February 2020 - Latitude38

Richmond Yacht Club’s Sail a Small Boat Day

This event is open to everyone, sailors and non-sailors, young and old. Thinking about buying your own boat? Start small.

Sailing Records

Lia Ditton Just Keeps Rowing

February 28, 2020

Way back in November, sailor-turned-ocean-rower Lia Ditton wrote about her 24-day, 700-nautical-mile row from Oregon to California right here on ‘Lectronic Latitude. Once Bay Area-based, Ditton has been training for more than three years to row from Japan to San Francisco — a distance of 5,500 nautical miles. More »

Q+M Travels: Adventures in California and Beyond

Learn essential skills from professional instructors while also enjoying an escape that only the cruising life can deliver.

Pacific Cup: It Takes All Kinds

The Pac Cup routinely caters to a wide range of sailing yachts with crews from diverse backgrounds — from tiny doublehanders to mega-yachts and from adventurous families to well-tuned racing syndicates.

Up-Bay Voyages: The Sea Chantey Sing

Dennis Maggard sails from the South Bay to anchor in Aquatic Park and attend the Sea Chantey sing at the San Francisco National Maritime Museum.

General Sailing

A Few Spots Still Left on ‘Esprit’ for a Ride to the Spring Crew Party

February 26, 2020

After speaking with Mitchell Andrus of the Berkeley-based Kelly Peterson 46 Esprit yesterday, we were informed that there are a few spots left for a ride to next week’s Spring Crew Party at Golden Gate Yacht Club. More »

Lessons Learned by 2019 Puddle Jump First-Timers, Part 2: Breakages

After doing the Pacific Puddle Jump last year, Elana Connor wanted to share what she — and other first-time jumpers — had learned in 2019 while sailing across the remote and dreamy South Pacific. More »

Workaholics Adrift by Judy McCandless

Workaholics Adrift is a travel memoir that follows a corporate workaholic who discovers her humanity via extended travel.

SailGP Launches Season 2 This Week

For the past week, SailGP teams have been training in Sydney Harbour in anticipation of the first regatta of 2020 on February 28-29. Teams from Denmark, France, Great Britain, Japan, Spain and the USA take on champions Australia.

RORC Caribbean 600 Underway

A race that has surged to international prominence in just over a decade, RORC’s Caribbean 600 is now one of the most popular events on the Caribbean circuit.