Archive for October 2017
Ever Seen Two More Shady Characters?
A couple of shady characters about to walk into an empty Italian restaurant.
latitude/Richard
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC A guy in a huge pickup truck yelled at me the other night while I, the Wanderer, was walking across Shelter Island Drive, on my way from the San Diego Yacht Club to my 63-ft cat Profligate docked at Driscoll Boat Works. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC A guy in a huge pickup truck yelled at me the other night while I, the Wanderer, was walking across Shelter Island Drive, on my way from the San Diego Yacht Club to my 63-ft cat Profligate docked at Driscoll Boat Works. More »
Socrates Cancels Circumnav Attempt
After taking a fall from a ladder in a British Columbia boatyard, Jeanne Socrates has postponed her attempt at becoming the oldest person to singlehand around the world until next year.
"I’m leaving hospital today to stay with friends nearby and recuperate slowly, but carefully," Socrates told us by email last week. More »
Sailing Gets Extreme This Week
Long one of our favorite racing series out there, the Extreme Sailing Series will bring eight teams to sunny Southern California to contest the penultimate round of their 2017 championship in a weekend that promises to provide plenty of action and a few surprises. More »
Found! Jimmy Buffett’s Lost Shaker of Salt
We’re receiving reports that after years of searching — and indeed, after years of wasting away — Jimmy Buffett has apparently located his lost shaker of salt, which is rumored to be in San Francisco. More »
Lucky Day in Inverness
You never know. Remember years ago how cool it was when you bought a box of Cap’n Crunch and you’d reach in to find a plastic dinosaur or a fake tattoo? More »
PSSC Small Boat Regatta
That’s Amoore. Joy Dahlgren’s Moore 24 hailing from Royal Victoria YC prepares to hoist the spinnaker.
© 2017 Jan Anderson
Jan Anderson of Jan’s Marine Photography sent us these photos of the PSSC Small Boats Regatta. More »
Why I Sail in the Leukemia Cup
Here’s my leukemia story and why I sail in the Leukemia Cup. This is a picture of my little brother Larry. He invented the selfie in 1967.
latitude/Mitch
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC He died of leukemia roughly six months after he took this picture. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC He died of leukemia roughly six months after he took this picture. More »
Low Times for a Caribbean Captain
Originally from the eastern Sierra, Peter Whitney has been a friend of Latitude’s since he was aboard the Freeport 41 ketch Country Gentleman for the boat-destroying Cabo storm of 1982. He’s subsequently spent many years running charter boats in the Caribbean, many of them with Darcy Whitney, also from the eastern Sierra. More »
Svendsen’s Relocating to Richmond
Svendsen’s Boat Works —an institution in Alameda for 54 years — is relocating. The yard will close its gates in Alameda on November 3, and reopen in Richmond in January. The Chandlery will remain at its current location for the time being. More »
Joan Storer Race Smoked Out
In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we previewed Tiburon Yacht Club’s Joan Storer Regatta, scheduled for tomorrow, October 14. But TYC has decided to postpone the women’s/coed race. This announcement appears on the TYC website: "As we pray for our friends and neighbors in Sonoma and Napa counties, we also are concerned about the unhealthy air quality resulting from the devastating fires. More »
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