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Archive for February 2015

The Married-On-Your-Boat Club

February 11, 2015
"I am a proud member of the Latitude ‘Over 30 Club’, as I have owned my Pearson 26 for 38 years," writes William Grummel of Antioch. "But I was thinking there may be another fun ‘club’ for Latitude to start — a club for those who were married on their boat. More »

Eco-Friendly Anchoring

Is this a cool photo of eco-friendly cruising or what? Swell
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Whenever possible, I use this precision anchoring technique seen in the photo to place my anchor in a sand patch where my chain won’t damage any nearby coral," reports Liz Clark. More »

Help This Sailor Circumnavigate

February 9, 2015
If you don’t get distracted by Elizabeth, you can see that the Ostranders believe in solar power. This photo was taken aboard Journey in French Polynesia. Journey
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you could help the lovely young cruiser in the above photo pursue her dream of sailing around the world, and it wouldn’t cost you a cent or take more effort than a few clicks of a computer mouse, would you do it? More »

Surf’s Up in SF

High tide and a big sea swell made the spray fly on shore, while just beyond, Golden Gate Yacht Club held their fourth midwinter race in a fortuitous break between big storm fronts. More »

Are You Too Connected?

For most sailors it used to be that part of the attraction of getting out on the water was to escape the rat race and all its trappings, such as phones, faxes, computers and buzz-killing news broadcasts. More »

Associate Publisher to Speak at StFYC

John Arndt, the Associate Publisher of Latitude 38, will give a talk, ‘A Sailing Life Inspires a Celebration of Sailing and Ocean Conservation,’ at a St. Francis Yacht Club Yachting Luncheon this Wednesday, February 11. More »
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Looking for the Freedom 33 Wairua

February 6, 2015
"Our friend Dereck Vance here in Kerikeri, New Zealand, has not heard from his son Andrew and wife Megan for nearly one month and understandably he is curious to know where they may be," write Michel and Jane Deridder. More »

Mystery Revealed

We received many responses to Wednesday’s Mystery Photo quiz — some correct, some incorrect, and some creative. Among our favorites was Jeff Cook’s: "The latest idea for revamping latitude and longitude. More »

Friends on the Water

Few forms in nature are more gracefully streamlined than a dolphin cutting through the water.  Hula Girl
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC As Wayne Zittel of J World Performance Sailing School points out below, sometimes unexpected encounters can be the highlight of an offshore sail.  More »

In Search of Alpha 30 Plans

February 4, 2015
As reported in our March 2013 issue, a formerly derelict piece of nautical history is being restored from stem to stern in Humboldt Bay by a dedicated group of military veterans and anti-nuclear activists.  More »