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Archive for September 2015

How Some .0001-Percenters Race

September 4, 2015
Big and bold, if we’re not mistaken this is the second largest private sailboat in the world. © 2015 Carlo Borlenghi / Perini Navi The shot above is not the kind of sailing shot you see very often for two reasons. More »
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Just For Fun

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. More »

Sailors to the Rescue

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. More »

Free Event at Fort Mason

How was food preserved, prepared, and consumed aboard sailing ships of the 19th and early 20th centuries? Find out at a free lecture on Food in the Age of Sail on Thursday, September 10, when the Friends of the San Francisco Maritime Museum Library present historian and author Simon Spalding at the Maritime Research Center in Fort Mason’s Bldg. More »

Tenth Clipper Race Begins

September 2, 2015
London’s Tower Bridge is raised to allow the Clipper Round the World Race fleet to parade down the Thames prior to their start on Sunday. © 2015 onEdition Twelve Clipper 70s started the tenth edition of the 40,000-mile, 11-month Clipper Race off the English coast at Southend (at the mouth of the Thames) on Sunday. To More »

Hundreds of Charterboats All in a Row

This is where charterboats from The Moorings and other charter companies hide from hurricanes in the British Virgins. M&M Design and Engineering
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s hurricane season in the Caribbean, which means lots of charter boats aren’t being used. More »

Did You Get Yours Yet?

The Berkeley-based GravlaX anchored in Jamaica, as featured in this month’s Changes in Latitudes. GravlaX
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The September issue of Latitude 38 hit the docks yesterday, at least here by the Bay. More »