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The Class Rule has been released for the latest generation of America’s Cup catamarans, to be called AC62s.
The splendid wooden brigantine Matthew Turner is taking shape in Sausalito. Come celebrate her progress tomorrow at the build site.
Latitude was happy to donate this outboard bracket to Rimas – who is instantly likeable and genuine - although we can’t imagine it will be much help getting around Cape Horn.
Sacramento-based singlehander Andrew Henry Ewing, 31, was found dead on Angel Island yesterday, ending an extensive, multi-agency search.
On June 2, MiTAC Digital Corporation of Santa Clara, makers of Magellan GPS units, celebrated the 25th anniversary of the NAV 1000, the first commercially available handheld GPS.
Most of us know that mainland California is suffering from a serious drought.
Although a comfortable lead has been established, it’s still a very long way to Barcelona.
Current America’s Cup defender, Golden Gate YC (Oracle Team USA) and challenger of record for AC 35, Hamilton Island YC (Team Australia) have come to an agreement on the protocol governing the 35th America’s Cup.
Looking sweet minutes after her launch, Freda should be seen skimming across Bay waters soon.
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Forget the yardwork, pick up a copy of the new Latitude 38 instead, and head for the hammock.
Weather permitting, the Hokule’a will depart today from Hawaii to Tahiti, the first long leg on her around-the-world cruise.
All hope of finding Cheeki Rafiki‘s crew alive was lost Friday, when US Navy divers confirmed that the life raft of the overturned Beneteau 40.7 was still aboard.
If you have a soft spot in your heart for vintage wooden sailing craft, you won’t want to miss the much-anticipated launch of the historic sloop Freda May 31 at Sausalito’s Spaulding Wooden Boat Center (located at the end of Gate Five Road).
Amanda got off the 2014 Eastern Pacific hurricane season with a powerful start, as her winds to 135 knots made her one of the most powerful May hurricanes on record.
When Seaquel’s owner, John Berg, explained to a state agency that he didn’t have the means to salvage her, they organized contractors to pull her off the reef and destroy her yesterday
© 2014 John Dour
After the Ventura-based Nordic 40 Seaquel was driven onto the Kona coast late Sunday night, there was initial hope — at least among some observers — that she might be salvageable.
Jeff and Annie Cook’s bristol 33-ft Sprague Annie sailing through Carquinez Strait on the way upriver.
Crissy Fields is giving her dad Latitude 38 shirts and hats for Father’s Day.
There have been a number of blundered yacht and ship launchings over the years, as evidenced from compilations on YouTube.
The U.S. Coast Guard search for the four Brit crew — Andrew Bridge 22, James Male 24, Steve Warren 52, and Paul Goslin 56, — of the Beneteau 40.7 Cheeki Rafiki, which apparently sank on a trip from Antigua to England, will be called off for a second time if nothing is found by tonight.
By Monday morning the big southern swells had lain down substantially along the Kona coast.
One of the best parts of cruising is meeting new people — or, as is often the case, reconnecting with old friends.
Hugo Boss‘ dismasting and subsequent repairs in Newport, Rhode Island may have grabbed the headlines, but there’s a lot more going on in the nation’s smallest state right now.
Some people like nothing better than to be alone on a vast ocean in a small boat.
"Sailing changed my life," exclaimed Abby Mohan from the helm of Freda B, an 80-ft (LOA) gaff-rigged schooner.
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There have been plenty of reminders lately why boating safety is a deadly serious matter.
Since registration began last Thursday, 19 boats have signed up for September’s reggae-themed SoCal Ta-Ta cruisers’ rally, meaning there are only 31 slots left until the max of 50 is reached.
The course for the SoCal Ta-Ta – from Santa Barbara to Catalina – should require little or no upwind sailing.
A svelte Jack van Ommen with Fleetwood on the French canals months before the boat was lost to a storm in the Med.
In an NPR interview last Sunday, offshore rescue survivor Eric Kaufman of Rebel Heart explained that when his sat phone stopped functioning correctly while roughly 900 miles offshore, he and his wife Charlotte lost the ability to consult with US Coast Guard personnel about their emergency situation.
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