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The media have done an outstanding job of getting the public worked into a lather over Ebola, even though it’s statistically more likely for an American to die in a bouncy house than from the deadly virus.
Baja Ha-Ha stop #2: remote and undeveloped Bahia Santa Maria.
© Google Maps
In stark contrast to the light air of Leg 1, the second leg of the 21st Baja Ha-Ha rally was a rompin’ stompin’ beam reach right down the rhumbline to Bahia Santa Maria.
Loïck Peyron, age 54, on the Maxi Solo trimaran Banque Populaire VII, has stretched out his lead to 150 miles in the Route du Rhum from Saint-Malo, France, to Guadeloupe.
Jimmy Spithill leads Oracle Team USA to victory in the 34th America’s Cup.
When you have 500 people for a potluck lunch, it pays to get creative.
The Route du Rhum started yesterday from Saint-Malo, France, in the rain.
© 2014 Trépia de Pierre Yves Lautrou / Express
Two lost keels, broken amas, downed masts and a collision with a container ship – yes, the Route du Rhum has started.
Magazine deadline is the 15th of the month, but your ad will go online within one or two business days.
Brad Webb celebrates after Oracle’s victory in America’s Cup 34.
© 2014 Oracle Team USA
Right next to AT&T Park, between the Giants’ fabulous victory on Wednesday and Friday’s parade, SailSFBay managed to slip in a Thursday-night meeting at South Beach Yacht Club to discuss growing sailing participation in the Bay Area and to hear Brad Webb describe his rewarding path up the ladder of sailing.
Craig on Seahorse V maximizes his relaxation while taking in the game: There was a great turnout for the annual baseball extravaganza, where every batter got as many pitches as he or she needed to get a hit.
The docks at Saint-Malo look just like the Corinthian YC at the start of the Singlehanded TransPac.
Meet the new X, not the same as the old X. GGYC set their new X buoy in time for the start of the midwinters tomorrow.
No tricks here, just the treat of Latitude 38’s November issue. You’ll be able to pick one up at the usual places, and our digital editions will be posted later this afternoon.
A GoPro selfie from current VOR leader Team Brunel.
© 2014 Stefan Coppers / Team Brunel/Volvo Ocean Race
The great thing about one-design racing is that the competition is tight – once you’re in the lead you know that no other boat is physically faster.
It’s a rare Baja Ha-Ha start when San Diego doesn’t serve up the sun the Mexico-bound cruisers are seeking on their southern migration, and this year was no exception.
Day 3 of the 21st Baja Ha-Ha dawned with patchy clouds, as the 131-boat fleet approached Turtle Bay, 360 miles south of San Diego.
Costumed fleet members took over the parking lot of the Shelter Island West Marine, the fiesta’s co-sponsor.
Meet the replacement. May it shine long and bright — once we make the modifications necessary to the original installation.
Latitude 38 runs Calendar listings every month for events at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, an historical treasure on Hyde Street Pier at the west end of Fisherman’s Wharf.
Long may she run? This wood beauty has been running in style for more than 100 years.
Crew positions are apparently still fluid on some Ha-Ha boats.
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After months of preparation and perhaps the expenditure of a few dollars, the skippers of Baja Ha-Ha XXI, the cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, have completed all preparations for the Monday-morning start, and will be spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday relaxing, making new friends, and seeing the sights of San Diego.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After months of preparation and perhaps the expenditure of a few dollars, the skippers of Baja Ha-Ha XXI, the cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, have completed all preparations for the Monday-morning start, and will be spending Friday, Saturday and Sunday relaxing, making new friends, and seeing the sights of San Diego.
NBCSN’s coverage of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race will begin this Sunday at 10:00 a.m.
In 2007, four blue whales like these were killed by ship strikes in and around the Santa Barbara Channel.
What a difference a month makes. The photo here shows Alex Thompson’s great, but older, Hugo Boss, with the damage caused by hurricane Odile.
The fun-loving crew of Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Australian-flagged Transfusion switched sports from sailing to halyard-skurfing in response to Friday’s conditions.
"We may be geese, headed south for the winter, or the Ha-Ha may just be the first leg of a very, very long vacation," say Tom & Kelly Miller of the Alameda-based Panda 40 Stochastic.
While right now cruising in Mexico may seem to be all about paperwork, this photo is more indicative of what it’s really like.
The crowd at the leeward gate in yesterday’s racing at the Farr 40 Worlds.
Looking for something unusual to do on the water this weekend? Why not take part in the annual Petaluma River Festival, today through Sunday.
Jim Milski of the Lake City, Colorado-based Schionning 49 Sea Level has sailed around the world.
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