Archive for October 2014
Mexican Paperwork Wallows in Chaos
Jim Milski of the Lake City, Colorado-based Schionning 49 Sea Level has sailed around the world. He’s doing another Baja Ha-Ha this year with his wife Kent, and wanted to do all the paperwork by the book. More »
The Biblical Job Was a Sniveling Whiner
We don’t care what anybody says, the Biblical Job didn’t suffer anywhere nearly as much as the Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha has in his endless attempts to make paperwork requirements understandable to normal human beings wanting to bring their boats to Mexico. More »
Gonzalo Hammers St. Martin and St. Barth
A sailboat on the cement dock at the inner harbor of St. Barth. (Photographer unknown. All photos here are circulating on the Internet without photographer attribution.)
© 2014
For five hours on Monday evening St. More »
Farr 40 Worlds Preview
Farr 40s Nightshift, Plenty, and Voodoo Chile racing on the Cityfront in September’s Rolex Big Boat Series.
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While seven teams of top-level sailors tackle the North Atlantic in the ‘Everest of Sailing’ (aka the Volvo Ocean Race), 19 teams, with no shortage of rock stars onboard, will be tackling the waters of San Francisco Bay this week. More »
Fast TIP Processing and Delivery
"Tim Brill of Intrepid here. On Monday, October 6, I filled out the Banjercito form to get a Temporary Import Permit. It was easy. I paid my $43.40 online and received a reference number within minutes. More »
Checking in From Out There
No, this image hasn’t been color-adjusted in Photoshop. The water in Tonga really is that blue, clear and inviting.
© Livia Gilstrap
"I remember the sun rising over the peaks and the spicy floral smell of the island; the giddy feeling that we had actually sailed our home to the South Pacific." More »
More Clarifications and Confusion About Mexico Paperwork
Mexican officials at Huntington Beach yesterday tried to make sense of the often confusing and sometime contradictory aspects of applying for nautical tourist visas and Temporary Import Permits.
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©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We will not lie to you. More »
Volvo Ocean Race Starts Tomorrow
An aerial view of Saturday’s race around the cans in Alicante.
© David Ramos / Volvo Ocean Race
Seven teams will start the 39,000-mile around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race tomorrow in Alicante, Spain, bound for Cape Town, South Africa. More »
Fleet Week Begins Today
After their budget-related 2013 hiatus, the Blue Angels and other aerial daredevils will be back this weekend. Pictured here, stunt planes and Navy jets share Bay Area skies during a practice run in 2008. More »
Cabo Welcomes First Post-Odile Cruise Ship
The Holland Zaandam, the first post-Odile cruise ship, called on Cabo San Lucas last Friday, reports Claudia Ruiz Massieu, México’s Secretary of Tourism. The ship arrived from San Francisco with 1,857 passengers and 804 crew. More »
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