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Archive for April 2010

Injured Puddle Jumper Evacuated

April 5, 2010
Around 5:45 a.m. on Thursday, April 1, a crewmember aboard the Pacific Puddle Jump boat Wind Child was injured during an accidental jibe. Michael Kalahar, 57, was reportedly sitting at the forward end of the cockpit when the Beneteau First 36s7’s preventer failed, sending the boom sweeping across the cockpit. More »

April eBook Now Available

April 2, 2010
The April issue of Latitude 38 hit the streets yesterday, and some distribution points — such as Bridgeway Bagel in Sausalito — were already running low late in the afternoon! If you can’t find the current issue at your favorite ‘pick-up’ spot — or you don’t live close to one of our hundreds of distributors — don’t despair. More »
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Abby Sunderland Rounds Cape Horn

After a frustrating day or so of calm weather that halted her planned Tuesday rounding of the Horn, Newport Beach’s Abby Sunderland finally passed the notorious cape on Wednesday, if a little farther offshore than she’d hoped. More »

Next Two Clippers Reach the Bay

A relieved Qingdao crew makes it to SF Marina. Clipper Ventures
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eighteen hours after Qingdao finished Leg 7 of the Clipper Round the World Race, Jamaica Lightning Bolt carried its 32 hours of redress with it across the finish line off North Farallon late last night. More »

Notes from the Frozen North

It’s so warm in Banderas Bay that surfers don’t wear wetsuits and the members of the Young Mothers Club of Punta Mita wear bikinis instead of survival suits. latitude/Nick
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Of the 20+ boats that were in La Paz for yesterday’s start of the Sea of Cortez Sailing Week, about eight travelled nearly 400 miles north from Banderas Bay for the event. More »