Archive for June 2016
A Day of Hope for Our Oceans
The famous double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea was chosen by the United Nations to be the centerpiece of World Oceans Day events there. She has sailed in five oceans since departing Hawaii two years ago. More »
Strangest Thing You’ve Seen Offshore?
Believe it or not, we’ve received a half dozen similar shots of mid-ocean freeloaders.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC During the four decades that Latitude 38 has chronicled the experiences of West Coast sailors, we’ve received a fantastic variety of photos of objects floating offshore: semi-submerged shipping containers, the lower stage of a space-bound rocketship, a shipwrecked fisherman who’d been floating for days, and about a half dozen images taken in mid-ocean of seabirds catching their breath atop turtles. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC During the four decades that Latitude 38 has chronicled the experiences of West Coast sailors, we’ve received a fantastic variety of photos of objects floating offshore: semi-submerged shipping containers, the lower stage of a space-bound rocketship, a shipwrecked fisherman who’d been floating for days, and about a half dozen images taken in mid-ocean of seabirds catching their breath atop turtles. More »
NY to Vendée Race Is Vendée Globe Preview
Jérémie Beyou’s Maître Coq leads competitors past Lady Liberty last week on a nonstop sprint to France, that serves as the final warmup for November’s Vendée Globe solo around-the-world race.
© 2016 Amory Ross / Sea&Co / OSM
Having been ravaged by carnage and multiple UFOs — unidentified floating objects — on the first day out of New York, the top solo sailors in the in the inaugural New York – Vendée race are beginning to enter the Bay of Biscay and make their approach to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. More »
Delta Ditch Run Lite
Although the fleet enjoyed some bikini weather, the triple-digit temps forecast didn’t materialize for Saturday’s Delta Ditch Run from Richmond to Stockton.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC This year’s Delta Ditch Run will not be remembered for carnage, dismastings, broken boats or broken records. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC This year’s Delta Ditch Run will not be remembered for carnage, dismastings, broken boats or broken records. More »
Not Rolling on the River
Having risen 20 feet, the waters of the Seine have completely flooded one of the main thoroughfares on the Right Bank.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Normally you wouldn’t worry about weather’s being a factor in sticking to a boat schedule — commercial or private — on the canals and rivers of France. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Normally you wouldn’t worry about weather’s being a factor in sticking to a boat schedule — commercial or private — on the canals and rivers of France. More »
Ecuador Rebuilding; Caraquez Marina Open
The Bahia de Caraquez peninsula, as it looked before the recent quakes. The entrance to the bay — the mouth of the Rio Chone — is seen beyond it.
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As regular readers know, in recent years Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, has become an important stopover point for international cruisers, many of whom leave their boats in the secure marina there while they enjoy a stint of inland touring to such ‘bucket list’ sites as Machu Picchu and Cuzco, Peru. More »
When It Breaks, You Fix It
It goes without saying that risks to life and limb — as well as to boats — are inherent in yacht racing. That fact was clearly illustrated last Saturday during the annual Master Mariners Regatta, when the 82-ft stays’l schooner Seaward and the Lapworth 36 Papoose collided during the third leg of the race. More »
Sail a Laser from California to Hawaii?
Tania in action. Some say the ex-Olympian is the greatest Mexican sailor of all time. And these days she has some very ambitious plans.
© 2016 Conade
We agree that it’s a very audacious goal to singlehand a 130-pound boat 2,500 miles from California to Hawaii. More »
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