
Archive for February 2010
Corinthians Winners Decided
This weekend marked the final installment of the Corinthian Midwinters, and much like last month’s, featured a wet day and a dry day. The rain held off on Saturday, and in its place was breeze reported to be in the 15- to 18-knot range. More »
Why Wait Until 16 To Circumnavigate?
One of the reasons Kiwis are such good sailors is that they start young in life. Take these little guys, who are the grandchildren of New Zealander Ken Beashel. The oldest is 18-months-old. More »
Photos That’ll Make You Sick…with Envy
The Nyby’s 33-ft cat Aita Pe’ape’a may not be large or new, but it got them where they wanted to be — in the blue waters of the South Pacific.
Aita Pe’ape’a
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©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Think you have to have a million dollars and a big new boat in order to go cruising? More »
Don’t Miss the Boat
We’ve heard many financial pundits theorize lately that the economy is finally beginning to rebound. That should give you a big sigh of relief. Unless, of course, you were hoping to snatch up your dream boat at a rock-bottom price. More »
The Cup Comes to San Francisco
Provided it doesn’t get hung up in customs, the America’s Cup should arrive at SFO this afternoon around 4:15 p.m. It will go on display tomorrow for the general public in the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda at 11 a.m. More »
New Storm Threatens in Wake of Rene
"We took a direct hit," reports Joel Stern, who rode out category 2 Cyclone Rene in Tonga earlier this week aboard his San Diego-based Vagabond 47 Paradise Bound. "Rumor has it we had 90 knots steady with gusts to 143 knots. More »
Groupama Gets Bogged Down
After a blistering, sub-six-day trip from Ushant to the Equator, Franck Cammas’ 105-ft trimaran Groupama 3 has had a rough time of it in both the South Atlantic and the transition to the Indian Ocean. More »
Surfin’ Bonita Channel
Half Moon Bay wasn’t the only spot to watch monster breaking waves last weekend. Rob Macfarlane watched from the safety of the main shipping channel as huge rollers broke across the entire width of Bonita Channel. More »
PV Race Starts Friday
The 13 boats in this year’s San Diego to Puerto Vallarta Race will get underway Friday and Saturday. The 1100-mile downhill slide will feature two Northern California boats, Tom Akin’s TP 52 Flash, and Bill Turpin and David Janes’ R/P 77 Akela, and you can follow their progress by clicking the "tracking" button at the link above. More »
Tell Us Your Crew List Tales
We’re proud to say that for many years — decades, actually — Latitude 38‘s Crew List functions have been matching skippers in need of crew with sailors in need of rides. More »
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