you sell it.”
But how do you know when it’s time to sell the boat?
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Young Sailors Write
Are you a sailor and still in grade school or high school? Do you get back to the dock and all you can do is talk about what happened out there?
Racing Preview
Regular readers of 'Lectronic may notice that our racing preview for December is a bit shorter than other months, but we do have a few events to share.
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Lighted Yacht Parade, December 7, 2019, on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Ocean Racing and Records
"It should take us 16 and a half days of sailing to get to Ho Chi Minh City. It’s a great pleasure for me to set off on this adventure towards places our Western racing boats rarely go."
Do It Yourself
If you pride yourself on doing much of your own boat maintenance, you probably spend more hours than you’d like to with your head and shoulders squashed into narrow lockers and bilge compartments.
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If you live in the Bay Area, it can feel as if people forget there’s a Bay in the middle of it.
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Lighted Yacht Parade, December 7, 2019, on the Oakland/Alameda Estuary, starting at 5:30 p.m.
Shaking Out The Sails
If you’ve been looking out across San Francisco Bay recently, you may have noticed a large tall ship gliding gracefully across the water.
2020 Pacific Cup
It's no surprise that Bob Hinden has again entered Surprise in the Pacific Cup. "I will be navigator, and it will be my sixth Hawaii race," says Bob's daughter Rebecca.
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Uninvited Guests
In modern times it’s extremely rare for human travelers to stow away aboard sailboats. But over the years we’ve reported on all shorts of freeloading creatures found aboard cruising boats.
Reader Brett Langolf sent us this message — and link — a few weeks ago.
“Woke up this morning to find that the Cabo airport was closed last night at about 6 p.m., and the Port of Cabo is still closed,” the Grand Poobah wrote on his Facebook page this morning.
Marine Businesses
Tomorrow, Alameda’s City Council will consider giving the developer of Alameda Marina an extension for the terms of its lease with several businesses.
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Photos of the Day
Last week, reader Vikas Kapur sent us photos from a foggy day of sailing on San Francisco Bay. Vikas titled his emailed photo essay "painted ships on painted seas." He called it "thick fog but have seen worse."
The Auld Mug
Yesterday on Scuttlebutt, Craig Leweck expressed his reservations about reporting on the America’s Cup.
It’s amazing how fast the Baja Ha-Ha comes and goes every year. One of the largest cruisers’ rallies in the world is heading toward its inevitable and famously boisterous conclusion at the pointy end of Baja California.
Mariners in Distress
Yesterday, the Coast Guard towed a singlehander into port in Southern California after a five-month crossing from Japan in a homemade vessel.
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Brand new docks in Marina del Rey at Wayfarer Marina.
Bay Area Boats
Tucked into the bitter end of the San Rafael Canal is what we can only call an unexpected vessel — a pirate-y looking tall ship that’s a tad out of place against the back alley of the busy Montecito Plaza.
Events This Weekend
Although it's looking like a fabulous weekend to go sailing at latitude 38° N, we've got a couple of indoors events you might like to attend.
Deadline Is Today
Last call for Classy Classifieds. To get your ad into the December issue, the deadline is today, the 15th, at 5 p.m.
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