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The Seven Day Racing Outlook

After a relatively racing-light Fourth of July weekend, this week is ramping up to be a doozy. Racing concludes tomorrow in the US Sailing Junior Women’s Doublehanded Championship for the Ida Lewis Trophy hosted by Sausalito YC. More »

Salute and Her Big Stick

Salute at Puerto Venere, Italy, showing a mast too tall to slip beneath the Golden Gate. © 2008 Bernie Barden "Mine’s bigger than yours!" writes Bernie Barden, Docent at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. "We More »

Looking for Schooner Crew

We normally don’t do ‘crew wanted’ ads for individuals, but when it comes to folks who have made circumnavigations aboard schooners they’ve restored, we make exceptions. President of the Pacific Ocean, Merl Petersen, is looking for crew for the Great San Francisco Schooner Race in August. More »
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Silver Eagle Takes Flight

July 9, 2008
Women’s Circuit Queen Lucie Mewes asked us to remind everyone that the 33rd Annual Silver Eagle Long-Distance Bay Race is this Saturday and it’s not too late to sign up. Considering the fantastic weather we’re supposed to have this weekend, we can’t think of a better excuse to get out on the Bay! More »

And Then There Were 92

Barritt, Renee, and a friend, standing beneath the Colombian flag at Cartagena, one of the many great places they’ve visited. Serendipity
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Perhaps thanks to the new online sign-up for the Baja Ha-Ha, the entries for this fall’s 15th running of the 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo are running well ahead of last year. More »

Ragtime Takes Top Honors in Tahiti

As luck would have it, every arrival was at night. Last night Fortaleza was greeted at the line by the commodore of the Tahiti YC and others, who welcomed the crew with an armload of cold Hinano beers. More »

Rest of Vic-Maui Fleet Closing on Hawaii

Warren Hale’s C&C 44 Turicum arrives in Maui after more than 16 days at sea in a slow Vic-Maui Race. Vic-Maui Race
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Paul Bieker-designed Riptide 50 Strum took elapsed time honors in the 2,308-mile Vic-Maui race on Saturday. More »

Where is Beverage Reef Anyway?

July 7, 2008
When you go cruising, Beverage Reef is actually one of the places you want to avoid. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The July issue of Latitude 38 — now available everywhere, including online — features a great interview with Sausalito’s Marc and Doreen Gounard, who built a 33-ft cat in the early ’90s for just $35,000, and have since spent four six-month seasons in Mexico and completed a 4.5-year circumnavigation with their son and daughter. More »

Mag 80, Medicine Man Beat Tahiti Record

Doug Baker’s Andrews 80 Magnitude 80 demolished the Tahiti Race record by 3.5 days, finishing Thursday with an elapsed time of 11 days, 10 hours, 13 minutes and 18 seconds. While there’s really no such thing as foregone conclusions in a 3,571-mile race, there was little doubt that Mag 80 and her closest competition, Bob Lane’s Andrews 63 Medicine Man, would both best the existing record. More »