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Archive for June 2009

Couldn’t Wait to Get to the Beach?

June 3, 2009
Countless sailors have visited St. Barth, our favorite island. Every last one has been entertained by the follies of airplanes trying to land at the tiny airport. The deal is that pilots have to clear a ridge along which runs the island’s main road, then slam their plane down before they run out of runway and risk plowing into all the topless women on the shores of Baie St. More »

Delta Bound Forum

So many Delta Doo Dah‘ers wanted a place to bounce ideas off each other on where to go, what to bring and what to do in the Delta this summer that we created a forum dedicated to the topic. More »

Class of 2009 Ha-Ha Sponsors

Registration for the 2009 Baja Ha-Ha has been open for a month and 77 intrepid souls have signed up so far for the annual cruisers rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas. More »

St. Mary’s Holds on to Slim Lead

The Tufts Jumbos in #6 actually made this cross! But apparently it was thanks to the half-boat length head start. latitude/Rob
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC With just eight races left to go today, the St. More »

Baja, The Bash, and Beyond

It was so warm in La Paz in late May that Patsy Verhoeven always chose the lap pool over the hot tub at Marina Fidepaz. latitude/Richard
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In the third week of May we flew down to La Paz to bring Profligate back to California after her 10th season — this one a six-monther — in Mexico. More »

Elusive Crew Safe in Fiji

June 1, 2009
Wendy and Steve are longtime sailors whose boat was well prepared for offshore passage-making. latitude/Andy
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Having been forced to abandon their Ventura-based J/44 Elusive in mid-ocean, the Bott family and their principal rescuers, John and Renee Prentice, arrived safely at Lautoka, Fiji, May 22 aboard Scarlett O’Hara. More »

Singlehanded Send-Off

Nick Jaffe sailed under the Gate on Saturday aboard his Contessa 26 Constellation. Destination: Australia. latitude/LaDonna
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Solo sailor Nick Jaffe, 28, has gained a worldwide following thanks to his website www.BigOceans.com. More »