
Archive for May 2016
Banderas Bay Laser Racing Is Heaven
Fun racing in the Standard Masters Worlds on Day 4 (yesterday).
© John Pounder
"Laser sailing/racing in Banderas Bay is heaven: warm water, warmer air temps, 6- to 10-knot breeze in the early afternoon building to 12-15 by mid-afternoon meaning lighter weight sailors have a shot in the first race and heavier sailors can come on in the second race." More »
New York to Vendée Solo Race
While the West Coast sailing scene celebrates Memorial Day with the running of a revamped Spinnaker Cup race from San Francisco to Monterey and an all-new multi-stage California Offshore Race Week, East Coast sailors are focused on the New York-Vendée solo transatlantic race beginning on Sunday and the Atlantic Cup doublehanded coastal race beginning on Saturday. More »
Fire Destroys Sandpiper in Sea of Cortez
The sad news has just reached us that Edward Staples’ and Annette Alexander’s SoCal-based Island Packet sailboat Sandpiper caught fire and sank May 14, while crossing the Sea of Cortez en route to Mazatlan. More »
June Latitude Out Early
As our cover photo illustrates, sailing is big fun, even when you’re riding the rail. So we hope you’ll make time to get out on the water this weekend. And be sure to slip into your marina’s office and grab the latest issue of good ‘ol Latitude 38. More »
Looks Can Be Deceptive
Lemme guess: Rip Van Winkle? Leon Russell? No, that’s actually solo circumnavigator Jeff Hartjoy looking rather wooly after spending 204 days alone at sea.
© Debbie Hartjoy
They say you only get one chance to make a first impression. More »
Big Sailing Weekend Coming Up
For reasons we’ll never understand, many people choose to take long road trips over the Memorial Day Weekend, and invariably end up spending long hours in ugly, mind-numbing traffic. That’s not our idea of fun. More »
USA Olympic Team Roster
The West Coast is well represented on US Sailing Team Sperry. Californian Paris Henken and Washingtonian Helena Scutt, a Stanford grad, sail the 49erFX, the women’s version of the 49er skiff. More »
The Clipper Race’s West Coast Leg
The restart of the Clipper Race at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
© Clipper Race
Following a stopover in Seattle, the West Coast leg of the Clipper Round the World Race started on April 30 at the entrance of the Strait of Juan de Fuca in 15 knots of breeze from the west. More »
Ha-Ha Entries Quickly Approach 100
Baseball is popular with cruisers and locals alike in Turtle Bay, the small fishing village on the coast of Baja that warmly welcomes the Baja Ha-Ha fleet every year.
© Finn Beven
The Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha is more than a little chuffed that this year’s event has received more than 90 paid entries since sign-ups started just three weeks ago. More »
Hartjoy Makes Landfall on Day 204
He did it! On the 204th day after setting sail from Ecuador’s Bahia Caraquez, Washington-based singlehander Jeff Hartjoy completed his nonstop lap around the planet Sunday aboard his Baba 40 ketch, Sailors Run. More »
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