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Archive for November 2016

Getting to the Tropics

November 21, 2016
We made it! El Gato owners Annie Gardner and Eric Witte, on the right, stand atop the cat’s house after making the 1,500-mile passage from Virginia to the British Virgins.  El Gato
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Do you know the three reasons that it’s much harder to get to the tropics from the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states than it is from California? More »

Radical Offshore Racing Update

Shot during a pre-start practice session, either a very large shark — or perhaps orca — is keeping pace with Alex Thomson’s sleek IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss, or we’re getting a look at the tip of his starboard foil, which is now broken. More »

America’s Cup World Series Preview

November 18, 2016
Four of the six teams racing in Fukuoka, left to right: Artemis Racing (SWE), BAR Land Rover (GBR), SoftBank Team Japan and Groupama Team France, sailing on Friday. © 2016 Phil Uhl The first America’s Cup racing ever to be held in Asia begins today and concludes tomorrow in the final Louis Vuitton America’s Cup World Series event, hosted by Fukuoka on Kyushu Island, Japan. More »

Broken Tether Gives Clues to Mystery

Chuan singlehands the massive tri en route to Shanghai. The yellow circle indicates where the broken tether was found. © Guo Chuan Sailing Late last month, when Chinese singlehander Guo Chuan, 51, sailed out the Golden Gate aboard the 97-ft trimaran Qingdao China, he was determined to set a solo nonstop record for the 7,000-mile passage to Shanghai, while spreading a message of "Sino-American friendship" and promoting "marine culture exchanges between the two nations." More »

Pacific Puddle Jump Signups Begin

Having made the 4,000-mile crossing from Panama several weeks previously, a cruising cat arrives at the entrance to Cook’s Bay, Moorea, site of the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous. latitude/Andy
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Practically every day now we get emails from would-be South Pacific cruisers wondering when we’re going to begin taking signups for the 2017 Pacific Puddle Jump. More »

Queen of the Women’s Circuit

November 16, 2016
A new Queen of the Women’s Circuit was crowned last night at the Yacht Racing Association’s awards party, which was hosted by Berkeley Yacht Club. The ‘women’s circuit’, in case you’re not familiar with it, is just a list of women skipper races collected by Latitude 38 and published on a page of the annual YRA Calendar. More »

Solo TransPac Cruise-In

Summerlike and beautiful Ayala Cove, along the north shore of Angel Island, on Saturday, November 5. Tortuga
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC "We had a great group of Singlehanded TransPac alumni show up at the reunion get-together at Ayala Cove on Angel Island Saturday," reports Randy Leasure of the Westsail 32 Tortuga. More »

Reenacting a Cult Classic

At the risk of drowning in the attempt, these kissing-contest challengers were determined to keep their lips locked despite being pummeled by the Cabo shore break.  © 2016 Fin Beven Unless you’re well over 60, you’ve probably never seen the 1953 black-and-white film From Here to Eternity — except perhaps via an oldies TV channel. More »

The Latest Life on the Water Premiere

November 14, 2016
Life on the Water, the Sausalito-based documentary company, will premiere their latest film, Jon Wilson, The Restorer’s Journey, on Wednesday, November 16, at the Rafael Film Center in downtown San Rafael. More »

20 for 20 for Ol’ 63

Profligate, a sometimes sunny place for shady people sailing to Cabo San Lucas.  latitude/Richard
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Thanks to Internet and other issues in Cabo San Lucas, the Baja Ha-Ha photo wrap-up report we’d planned for today has been postponed, and may not even appear until Friday because of a mandatory 300-mile crossing to Puerto Vallarta. More »