Archive for September 2019
Socrates Sets New World Record
On Saturday, hundreds of people welcomed Jeanne Socrates and Nereida as she coasted across the finish line into Victoria, British Columbia, to become the oldest person to sail alone, nonstop and unassisted around the world. More »
Yacht Fest, October 4-6
Save the date: October 4-6, for the Northern California Yacht Fest at Marina Village Yacht Harbor.
Get Ready to Party with Latitude Next Week
It’s almost party time and we can’t wait to get together with sailors galore at Latitude 38’s Fall Crew List Party. This biannual celebration has become one of the Bay Area’s most talked-about events — for sailors and anyone aspiring to sail. More »
Visioning the Future of Sausalito’s Waterfront
Sausalito is working through the process of updating their general plan, or a blueprint for a community’s vision of growth, which was last updated in 1995. Tomorrow, Sausalito will hold a “visioning session” for the Marinship, “That part of town north of Dunphy Park that includes our historic working waterfront and a wide variety of other public and private uses.” More »
Jeanne Socrates: As Close as Possible
“Checking Weather to see if Friday afternoon is possible,” Jeanne Socrates wrote on her blog about the possible finish to her now 338-day circumnavigation. The 77-year-old Englishwoman — who’s attempting to become the oldest person to sail alone, unassisted and nonstop around the world — has been hovering off the windless coast of Vancouver Island for several days now. More »
Dorian Levels Bahamas, Makes Landfall in North Carolina
Many Latitude 38 readers have cruised the Virgin Islands, chartered in the Abaco Islands, or sailed up the East Coast via the Intracoastal Waterway. All these typically alluring destinations have been or will be in the path of still-churning Hurricane Dorian, which just made landfall at Cape Hatteras, North Carolina as a Category 1 storm. More »
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An Unspeakable Tragedy at Sea
Thirty-four people are presumed dead after a fire broke out on the 75-ft diving vessel Conception on Monday off the Channel Islands. “Most of the passengers had come from several towns in the San Francisco Bay Area,” CNN reported. More »
Man Swims Through Pacific Garbage Patch to Raise Awareness
On Saturday, a French long-distance swimmer and his support crew swam and sailed underneath the Golden Gate Bridge to mark the conclusion of an 80-day expedition from Hawaii into San Francisco. More »
Crew Overboard! But not by Accident
We tried several different methods of approaching the crewmember in the water, either by motor or with sails. All three methods were successful, recovering the overboard crew…
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