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Piracy Continues Off the Somali Coast

September 5, 2008
Earlier this week Somali pirates seized a cruising yacht in the notorious Gulf of Aden with two French nationals aboard, bringing the number of hijacked vessels in that area to at least 30 since the beginning of the year. More »

Branson to Tackle Transatlantic Record

The Juan K 98 Speedboat in her new Virgin Money livery and ready to take on the Transatlantic record for boats with powered sailing systems. Virgin Money
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Taking one’s kids on ocean races is becoming quite popular these days. More »

Don’t Miss the Boat – Come to the Crew Party

Even if you wrap your spinnaker just south of the starting line, it’s a glorious feeling to be escaping the rat race on the Baja Ha-Ha. latitude/Andy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC How’d you like to sail away to the sunny latitudes of Mexico this fall? More »

Sea Lions Sinking Boats Again

Rari is bow-heavy courtesy of several thousand pounds of blubber. © 2008 Rich Boren "In the last two weeks, sea lions have sunk two boats moored in Port San Luis and now they’ve moved on to their next victim," reports Rich Boren on the Pearson 365 Third Day. More »
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‘All About Cruising Mexico’ Talk

September 3, 2008
Dick Markie, harbormaster at Nuevo Vallarta’s Paradise Village Marina, will be giving two talks on "All About Cruising Mexico" — the first is this Saturday, September 6, at the Sausalito West Marine at 1 p.m.; More »
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No Fuel for Foreign Boats

"The Government of Trinidad has once again proven that they just don’t have a clue," says John Anderton of the Alameda-based Cabo Rico 37 Sanderling. "I have been a supporter of Trinidad for several years, resisting the opportunity to find fault with the many strange and counter-productive issues that this country seems to delight in having. More »

Hurricane Seasons Rev Up on Both Coasts

Intense storms are lined up in the Atlantic. Precisely where they’ll make landfall is anybody’s guess. © NOAA graphic Luckily for Gulf Coast residents, the damage inflicted by Hurricane Gustav wasn’t nearly as bad as some experts had predicted. More »

Special Edition: Skip Allan Scuttles Wildflower

September 2, 2008
Skip Allan, one of the most accomplished sailors on the West Coast, had sailed Wildflower the equivalent of two-plus circumnavigations before scuttling her 250 miles offshore. latitude/LaDonna
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Skip Allan, who was on his way home after handily winning the Singlehanded TransPac aboard his custom Wylie 27 Wildflower, was picked up by a freighter yesterday afternoon after scuttling his boat 250 miles west of San Francisco. More »