Archive for April 2015
Mystery Body IDed as Sailboater
A body found last summer has been identified via DNA as a missing sailor, but the cause of his death as well as the whereabouts of his sailboat and companion remain a mystery. More »
11 Things We Learned at the Voiles
The almighty Phaedo3 rolls over the top of San Franciscan Peter Aschenbrenner’s Irens 63 Paradox. A greatly toned down ORMA 60, Paradox still beat Comanche boat-for-boat two out of three times. More »
Record Run to Bermuda
Sailing at an average speed of 27 knots, the San Francisco-based CEO of Lending Club, Renaud Laplanche, with co-skipper Ryan Breymaier and the crew of the 105-ft trimaran Lending Club 2, set a new record for the 635-mile course from Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, RI, to Kitchen Shoal Beacon in Bermuda. More »
Big Numbers
The stylish and fast new Perini Navi Perseus 3 stretches her long legs.
© 2015 Perini Navi
Perini Navi, the Italian company that built the 289-ft Maltese Falcon for Belvedere’s Tom Perkins, is the leader in large sailing yachts. More »
Maserati Heads for Bay, Shanghai
The famous VOR70 Maserati isn’t the driest boat ever built, but she gets the job done. Look for her sailing north off the California coast in the coming days.
Maserati
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Did you see the Maserati at the guest dock?" More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Did you see the Maserati at the guest dock?" More »
Perfect Sailing for Voiles
Monsters at the start, with Comanche in the distance and Ramber 88 up close. They both won.
© 2015 Christophe Jouany
Competitors couldn’t have asked for more ideal sailing conditions — 15 to 20 knots, 5-foot seas — for the first of four Voiles de St. More »
Father & Son Rescued off Ft. Bragg
When you’re sailing offshore in a small sailboat, the sight of an enormous commercial vessel passing close by might make you nervous. But in this case it was a godsend.
At roughly 8:30 a.m. More »
Tenacatita Reopens to Locals & Cruisers
Easter Sunday was especially festive at Jalisco, Mexico’s Tenacatita Beach, as federal officials finally removed fences that had blocked public access to this formerly popular beachfront for nearly five years. Nearby lagoon anchorages, which had been immensely popular with cruising sailors prior to the August, 2010 shutdown, were also reopened. More »
In Admiration of Old and Simple Ways
The Paul Johnson-designed gaff ketch Sequel of Bermuda at the dock in St. Barth.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re big fans of simplicity, so when we saw the ‘autopilot’ on Sequel, Stevie Hollis’ Bermuda-based 34-ft Venus ketch, at the water dock in St. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re big fans of simplicity, so when we saw the ‘autopilot’ on Sequel, Stevie Hollis’ Bermuda-based 34-ft Venus ketch, at the water dock in St. More »
Good News from Mexico
"The Aduana official at Puerto Chiapas in southern Mexico who said 10-Year TIPs have to be surrendered when a boat leaves Mexico has been corrected," reported Tere Grossman, president of the Mexican Marina Owners Association, in an email to Latitude 38. More »
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