Archive for March 2015
Beautiful Bucket Weather
The Bucket provides a rare chance to get up close and personal with some of the world’s greatest megayachts. This photo shows Jeff, one of our crew from Northern California, getting a close-up shot of Marie, a Hoek 180 that was the overall winner of last year’s Bucket. More »
Did We Give Them Good Charter Advice?
“My wife Pam and I met on Baja Ha-Ha #2 back in 1995,” writes Jim Yares. “Obviously it was a great experience for us. But now we’d love to get Latitude’s advice on where to charter with our family. More »
Life in La Paz
And your hosts for the Tuesday Evening Safety Meeting movie are…
Indara
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Scott and Monica of the Seattle, WA-based Gulfstar 44 Scott Free (Baja Ha-Ha class of 2009) and Eric and Christine Stephan of the Gig Harbor, WA-based Norseman 447 Indara (Baja Ha-Ha class of 2000) are pictured above, having made preparations for movie night — with an ancient boarding ladder, some duct tape, a few hangers, and a monitor — on Dock 4 at Marina Palmira in La Paz. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Scott and Monica of the Seattle, WA-based Gulfstar 44 Scott Free (Baja Ha-Ha class of 2009) and Eric and Christine Stephan of the Gig Harbor, WA-based Norseman 447 Indara (Baja Ha-Ha class of 2000) are pictured above, having made preparations for movie night — with an ancient boarding ladder, some duct tape, a few hangers, and a monitor — on Dock 4 at Marina Palmira in La Paz. More »
Gavel Down at Nelson Marine’s Auction
It says something about the quality of the boats in a liquidation sale when the specialist marine auctioneer is more excited about a handful of ancient cars than dozens of vessels. More »
Puerto Vallarta Pounded by Rain
Abnormally heavy rainfall pounded the Puerto Vallarta area a couple of days ago, leading to the closure of a key highway bridge, Puente Ameca, that spans the Ameca River, and separates the popular cruiser and expat destination of Nuevo Vallarta from Puerto Vallarta itself, where most yachting infrastructure and the international airport is located. More »
Bucket Tips Off Tomorrow
Friday will be the start of the three-race 19th St. Barth Bucket, which is for megayachts about 100 feet and longer, and is arguably the the most magnificent spectacle in big-boat fun racing. More »
Post-Cyclone Relief Arrives; Sailors Among Dead
Vanuatu is not an ideal place to weather the cyclone season, but by choice or necessity some boats winter over there. Reports indicate that roughly 20 of them were driven ashore by Cyclone Pam’s massive tidal surge. More »
Four Storms Rock South Pacific
In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Pam, international yachts lie piled against the seawall of Vanuatu’s capital. The president claims climate change is to blame.
© UNICEF / CNN
The simultaneous development of four powerful tropical storms late last week must have left some meteorologists thinking they’d stumbled into a Hollywood doomsday thriller — or were having their worst nightmare. More »
A Healthy Transpac Fleet
The sleek and swift Gunboats Coco de Mer and Tribe in the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta.
© Richard and Rachel
As of this morning, Transpacific YC has received 62 entries for the 48th edition of the classic 2,225-mile Transpac race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, indicating a very healthy fleet. More »
Volvo Ocean Race NZ Stopover
Latitude 38 contributor Ronnie Simpson drives Team Brunel’s Volvo Ocean 65 during in-port practice. "Yeah, it was pretty sick," he said.
© 2015 Ronnie Simpson
The Volvo Ocean Race’s Auckland stopover is always one of the circuit’s favorites, for fans and sailors alike, and this year’s was no different. More »
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