Archive for January 2009
A Little Less Than Whole Foods
Karen holds up the key ingredients – which are both fresh and free – for ceviche.
© Bill Vaccaro
This just in from Bill and Karen Vaccaro of the Chico-based Moody 44 Miela. More »
Sailboat Abandoned Off Mexico
Just this morning we heard from a reliable source that a sailboat named Carpe Diem had been abandoned off Mexico within the last couple of days. According to reports on the Amigo Net, the cruise ship Norwegian Star picked up the crew of Carpe Diem at 22° 37’N, 108° 46’W, about 65 miles southeast of Cabo. More »
Latitude 38 at Seattle Boat Show
After years of planning and waiting, it’s a fabulous feeling to finally head south with the Baja Ha-Ha rally.
latitude/Andy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Curious about the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally or the Pacific Puddle Jump? More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Curious about the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally or the Pacific Puddle Jump? More »
Ushering in Obama in Style
Cap’n Rich strikes a pose aboard his 1933 50-ft cutter Java Head before heading out to the Obama Ball.
© 2009 Kathy Mitchell
Yesterday’s inauguration of President Obama created so much excitement here in San Francisco that even old salts like Captain Richard Gillette were inspired to take unprecedented measures — like donning a top hat and tails before attending one of several local Obama Inauguration Balls. More »
Big Fun Scheduled for Zihua Sailfest
Even if the breeze is as light as last year, the Sailfest Pursuit Race and other events promise to be big fun.
latitude/Andy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re happy to report that the Zihuatanejo Sailfest committee has come out of hibernation and put together a fun-filled schedule of shoreside and on-the-water activities for the first week of next month (February 3-8). More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re happy to report that the Zihuatanejo Sailfest committee has come out of hibernation and put together a fun-filled schedule of shoreside and on-the-water activities for the first week of next month (February 3-8). More »
121.5 EPIRBs Go the Way of the Dinosaur
You can still play those old LPs if you want, and by all means restore that old Herreshoff schooner. But as of February 1, that ancient 121.5 EPIRB of yours will not only be useless, it will be illegal. More »
Corinthian Mids Get Glorious Weather
The famous Corinthian Midwinters raft-up got going early this year, at the first mark of Saturday’s race.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The first weekend of the Corinthian YC Midwinters didn’t disappoint the nearly 150 starters for weather. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The first weekend of the Corinthian YC Midwinters didn’t disappoint the nearly 150 starters for weather. More »
Sailors Run’s Worst Day
Readers — On December 11, Jeff Hartjoy set off from Callao, Peru, on a singlehanded nonstop trip around Cape Horn aboard his Baba 40 Sailors Run. He rounded Cape Horn on January 9 and is bound for Buenos Aires, Argentina. More »
$12 Billion in Losses & Still Living the High Life
Roman, not really looking like a guy in his 30s, owns over a billion dollars worth of motoryachts.
RussPhoto
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you follow the news, you know that Russian oligarchs are among the richest people in the world, but that they have suffered almost unfathomable financial losses in the last year. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you follow the news, you know that Russian oligarchs are among the richest people in the world, but that they have suffered almost unfathomable financial losses in the last year. More »
The Thief of 39
Even after the thief was caught redhanded with items stolen off parked boats at Pier 39, Harbormaster Sheila Chandor was unsure how to proceed. It didn’t make much sense to call the police, since the fenders in question were stolen by . More »
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