Archive for January 2015
When Is a Sailboat a Yacht?
"Is a sailboat a yacht?" the young man asked.
"I don’t know what Webster says, but by my definition, no, not usually. But some special sailboats do qualify as yachts."
"How can you tell?" More »
Rock On!
What can happen when a boat in motion hits a stationary object such as a pinnacle rock.
latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It gives you pause when a marine pilot hits a rock with his own boat. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It gives you pause when a marine pilot hits a rock with his own boat. More »
A Trio of Boat Shows
This weekend will be a big one for boat shows on the West Coast. The Seattle Boat Show Indoors + Afloat will start on Friday and run through February 1, with boats on the water on South Lake Union and indoor displays and seminars at CenturyLink Field Event Center. More »
Racing with Copepods
Despite what you might think, copepods are not the latest, greatest racing dinghies. They’re tiny crustaceans that scientists believe are the fastest animals on earth. Three meters per second might not sound like a lot, but if you scale the proportions up to the size of a human, it’s somewhere in the range of 6-12 miles per second! More »
King Tides Preview Future Levels
Yesterday’s 9.4-foot high tide at Redwood City was inches from flooding the grounds of this waterside facility. Imagine what this scene would look like in storm conditions — or if sea levels really do rise substantially. More »
Transpac Shaping Up Nicely
Rio100 takes a wave in the Rolex Sydney Hobart.
Rio 100
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The early entry deadline for the 48th Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race is six weeks away — March 1 — and the late entry deadline is June 1. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The early entry deadline for the 48th Los Angeles to Honolulu Transpacific Yacht Race is six weeks away — March 1 — and the late entry deadline is June 1. More »
The Most Peaceful Setting in Mexico?
Jardin del Pulpo, where the Wanderer goes to meditate.
latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re searching for extreme tranquility in Mexico, in our opinion you don’t have to look farther than the Jardin del Pulpo — the Octopus’ Garden — in La Cruz on Banderas Bay. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re searching for extreme tranquility in Mexico, in our opinion you don’t have to look farther than the Jardin del Pulpo — the Octopus’ Garden — in La Cruz on Banderas Bay. More »
Feeling the Pain
Although our principal ‘beat’ is to report on sailing activities on the West Coast and beyond, we also do our best to keep track of news and trends in the wider watersports industry. More »
“My Wife Was Not Happy”
"We had a passage from hell after leaving Panama for Hawaii," reports Randal Barnhart, 69, of the Alaska-based Yankee Clipper Westwind. When we met him and his wife Carole almost a year ago at our annual Pacific Puddle Jump party in Panama, they were poised to cross the outbound track of their 15-year circumnavigation. More »
Hugo Boss Dismasted
Hugo Boss was the most modern of eight IMOCA 60s making a mad dash around the globe in the Barcelona World Race, and the winner of the last edition.
© 2015 Gilles Martin-Raget / Barcelona World Race
After leading the doublehanded Barcelona World Race for the better part of two weeks, Hugo Boss dismasted on Wednesday night in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 370 miles east of Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. More »
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