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Eric Willbur and Emmy Newbould are currently exploring New Zealand aboard their Brickyard Cove-based Flying Dutchman 37 Nataraja.
We recently paid a visit to Raffles Marina on the northwest coast of the sparkling island nation of Singapore.
Jim and Julie Focha of the Stockton-based Westsail 32 Worldwind shared a story that illustrates one reason why Mexico is such a popular cruising ground.
The Coast Guard has been a hot topic in the Letters section of Latitude 38 in recent months, from praise for the dramatic rescue of the J World crew during last fall’s Baja Ha-Ha to criticism for not doing more to salvage the grounded JoJo.
The normally tranquil beaches of Santa Barbara became a graveyard for wayward boats last week.
Every longtime sailor has considered the ‘what ifs’ of falling overboard at sea.
If you haven’t done so already, and find yourself with an extra 10 minutes you don’t know what to do with, hop on over to our reader survey.
Jessica Watson’s parents performed a flyover as Ella’s Pink Lady rounded Cape Horn.
Last year’s Three Bridge Fiasco had sun and some breeze to finish off the day.
If your country’s primary source of income is tourism, the last thing you want is for travelers to be afraid to visit.
Halong Bay, a three-hour bus ride from Hanoi, has hundreds of unusual ‘stacks’.
The historic Colombian port of Cartegena has long been a favorite stopover for cruisers transiting the north coast of South America.
We’re full of good gossip this week. First it was Brad Pitt in Sausalito, now the word on the docks is that Paul Cayard’s Santa Cruz 50 Hula Girl may soon be sold into a very active local sailing school program for participation in events to Hawaii and Mexico.
Awards season isn’t just for movies, and while the ISAF and the Rolex US Sailing awards usually garner the lion’s share of the press, they aren’t the only ones out there.
Spot had been hanging by a thread – literally – since October’s big storm.
BMW Oracle Racing’s mega-tri, now dubbed USA and bearing the sail number 17, Larry Ellison’s vanity number, tears it up off Valencia.
Which mega movie star who was once married to another mega movie star and is now partnered up with and even bigger mega movie star stopped by Sausalito yesterday to check out David Rothschild’s eco-adventure cat Plastiki?
Seminars will be split this season between Vallarta YC, at the Paradise Village Resort (shown here), and Marina Riviera Nayarit.
This waterspout touched down near La Cruz on Friday morning but caused no damage.
Charles Brochard’s Olson 34 Baleineau soaks down the North Bay during Saturday’s racing at the ’10 Corinthian Mids.
The Singlehanded Sailing Society is presenting one of the most important seminars for this summer’s Singlehanded TransPac: Communications and Electronic Navigation.
By the looks of this satellite imagery, local reservoirs should be filling up nicely.
This isn’t the first time Cork has seen trouble. In November, they T-boned England’s Hull & Humber at the start of Race 4, leaving both boats behind to effect repairs.
Ella’s Pink Lady surfed her way around Cape Horn in 40 knots of wind on 12- to 15-ft seas.
Ask three sailors for their opinions and you’ll likely end up with five different answers.
In the days following his acquittal last August on charges that he was the primary cause of the 2006 death of Lynn Thornton, Bismarck Dinius has tried to pick up the pieces of his life.
Taking kids away from their normal routine and introducing them to the active, adventurous lifestyle of cruising can have lifelong benefits.
Read Wayne Meretsky’s detailed account of how Moonduster ended up on a reef in Fiji.
Mainstream news outlets are full of reports today on the horrific aftermath of Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which occured Tuesday.
Sam’s is a popular watering hole for boaters and landlubbers alike – with the former often putting on a show for the latter.
Last year’s Corinthians didn’t get the breeze, but this weekend is looking good!
Wayne and Elly Smith couldn’t tell if they were in California or the Caribbean over New Year’s.
In Friday’s ‘Lectronic, a reader asked if there was a magazine in Sydney similar to Latitude 38.
Some folks prepare for decades to do the Puddle Jump. Others, like Louis and Alicia, simply get a spur-of-the-moment inspiration, like deciding they’d rather sail back to Oz than fly.
Bora Gulari smoked the Gorge, and the competition, at last year’s CST Moth World Championships.
Reader Jim Barrett posed a question we couldn’t answer. "I enjoy Latitude 38 and was wondering if you might know whether a magazine like yours is published in Sydney, Australia?
There were two very interesting incidents in the November-December Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) from the Canary Islands to the 2,700-mile distant St.
Get your boating mojo going with one of several boat shows, from the Bay to Bahrain!
Spanish Fly! BMW Oracle’s 100-ft tri was off-loaded from a cargo ship in Valencia on Monday to begin training for the 33rd America’s Cup.
In the December 23 edition of ‘Lectronic, we asked for your creative solutions when problems arise when cruising in paradise.
Gliding across flat water with a gentle breeze and majestic Mt. Baker as a backdrop – why would anyone want to sail the Northwest?
They call it a “fiasco” for a reason. It’s about the most fun charlie-foxtrot you can willingly get yourself into.
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