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Archive for February 2008

Sewage Spill in Richardson Bay

Nearly 3 million gallons of sewage oozed into the Bay on Thursday from a Mill Valley treatment plant. latitude/Rob
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The hot topic of conversation in Sausalito this weekend wasn’t about which team would win ‘The Big Game’ but why it took nearly 20 hours for officials to notify the public that 2.7 million gallons of partially treated sewage from a Mill Valley treatment plant had spilled into Richardson Bay on Thursday. More »

It’s All About the Kids

These young scholars from the Nueva Creación School seem genuinely happy to be receiving a primary school education. Thanks to the generosity of the cruising community, they now learn within modern classrooms rather than in a crumbling wooden shack. More »

Singlehander Dealing with Bad Weather

Kiwi Robert Botha left the Bay aboard Flyer on January 9 bound for his homeland. © 2008 Mike Robinson Mike Robinson of Orangevale reported this morning that Robert Botha, who left San Francisco solo on January 9 aboard his Alberg 30 Flyer en route to his native New Zealand, has been pounded by storm after storm since leaving the Bay. More »

Life Aboard in the French West Indies

A cool and rainy day in the Eastern Caribbean. This is Latitude’s R&C 45 ‘ti Profligate, as seen from Tim Schaff’s R&C 45 Jet Stream. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Some folks are under the impression that it never gets cold in the Caribbean. More »