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Looking for a Free Berth West Across the Atlantic?

April 6, 2016
"Know anyone who might want to join me on a ‘free’ crossing of the Atlantic?" writes Rory Kremer. "I’ll be taking the Gulfstar 63 Stargazer across. Launched in 1984, Stargazer is sloop-rigged, but has mainly been used as an engine-driven vacation boat for the last 10 years. More »

Come See Us at Strictly Sail

Strictly Sail Pacific opens tomorrow on the Richmond Riviera. latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Even as we write this, a van full of Latitude 38 magazines, shirts and hats has just pulled out of our world headquarters in Mill Valley, destined for the Richmond Riviera. More »

Fiji to Be Hit by Another Tropical Cyclone

Vuda Point Marina is beautiful, but it’s also about to be besieged by another tropical cyclone.  Vuda Point Marina
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The South Pacific tropical cyclone season is supposed to end at the end of April, and that’s still three weeks away, which is why cruisers in Fiji are having to batten down for the impending arrival of tropical cyclone Zena. More »

Sail and Endure Like a Girl

April 4, 2016
Michelle Boroski of Ventura has formed Team Sistership to sail an F-27 in June’s Race to Alaska. While visiting Port Townsend, WA, last March, Boroski saw the poster for the first R2AK, which started in Port Townsend and finished in Ketchikan, AK, last summer. More »

Second Fatality in Clipper Race

The Clipper 70 blasts away from the UK mainland on August 31, day one of the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race. Tragically a crewmember died days later, and a second perished last Friday in the mid-Pacific. More »

Dutch Couple Lost at Sea

The bodies of Ria and Waldy Finke, a Dutch cruising couple on the Netherlands-based yacht Talagoa, were found floating off Isla San Andrés, Colombia, on April 1. Although owned by Colombia, San Andrés is off the east coast of Nicaragua. More »

The Cup Comes to America

April 1, 2016
Here’s what sailing looks like from onboard one of Artemis Racing’s foiling AC45F catamarans. © Sander van der Boch / Artemis Racing We wish we could say that the America’s Cup Event Authority has relented and is bringing racing back to San Francisco. More »

A Question of Salvage Rights

We’re occasionally reminded that simply proclaiming "Salvage!" when you find an object floating on the high seas does not necessarily win you ownership of it. That might work in the movies, but as two Monterey Bay fishermen are finding out, the issue of salvage rights is a tricky one. More »