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There are only two ways to get an official Baja Ha-Ha tattoo: Participate in the event, or fly down to Cabo with a bunch of Latitudes – thus becoming an instant Ha-Ha hero!latitude/Andy
One of the great annual sailing spectacles on San Francisco Bay is the Master Mariners Regatta, held every Memorial Day weekend.
You can call Sjoukje Bredenkamp fast but don’t call her easy. The 19-year-old South African kiteboarder has worked hard to become the fastest female speed sailor in the world, a feat she accomplished on Tuesday in Luederitz, Namibia.
And they’re off! Leg 1, from France to Portugal, is 1,100 miles while Leg 2, from Portugal to Brazil is 3,100 miles.
The folks at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, dedicated to teaching sailing and seamanship skills, as well as keeping maritime traditions alive, are offering free rides on Pelicans at Aquatic Park tomorrow from 10 a.m.
For those of you surfers who’ve had enough of the crowds in the line-ups at Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, County Line, Malibu, Huntington Beach, Newport, Trestles – heck, just about anywhere in California – there is an alternative.
Black ties and rubber boots are strictly optional at tomorrow’s Tall Ship Education Academy’s annual benefit reception.
Southbound cruisers take note: Be sure to check out ‘Lectronic on Friday (10/19), as we plan to run a detailed overview on the status of marinas in Mexico.
John Jennings and crew sailed Natural Blonde (173) on Sunday. The boats were donated by the local J/105 fleet and sailed with either an owner or owner’s rep aboard.
When the famed 72-ft gaff tops’l schooner Lord Jim hit a rock off the coast of Brazil last spring and sank, many assumed that she would never sail again.
Based on data culled from the Ha-Ha entry forms, Honcho Lauren Spindler reports that although the number of paid entries is down from 183 last year to just 178 this year, the number of people expected to participate will be up by more than 10% – 680 versus 601.
Smiles abound onboard J/120 Desdemona, who took second in their division, during the most successful Leukemia Cup to date.
This Saturday marks the 85th year Bird Boats have been sailing on the bay, making it the oldest fleet on the West Coast to be raced continuously.
The American Sail Training Association (ASTA) has announced that the 2008 Tall Ships Challenge, slated for the North American West Coast, will add San Francisco as a port of call from July 23 – 28, 2008.
Pirates were warned that no misbehavior would be permitted. latitude/Richard
©2007 Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was a Bucaneer’s Day Weekend unlike any other at Catalina last Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Jennifer Deleon was sentenced on Friday to two consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole for her part in the murder of cruisers Tom and Jackie Hawks.
Garth Wilcox and Wendy Hinman of the Port Ludlow, WA-based Wylie 31 Velella completed a cold 49-day passage from Yokohama to Vancouver Island in early September.
As any female diesel mechanic will tell you, proper lubrication is critical for good sex – but no less critical for proper engine maintenance.
Glenn Tieman’s new 38-ft cat sails off the San Diego waterfront. Bill Barker
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s as we suspected in Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, the photo we ran, as well as the one above, is of Glenn Tieman’s new catamaran Tama Moana.
The folks at KKMI in Richmond are understandably proud to announce they have have sold Adele, the spectacular 180-ft Hoek ketch, to Northern California owners.
As usual, a broad assortment of potential crewmembers showed up Wednesday night at Latitude 38’s Mexico-Only Crew List Party, some of whom made solid connections for a ride to Ol’ Mexico in Baja Ha-Ha XIV.
 "We’d like to offer use of our mooring in Port San Luis, on California’s Central Coast, to any of the Ha-Ha boats heading south," writes Richard Boren of the Port San Luis-based Pearson 365 Third Day.
Would you sail this cat around the world for 10 years? latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Take a look at the catamaran in today’s Photo of the Day and tell us what you think she was built for.
Got crew? Just in case you missed our earlier reminders, let us tell you once again that tonight’s the night to make crew connections for the fall season.
Asking a dedicated Macintosh computer user to switch to a PC is about like asking an adolescent to eat a pound of brussel sprouts.
Team trials begin this weekend for both the Olympics and Paralympics, the former at several Southern California locations, the latter in Rhode Island.
It’s official – as of Monday, October 1, passports are now required for any American citizen traveling by air out of the country, including Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
Looking for a ride to Mexico? If so, you’ll want to mark your calendar with a big red Sharpie: The Latitude 38 Mexico-Only Crew List Party will be held this Wednesday, from 6 to 9 p.m.,
"I’m planning to to take my family to Cabo on our very expensive yacht," writes Brian Littlefield, "and am wondering if there have been any recent pirate-type attacks down there.
The fact that the days are getting shorter, the nights longer, and skippers are turning the bows of their boats toward Mexico can only mean one thing — it’s time for Buccaneer Day at Catalina!
Whether you’re getting ready to head south or just wish you were, you don’t want to get caught without your ‘colors’ – and our chandlery has them in spades.
"This time of year, every time the weather is good the marina fills up," said Scott Pryor of the Monterey Municipal Marina.