Archive for December 2012
Beware of King Tides This Week
Walkway to nowhere? No, it’s a pedestrian ramp at the St. Francis YC boat basin during last year’s King Tides.
© Matt Richardson
If you woke up this morning and saw that sea water had encroached onto roadways and walking paths where it doesn’t normally travel, you may have been tempted to think those much-publicized doomsday predictions — asserting that the world will come to an end in late December — might actually be true. More »
New Classy Classified Deadline
In case you missed the news in the December issue of Latitude 38, the deadline for the Classy Classifieds has been moved to the 15th of the month, even if it falls on a weekend — which it does this month. More »
A Most Dramatic Boarding
The folks over at Moto Journal certainly have a good sense of humor. One of their journalists, identified only as Lolo, was captured on video taking a tumble over the edge of a wharf in St. More »
Splash and Blast on Profligate?
Are you a new cruiser to Banderas Bay? If so, join us aboard Profligate — or another boat — tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m. at the Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz for a seven-mile sail over to Paradise Marina in Nuevo Vallarta, the official starting point of the Riviera Nayarit Sailors’ Splash. More »
Latitude is on Santa’s Nice List
It’s possible we had reason to believe we’d be put on Santa’s ‘Naughty List’ this year but, to our collective relief, he turned a blind eye after having such a festive time on this year’s Baja Ha-Ha. More »
The Vendée Tango
The top five leaders in this year’s running of the Vendée Globe have been dancing back and forth, in and out of the lead position since the fleet passed the tip of South Africa. More »
Forget Shopping, Go Sailing
Don’t squander prime sailing time this weekend. Get your boat out of the slip!
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re still wringing out your foulies from last week’s drenching, you’ll be glad to know that this weekend’s forecast is for sunny, if not terrifically warm, weather. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re still wringing out your foulies from last week’s drenching, you’ll be glad to know that this weekend’s forecast is for sunny, if not terrifically warm, weather. More »
More Details on CG Death
The Santa Barbara Independent has published a fascinating piece on smuggling between Mexico and California that also offered more details in the death of USCG Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III on Sunday. More »
Solo Sailor Rescued; Typhoon Bopha Update
Sailor James Blackford is making an unplanned trip to Japan this week aboard the motor vessel Global Explorer. Although a visit to that island nation probably wasn’t part of Blackford’s original cruising itinerary, we’ll bet he’s not complaining. More »
Sailors’ Splash & Banderas Bay Blast
Beautiful Paradise Village Marina in Nuevo Vallarta is the first venue for the Riviera Nayarit Sailors’ Splash.
© Riviera Nayarit
The Riviera Nayarit part of Banderas Bay — one of the great tropical sailing and nautical playgrounds of the world — has two great events next week for sailors. More »
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