Archive for June 2009
Cruising Boat Robbed . . . in Santa Barbara!
Paul and Annalise aboard Sea Lise at the San Francisco YC last week. After an 11-year cruise from Vancouver to Denmark and back, they are thinking about cruising Alaska next summer. More »
Tropical Storms Suddenly Form In Mexico
Tropical storm activity in the Eastern Pacific, meaning Mexico, went from ‘zero to 60’ in just the last week. There hadn’t been anything since the season started on June 1. But then, on June 18, Tropical Depression One started offshore and headed north, in the direction of Mazatlan. More »
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The bad news is that you live in Sisseton, South Dakota, where we — as shocking as it seems — don’t have a distributor. The good news is that you can download the entire magazine — every letter, every story, every ad — directly from our website. More »
All A Cause Celebre Should Be
Dozens of boats rafted up in the pirate-infested waters of Clipper Cove for the 9th Annual Summer Sailstice this weekend.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In ports around the world, they came, they saw, they sailed — some for the first time in their lives. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In ports around the world, they came, they saw, they sailed — some for the first time in their lives. More »
Make Every Minute Count
It’s a good thing this is the longest weekend of the year as there are so many things going on that you’ll be busy for every minute of it. Summer Sailstice is, of course, the premier event for the weekend, which we detailed in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic. More »
Tahiti Rendezvous Reaches Max Capacity
It was in this bay, adjacent to Point Venus, that the first Europeans landed at Tahiti. In the distance lies Moorea, where the Rendezvous will take Puddle Jumpers.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Now in its fourth year, the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendezvous begins today, with a fleet of at least 53 boats — several more than organizers had set as their max capacity. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Now in its fourth year, the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendezvous begins today, with a fleet of at least 53 boats — several more than organizers had set as their max capacity. More »
Coastal Cuppers Get It All
Robert Plant and John Shampain’s Still Crazy had a “Hobie Day”, or two, in this year’s Coastal Cup.
Still Crazy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Robert Plant and John Shampain’s Hobie 33 Still Crazy looks to have crushed the rest of the Wednesday starters, and we’ve got to belive the Thursday starters as well, after finishing the Encinal YC’s Coastal Cup around 7 a.m. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Robert Plant and John Shampain’s Hobie 33 Still Crazy looks to have crushed the rest of the Wednesday starters, and we’ve got to belive the Thursday starters as well, after finishing the Encinal YC’s Coastal Cup around 7 a.m. More »
Glenn Tieman Safe in the Marquesas
In the April issue of Latitude 38, Glenn Tieman reported that he was readying Manu Rere, his traditional 38-ft catamaran that he built in Ventura County for $14,000, for a crossing from Costa Rica to the Marquesas. More »
A Train Runs Through It
An F-18 Super Hornet breaks the sound barrier about 50 feet above Profligate’s mast. Okay, it just seemed like it.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If San Diego ever gets tired of its America’s Finest City motto, they could always try America’s Noisiest City — and nobody would accuse them of false advertising. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If San Diego ever gets tired of its America’s Finest City motto, they could always try America’s Noisiest City — and nobody would accuse them of false advertising. More »
Coastal Cup Starts This Week
With a quality field of 27 boats, Encinal YC’s Coastal Cup got underway this morning when the slower divisions started. Boats rating PHRF 27 and under will start tomorrow, and the the weather forecast looks really, really good, at least until Pt. More »
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