Archive for September 2016
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Wild Weekend of Rescues
Boating activities of all sorts increase on any holiday weekend, so we’d expect the tally of rescues to increase proportionally. But over the Labor Day Weekend, the range of potentially tragic incidents that occurred here in the Bay Area and elsewhere along the West Coast was a bit shocking — particularly on Saturday, September 3. More »
Hurricane Newton Takes Its Toll
There was some hurricane Newton damage to the palapas at Medano Beach at Cabo, but nothing serious.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Two of the five crew aboard a Mexican shrimp boat in the Sea of Cortez reportedly died after the vessel they were on capsized during the height of hurricane Newton early on Tuesday morning. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Two of the five crew aboard a Mexican shrimp boat in the Sea of Cortez reportedly died after the vessel they were on capsized during the height of hurricane Newton early on Tuesday morning. More »
Tips for Crewing Success
As noted in the ad below, tonight is the night when southbound skippers can mix and mingle with potential crew at Latitude 38‘s Mexico-Only Crew List Party. (From 6 to 9 p.m. More »
UPDATE: Newton Crushes Boats at Fonatur Marina
It’s always hoped that tropical storms and hurricanes lose their punch the farther north they get, but that wasn’t the case with Newton. He hit the Fonatur Marina at San Carlos hard, sinking a number of boats and tearing up docks. More »
SPECIAL REPORT: Hurricane Newton Hits Baja
As this graphic shows, the eye of Hurricane Newton was traveling up the western side of the Baja Peninsula early this morning. However, it is expected to arc toward the north tonight, then travel northeast across the Sea of Cortez and onto the Mexico mainland sometime tomorrow. More »
Hardly Strictly Sail Pacific?
On October 27, 2001 the first Strictly Bluegrass Festival took place in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Within a few years this annual event grew to be the largest free music festival on the West Coast — if not in the entire nation. More »
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La Playa del Amor Reopens. Sort of.
A fantasy image constructed in Photoshop? No, while somewhat distorted by a fisheye lens, this geographical anomaly is 100% real.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Marieta Islands National Park, which includes La Playa del Amor — aka Hidden Beach aka Beach of Love — and is located at the mouth of Banderas Bay some 12 miles from Puerto Vallarta, has reopened. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Marieta Islands National Park, which includes La Playa del Amor — aka Hidden Beach aka Beach of Love — and is located at the mouth of Banderas Bay some 12 miles from Puerto Vallarta, has reopened. More »
Paralympics Preview
The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be held on September 7-18, with sailing on September 11-17 on Guanabara Bay.
The Paralympic Games began in Rome in 1960. Sailing first appeared as a demonstration sport in Atlanta in ’96 and was first included as a full medal sport at Sydney 2000, where the the singlehanded 2.4mR keelboat made its debut. More »
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