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Dinius Manslaughter Charge Dropped

But before you think prosecutors have come to their senses, read on. After months — years, really — of stubbornly refusing to drop the ridiculous manslaughter charges against Bismarck Dinius, Lake County District Attorney Jon E. More »

Spot On in Prince William Sound

Spectacular views, abundant wildlife and endless daylight are put on hold while catching up with the latest issue of Latitude 38. © 2009 Robert Novak Rob Novak of the Sausalito-based Catalina 387 Shindig recently returned from a five-day kayaking trip in Alaska’s Prince William Sound with friend Bryan Sveum. More »

Escorts Needed for Mexican Beauty

Thousands of visitors have toured Cuauhtemoc this week. If you think she looks good here, wait till you see her with all her rags flying. © 2009 Jeff Berman Murphy’s Law of tall ship arrivals dictates that whenever a truly spectacular square-rigger arrives at the Golden Gate there will be dense fog and no wind — especially if we’ve encouraged local sailors to sail out and witness the spectacle.  More »

Hundreds Welcome Solo Circumnavigator

After so many months alone on the ocean, it must have been surreal for Zac to find himself surrounded by an armada of well-wishers. © Rich Roberts In a scene reminiscent of Sir Francis Chichester’s homecoming to England in 1967, hundreds of well-wishers and media staff were on the scene yesterday morning when 17-year-old Zac Sunderland sailed in to his Marina del Rey homeport aboard Intrepid, thus offically becoming the youngest solo sailor ever to round the planet. More »

Taking Pets to Mexico

"We’re entry #47 in this fall’s Baja Ha-Ha and we intend to take our two dogs," writes David Bloom of the Long Beach-based Vector 39 Thee Amazing Grace. "We only know that paperwork/documentation must be done within 30 days of our arrival in Mexico. More »

TransPac Arrivals Wind Down

Tim Fuller’s Relentless slides in ahead of John Kilroy Jr.’s Samba Pa Ti in one of what were a few tight finishes in the 45th TransPac. In the SC 50s’ Division 5, Bill McClure’s Allure beat Jack Taylor’s Horizon by only a minute and five seconds boat-for-boat, with the latter taking the division on corrected time. More »

Geja in the Adriatic

The 1,000 islands and the mainland of Croatia are all spectacular, but thanks to the influx of charterers and charter guests, the most popular spots are expensive. © 2009 Andrew Vik Andrew Vik of San Francisco is spending another summer budget-cruising the Med aboard his Islander 36 Geja . More »