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Archive for March 2015

West Coast Boats Excel in Heineken Regatta

March 9, 2015
Hot action in windy conditions has characterized the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. © Laurens Morel Boats from Seattle and Long Beach, as well as one owned by a former San Francisco Yacht Club member, and one tangentially from the West Coast, kicked booty in last week’s massive 188-boat 35th annual St. More »

Changes in Longitudes, Changes in Conditions

March 6, 2015
Yesterday marked the first day of racing in the 23rd annual Banderas Bay Regatta for [mostly] Cruisers. Based on having done many of them in the past, we’d guess the wind didn’t blow much more than 15 knots, and the seas were almost non-existent for the 32-boat fleet. More »

Stand Out in the Crowd

March 4, 2015
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©2014Latitude 38 Media, LLC There’s no better way to stand out in a crowd than by wearing a Latitude 38 T-shirt, available in an array of fruity colors plus basic black and white. More »

A Destination Like No Other

Ronnie Simpson’s San Francisco-based Cal 2-27 Mongo anchored in one of the Bay of Islands’ hundreds of great anchorages © Ronnie Simpson With spring right around the corner and the Pacific Puddle Jump fleet preparing to set sail across the Pacific, it’s never too early to begin thinking about where to spend ‘the season’. More »

Ta-Ta Again This Summer?

Three Ta-Ta boats approach the entrance to Channel Islands Harbor at the same time. The Ta-Ta is rally-style cruising, not racing, so spinnakers are optional.  latitude/Richard
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC “Is there any chance there will be another SoCal Ta-Ta this summer?” More »

Hard to Say Goodbye to Old Friends

March 2, 2015
Have you ever had to absolutely throw away a piece of sailing gear because it was so useless? We’re not the most sentimental types, but recently it was hard for us to throw away a bit of terribly frayed 3/4-inch three-strand because . More »

Spanish Moment in the Sun

The victorious Desafío MAPFRE crew celebrate their arrival in Auckland. Recognizable in the photo are (left to right) the Argentinian onboard reporter, Francisco Vignale; Basque skipper Xabi Fernández; Spanish bowman Antonio Cuervas-Mons; and Brazilian watch captain André Fonseca. More »

If You Come, They Will Build It

The Matthew Turner in frames and deck beams. Next comes the deck. © 2015 John Skoriak Ratty, the resident boat expert in Wind in the Willows, said it best: “There is absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.” More »