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Archive for November 2013

The World’s Most Valuable Free Boat Ad?

November 15, 2013
Someone forwarded us a copy of Marc Myers’ June 6 interview with 71-year-old singer/songwriter/mind-altering-substance abuser David Crosby. Boomers know him as a founding member of The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash, and as being in the center of 1970s rock ‘n roll. More »

Check Your Power Cords, Folks!

November 13, 2013
Electrical fires account for more than half of all boat fires. © 2013 Rob Murray It’s that time of year again, folks. The time to check your shorepower connections in an effort to prevent incidents like this one. More »

Atlantic Spankings

On Tuesday night, British co-skippers Ned Collier Wakefield and Sam Goodchild’s Class 40 Concise 8 suffered damage to its port rudder so the duo decided to retire from the 20th running of the Transat Jacques Vabre. More »

Some Good News Out of the Philippines

Parts of the Philippines were devasted by Haiyan, and it’s likely to have been the deadliest natural disaster to hit the island nation. © 2013 Aaron Favila After learning of the terrible destruction dished out to the Philippines by Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the most powerful in history, we feared for the safety of longtime friend David Addleman of Monterey. More »

Hospital Cove Corrected

November 11, 2013
"I think a young Coastie can be forgiven for not knowing where Hospital Cove is because s/he may never have heard the name before," writes Tony Johnson, who sails his Catalina 22 Whisper out of San Francisco. More »

From Here to Eternity, Take 20

“Okay, okay, I’m on it. But let me catch my breath first.” latitude/Andy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The From Here to Eternity Kissing Contest is a much-loved tradition at the annual Baja Ha-Ha beach party in Cabo San Lucas. More »

Locals in International Photo Contest

The banking group Mirabaud is once again sponsoring this year’s Yacht Racing Image Contest, and it looks like some local shutterbugs are up for the grand prize.  San Francisco’s Abner Kingman has long been a star on the local sailing photography scene, and this year had the opportunity to work for the America’s Cup Event Authority, where he took one of the most iconic shots to come out of the event (you might recognize it as the cover to the October issue of Latitude). More »

Is the 20th the Best Ha-Ha?

November 8, 2013
The view of Turtle Bay from beautiful downtown Turtle Bay. Almost every boat is the photo is a Ha-Ha boat. © 2013 Kurt Roll The last of the 125 boats and 520 participants in the Baja Ha-Ha from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria, are pulling into Cabo this morning. More »

Where There’s Smoke…

I’m a delivery captain and recently underwent fire training again as part of my regular STCW refresher. I also teach safety and offshore sailing skills. I want to respond to the October 14 ‘Lectronic report from Andrew Rosen of the Beneteau 46 Murar’s Dream, which caught fire at Vuda Marina in Fiji. More »

High Winds Batter Clipper Race

Brutal seas and hurricane force winds battered racers participating in this year’s Clipper Round the World Race. The 12 identical Clipper 70s started Leg 4 from South Africa heading toward the ‘Roaring Forties’ via the Indian Ocean. More »