Archive for September 2015
Our old Flying Scud may be more than 50 years old, but we think the Philip Rhodes design still looks great.
During an interview not long ago, we asked a Coast Guard rescue pilot how often mariners who’ve been rescued return to a Search and Rescue (SAR) base to personally thank their saviors.
As you might imagine, there are always plenty of pirates and wenches at the KIck-off Costume Parties.
Crossing the Pacific, garbage wasn’t the only thing Stay Gold picked up. Presumably, this flying fish was returned to the sea.
The Notice of Race for the Conch Republic Cup Key West Cuba Race Week was released earlier this month, and already at least one Bay Area boat is entered.
Saturday’s start of the Mini Transat îles de Guadeloupe, a solo Atlantic crossing in two legs.
In our special report yesterday on a kidnapping incident at a Philippine marina, we presented all the details that were available to us at the time.
In August, West Marine announced the 29 youth boating nonprofit organizations that received $1,500 checks from its BlueFuture Fund™.
Ocean View Resort and Marina, the site of the kidnappings.
© 2015 Ocean View Resort
Three foreign nationals and a Filipina partner were abducted late Monday night from the upscale Ocean View Resort near Davao City off the southern Philippine island of Mindinao.
Study in red: James Clappier on the bow of Peter Krueger’s HPR-winning J/125 Double Trouble.
Back in the 1980s, big beautiful schooners were still among the most desirable offerings of Caribbean charter fleets, and a number of high-profile celebrities were often seen in popular anchorages of St.
Renaud Laplanche and Ryan Breymaier brought new meaning to the rent-a-boat concept. During their six-month rental of the 105-ft VPLP maxi-tri Lending Club 2, they challenged and shattered three prestigious sailing records — most notably here on the West Coast, the outright Los Angeles-to-Honolulu record, with the jaw-dropping time of 3 days and 19 hours.
Previously the pair and their crewmates smashed both the Newport-Bermuda and Cowes, GBR-to-Dinard, FRA, records.
Among possible candidates for the ‘face’ of this year’s Ta-Ta are Kurt and Katie Braun of the Deerfoot 74 Interlude.
Tennis has Wimbledon. Golf has the Masters. Horse racing has the Kentucky Derby.
Many newly released books cross our desks here at Latitude 38 ‘world headquarters’.
Guo Chuan (second from right) and his international crew were thrilled to cross the 3,200-mile Northeast Passage nonstop and unscathed, thus setting a new benchmark time.
After a zillion hours of volunteer labor, the Golden Rule is whole again, and sailing the West Coast with her message of peace.
© 2015 Golden Rule Project
If you have sympathies for the anti-nuke movement, you won’t want to miss the chance to check out the original ‘peace boat’, the Golden Rule, which is scheduled to arrive in San Francisco Bay this Sunday.
What a venue! The Santa Barbara YC’s beach facility for the Ta-Ta Kick-Off Party was perfect.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC One hundred and one sailors from 41 boats enjoyed perfect weather conditions for the SoCal Ta-Ta — Reggae ‘Pon Da Ocean’ — Kick-Off Party at Santa Barbara YC’s wonderful beach facility late yesterday.
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC One hundred and one sailors from 41 boats enjoyed perfect weather conditions for the SoCal Ta-Ta — Reggae ‘Pon Da Ocean’ — Kick-Off Party at Santa Barbara YC’s wonderful beach facility late yesterday.
The MOD70 Race for Water, while on a global environmental mission, has capsized in the Indian Ocean.
R2AK creator Jake Beattie, right, holds the personal challenge he’s about to mail to Oracle Team USA head Larry Ellison.
Two maxi speedsters that wowed the West Coast with their transpacific feats this summer are getting new looks.
In the aftermath of last weekend’s tragic late-night boating accident in Catalina’s Descanso Bay that took the lives of two young boaters, another on-the-water fatality occurred yesterday, 26 miles away at Two Harbors.
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In the wake of America’s Cup 34 — where deep-pocketed syndicates dumped unprecedented resources into the development and advancement of foiling technology — more and more boats have begun flying.
Before you take off sailing this weekend, remember that September 15 is the deadline to enter this fall’s Baja Ha-Ha cruising rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas.
Michael Harris and his girlfriend Kelly Wells. He was killed and she was injured when the dinghy they were in was involved in a 1 a.m.
Despite the fact that 15-year-old Cody (left) and Alex, 18, live in the high desert, sailing is one of their primary passions.
Tim Brill
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC During its 21-year history, a number of famous and semi-famous boats have participated in the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally.
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC During its 21-year history, a number of famous and semi-famous boats have participated in the Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally.
In its 20-year history, the Clipper Race, a round-the-world race in multiple legs for paying crew, has had an excellent safety record.
Seen here on stage at his club in 2004 holding his trusty Fender Stratocaster, Philo Hayward will be greatly missed.
Big and bold, if we’re not mistaken this is the second largest private sailboat in the world.
How was food preserved, prepared, and consumed aboard sailing ships of the 19th and early 20th centuries?
In the aftermath of a devastating tropical storm last week that left many residents of the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica homeless and its airport unusable, Caribbean sailors as well as visiting international cruisers are being asked to help bring in desperately needed supplies.
As we head into the Labor Day Weekend, we’ll leave you with a highly entertaining video depicting the bustling Dutch port of Amsterdam last month during its five-day Sail Amsterdam event.