March 2018 - Page 5 of 5

General Sailing

A Cautionary Tale

March 5, 2018

As we were motoring out of the San Rafael Creek yesterday, we noticed a boat — maybe 35- to 40-ft — anchored just outside the channel markers. This was curious, as the San Rafael Canal is notoriously (although shockingly) shallow, especially where this boat had dropped the hook. More »

Latitude 38 Magazine

Another T-shirt Winner

Kevin Connolly came to the Bay Area in 1978 and is a seasoned sailor. He’s owned a couple of boats, his first being a Nonsuch 30 named Cariboo (though technically he owned a Hobie Cat before that). More »

General Sailing

Extended Interview: Carter Cassel

We first met Carter Cassel — the skipper of San Francisco’s National Historic Landmark ship Alma — at Summer Sailstice last June. We’d heard that Cassel comes from a serious sailing family. More »

Racing

Vestas Ready to Rejoin Volvo Race

Six weeks after crashing into a fishing boat and killing one fisherman in the crowded waters of Hong Kong, the Vestas/11th Hour Racing Volvo 65 is repaired and back in the water. The More »

Racing

March Inshore Racing Preview

March 2, 2018

With spring arriving in the third week of March, Midwinter Series are wrapping up this month. Laser District 24 will kick off their 2018 Svendsen’s Grand Prix Series this Sunday at the final Richmond Yacht Club Small Boat Midwinters. More »

Racing

Dodging Drops to Deliver Latitude

The only thing good in today’s forecast is the delivery of the March issue of Latitude 38 (and snow in Tahoe). Our drivers are on the road now bringing Latitude 38 to the best waterfront businesses in the Bay Area. More »

General Sailing

Catching Up with the Middletons

Actually, since they’re sailing their Atlantic 57 Nogal, you won’t likely catch them. Since they left the Bay Area in spring 2016, Frank, Marilia, Julia and Sophia have sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific, had first-hand lessons on sailing the world’s oceans, kept up with some book learning, and are now are enjoying Southeast Asia. More »

The Latitude Movie Club: Pirates of the Caribbean

Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl was a good movie, and everything that followed diminished in quality, fun and coherent storytelling, and repeated the same tired, monster-laden formula that was, in our sailorly opinion, the weakest part of the original plot to begin with.