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Archive for February 2018

Racing Snaps from a Delightful Weekend

February 7, 2018
It’s unusual but it happens about once a season: GGYC starts a race from west to east instead of the other way around. © Golden Gate Yacht Club was pleased to be able to get a midwinter race off on Saturday, as temperatures warmed the sailors who hung around in the sunshine, patiently waiting out a 1:20-hour shoreside postponement. More »

Oops! The Waterfront Changed Again

February 5, 2018
One of our readers called the other day with a ‘hot tip’: He went by his favorite Latitude 38 pickup joint, Western Boat & Tackle on Third Street in San Rafael, where readers have been picking up Latitude for about 40 years, and found the magazines but not the business. More »

A(nother) Crew List Success Story

Scenes from the Golden Gate Yacht Club as sailors mix it up, trying to find the perfect ride or crew.  latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Anyone can do it," said Ryan Waters in a YouTube video he made about jumping aboard a Cal 43 as an inexperienced crew. More »

UFO Puts on a Light Show

On Sunday in late January, twilight falls on a gorgeous stretch of San Francisco waterfront. Lights illuminate the Golden Gate Bridge, enhancing the stunning panorama. A few straggling sailboats waft past the windows of St. More »

City Shrinks Salesforce Tower

February 2, 2018
Responding to complaints from a bevy of Bay Area residents (especially sailors) about the impact the Salesforce tower has made on the San Francisco skyline, city officials have reduced the size of the colossal new building so that it’s never taller than existing skyscrapers. More »

How Regattas Succeed

Most regattas succeed with a few basic ingredients — a good venue, decent sailing conditions and good race committee work, but, as always, the most important ingredient is the people. It’s the people who step up to organize the event and invite attendance, and the people who show up to participate. More »

Women Rule at St. Francis YC

Outgoing commodore James Kiriakis and incoming commodore Theresa Brandner at StFYC’s annual meeting in January. © Igor Capibaribe In late 2017, the 90-year-old tradition-steeped St. Francis Yacht Club elected its first woman commodore as a "candidate of change." More »

Relief: The February ‘Latitude’ Is Out

We always look forward to the beginning of the month, when we can put a fresh magazine on the top of the stack in the ‘reading room’. As always (or almost always), the current issue of Latitude 38 hits the streets on the first of the month, with our drivers dropping off stacks all over the San Francisco Bay Area on yet another sunny winter day. More »