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Archive for January 2011

Meet Latitude’s New Crewmember

January 19, 2011
Latitude 38 has acquired a new ‘crewmember’ to help us show off our colorful logo wear at Strictly Sail, April 14-17. But we’re at a loss as to what to call this lovely lady, so we decided to leave it to our clever readers. More »

Name That Snot Bubble

In the January issue of Latitude, we ran a sneaky little quiz in Sightings. The only mention of it was in the caption for this photo that ran on pages 78-79 in conjunction with a story on a bottom paint study. More »
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Learning ‘Sailingo’

It’s easy for longtime sailors to forget how hard the ‘lingo’ can be for newcomers to learn. We were reminded of this recently when a newbie made the following observations: “A rope is a rope until you bring it aboard a boat. More »
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AC 45s Roll in 25 Knots

Okay, so we know we already showed you video of the AC45’s first sail in Monday’s ‘Lectronic. But we couldn’t resist including the above video, not only because it’s freakin’ cool, but because it’s more representative of the conditions these massively powered-up boats will see in the Bay. More »

Corinthian Mids

January 17, 2011
Yucca and Emily Carr joust their way toward Blossom. © Erik Simonson The cold and dreary winter weather broke just in time for the 60th Corinthian Midwinters to get underway this weekend under sunny skies and temps that seemed to get up into at least the high-60s. More »

Sunny Side of the Weekend

Rosie (right) and crew attempt to hike out while sailing past Pt. Loma. © 2011 David Eberhard On Friday we challenged our readers to take advantage of the forecasted good weather and get out on the water — and to send us photographic evidence. More »

Eclipsing the Old Largest Yacht

There’s a new "largest privately-owned yacht in the world." She’s the 533-ft motoryacht Eclipse, which is owned by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich. The title was formerly held by a boat owned by a fellow from Dubai, whose boat is now about two feet too short. More »

Craig Named AC34 PRO, AC 45 Sails!

Your PRO for the 34th America’s Cup: John Craig. AC34
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC There was some exciting news in the America’s Cup realm over the weekend. First was that John Craig has been brought on as the PRO for the 34th America’s Cup and all the regattas leading up to it. More »

Weekend Sailing Weather

January 14, 2011
The weather for the past month or so has been decidedly less-than-conducive to sailing, so Bay Area sailors should celebrate this weekend’s weather forecast: 65 and sunny. A ridge of high pressure off the beach should keep the mild weather around for at least the next 10 days or so, giving everyone ample opportunity to shake the mildew out of their sails. More »

Avoiding Tahiti’s Dreaded Bond

As many world cruisers will confirm, French Polynesia is one of the friendliest regions on the planet. So it has always seemed ironic that the immigration department there is the only one we know of that requires every visiting (non-EU) cruiser to post a cash bond equal to the price of a plane ticket home to their own country — roughly $1,500 to the U.S. More »