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Don’t make the mistake of thinking race committee duties are boring!© Fred Fago
Volunteering for a race committee has many advantages: 1) You will learn a lot about racing and most likely improve your own performance; 2) It’s the ideal alternative if you’re not so keen on competitive racing but still want to be involved; 3) You give back to the sport you love.
It’s that time again: Latitude 38 delivery day! In this month’s issue we remember our former colleague Rob Moore, recount daring tales of whale rescues, discuss strategies for sailing the South Pacific, offer up a year’s worth of sailing options, and of course share more than any sailor can read during the shortest month of the year.
Making landfall in French Polynesia is potentially one of the most dramatic events in a cruiser’s life.
The first strategic decision for most, but certainly not all, entrants was to ride the ebb to Blackaller.
Sailors in the Lake Havasu Pocket Cruisers Convention will get continental when they sail under the London Bridge.
Readers have no doubt seen mentions of Ron Blatman, who won four regional Emmy awards for his PBS documentary Saving the Bay, and his plans for a new documentary titled Sailing the Bay.
"My husband John and I, who had chartered the Leopard 45 ‘ti Profligate, just happened to bump into Roger Hayward of the Long Beach-based Catalina Morgan 440 La Palapa, while at the Bitter End YC at Gorda Sound in the British Virgins," reports International Cub Reporter Lynn Ringseis of Novato.
Young scholars who do well in school get a big reward: a ride on a sailboat in the annual Z-Fest boat parade.
It’s come to our attention that early March will mark the 35th anniversary of the day that the publisher of this magazine, assisted by Kathleen McCarthy, put together the first issue of Latitude 38.
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Dave Wallace of the Puerto Escondido-based Amel Maramu Air-Ops reports he has some additional information on the daily boat taxes the Italians are going to be laying on owners of Italian and foreign yachts starting on May 1.
The current plight of the Costa Concordia reminds us of a comment attributed to Churchill by James C.
Few experiences in a well-traveled sailor’s life are more dramatic than making landfall in French Polynesia.
More than 100 people — probably closer to 200 — showed up at City Hall yesterday for a Board of Supervisors meeting to determine the fate of the America’s Cup Environmental Impact Report, which was unanimously accepted by the Planning Commission last month.
Having recklessly pissed away their money and gone into tremendous debt — sort of like the United States and California — the Italian government has come up with a brilliant new "austerity measure."
Laura Dekker, 16 years and four months old, arrived at the Eastern Caribbean island of St.
If you’re at all interested in seeing the 34th America’s Cup sailed on San Francisco Bay, AC Outreach Manager Ariel Ungerleider is urging you to attend tomorrow’s Board of Supervisors meeting to show support for the event.
Until we learned that the construction cost of the recently-grounded Costa Concordia cruise ship was roughly $580 million USD, we thought plans for a new tall ship for the Queen of England were lavish.
Kai and her partner Rob dropped their hook in San Jose del Cabo and were pleased by what they found.
Profiled in the February 2010 issue of Latitude 38 — just after he was "reactivated" back into the Army and shortly before he was deployed to Afghanistan — Alex Pearce is back home in Sausalito, living aboard his Cal 2-29 Shrimp Louie with his new bride Tara.
Acapulco has a pretty darn good racing fleet, and ideal day sailing conditions.
Although Holger and Tracy removed all of Lord Jim’s planking and did a total hull refit, that was the easy part.
"When I changed the air filter on my Beta Marine 1505 air filter recently, I recalled the claims of other manufacturers that their engines didn’t need an air filter for marine applications," writes Jay Bietz, who sails his Westsail 32 Pygmalion out of Alameda.
We always assumed that it was a captain’s decision whether to put to sea or not, particularly if bad weather is approaching.
Is it true that southbound cruisers now have to get Mexican visas before leaving the U.S.?
"I just had to tell you that ‘Lectronic Latitude looks fantastic on my new Kindle Fire," writes Doug Vaughan, who sails his Jeanneau 37 Odyssey out of Oakland YC.
Kame Richards will speak on Wednesday night about the best sails to use for a tradewind run to the Islands.
The bowman signals to the driver of the J/120 Twist at the start of the first race.
Bill Hardesty in action racing Etchells.
© Tim Wilkes
And the winners of the 2011 Rolex Yachtsman and Yachtswoman of the Year awards are (insert drum roll)… Bill Hardesty of San Diego, the reigning Etchells World Champion, and Anna Tunnicliffe of Plantation, FL, the first woman to be honored with the award four years in a row.
Cal Boating is responsible for keeping the Delta’s water hyacinth problem under control.
At cocktail hour tonight, we invite you to join us in raising a glass to the so-called President of the Pacific Ocean, Merl Petersen, who turns 90 today.
The 26-boat fleet in the 2012-13 World ARC set off from Rodney Bay, St.
Apart from occasional mentions of the America’s Cup superstars and around-the-world record-setters, sailors rarely garner the attention of mainstream media.
Sixteen-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker is currently sailing from South Africa to St.
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