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Archive for April 2018

Meet the Experts at Our Boat Show Booth

April 18, 2018
Martin assembles the WinchRite booth in Richmond’s historic Craneway Pavilion, where Fords were formerly assembled. latitude/Annie
©2018 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Even as we post this, many hands are making light work of heavy lifting, setting up for the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show in Richmond, opening tomorrow at 10 a.m. More »

Déjà Vu at Aquatic Park

There have been a few developments in the case of ‘that one boat’ at Aquatic Park, a roughly 30-ft trimaran that has been the center of controversy for the last few weeks — or rather, there’s been a case of déjà vu. But More »

Sailing PE? Yes, Really.

April 16, 2018
In this month’s issue of Latitude 38, we touched on one of Marin County’s many hidden-in-plain-sight sailing gems. We were pleasantly surprised to learn that since the 1970s, San Rafael High School has offered sailing PE. More »

Living Aboard in the Bay Area

Whether because of the high cost of housing, dreams of sailing away, or a close-to-nature, live-lightly ethos, numerous Bay Area residents find themselves fortunate enough to live aboard sailboats in the Bay Area. More »

Dean Barker Wins Ficker Cup

Dean Barker dominated the 2018 Ficker Cup to win the Grade Two World Sailing regatta and advance to the Congressional Cup, which will start this Wednesday. Also qualifying for the Congo Cup is Johnie Berntsson of Sweden, who finished second in the three-day regatta hosted by Long Beach Yacht Club. More »

Beat This!

We’d never seen it before, but in April’s Sightings, we featured a story about love on the water. Robert Bauman and Claudia Allison sent in the following photo of their track from a carefully plotted Valentine’s Day sail a few years ago. More »

Standing Room Only for Liz Clark

April 13, 2018
Liz Clark last night at St. Francis last night. latitude/Tim
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Get vulnerable." That was the parting advice from surfer, singlehanded sailor and now author Liz Clark last night at St. More »

Bohemia After Dark: The Final Days of Docktown

The lights are slowly going out on the Docktown liveaboard community in Redwood City. According to the city’s Docktown Plan, residents were required to move out by February 28, 2018, but a 60-day stay was granted by the courts in response to a lawsuit filed by one of the Docktown residents, so the final date has been pushed back to the end of April. More »

No More ‘Waiting Room’ in Mexico

April 11, 2018
At the end of March, boats in the so-called ‘Waiting Room’  — the anchorage just outside Marina Puerto Escondido — were given 48 hours to move out. Lots of rumors have been circulating regarding the reason(s), so we asked the Marina directly what was going on. More »