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Conditions were relatively mild when Rogues’ Scholarship’s call for help reached the Coast Guard, but a storm three days earlier had completely disabled her. ©
The SoCal Ta-Ta will be your only chance of the year to start a sailing event by dancing down the Santa Barbara seawall to the sound of reggae music.
The Ma’s Rover crew tried out their new oars during the postponement of the South Bay InterClub Race on May 14.
Pro sailor Dee Smith has qualified to represent the USA at the Rio Paralympic Games in the 2.4mR.
The famous double-hulled Polynesian voyaging canoe Hokulea was chosen by the United Nations to be the centerpiece of World Oceans Day events there.
SAIL Amsterdam is only held every five years, so lovers of sailing ships always make sure to not to miss that event.
Believe it or not, we’ve received a half dozen similar shots of mid-ocean freeloaders.
Although the fleet enjoyed some bikini weather, the triple-digit temps forecast didn’t materialize for Saturday’s Delta Ditch Run from Richmond to Stockton.
Jérémie Beyou’s Maître Coq leads competitors past Lady Liberty last week on a nonstop sprint to France, that serves as the final warmup for November’s Vendée Globe solo around-the-world race.
The Bahia de Caraquez peninsula, as it looked before the recent quakes. The entrance to the bay — the mouth of the Rio Chone — is seen beyond it.
Having risen 20 feet, the waters of the Seine have completely flooded one of the main thoroughfares on the Right Bank.
Tania in action. Some say the ex-Olympian is the greatest Mexican sailor of all time.
It goes without saying that risks to life and limb — as well as to boats — are inherent in yacht racing.
As our cover photo illustrates, sailing is big fun, even when you’re riding the rail.
Fun racing in the Standard Masters Worlds on Day 4 (yesterday).
© John Pounder
"Laser sailing/racing in Banderas Bay is heaven: warm water, warmer air temps, 6- to 10-knot breeze in the early afternoon building to 12-15 by mid-afternoon meaning lighter weight sailors have a shot in the first race and heavier sailors can come on in the second race."
The sad news has just reached us that Edward Staples’ and Annette Alexander’s SoCal-based Island Packet sailboat Sandpiper caught fire and sank May 14, while crossing the Sea of Cortez en route to Mazatlan.
While the West Coast sailing scene celebrates Memorial Day with the running of a revamped Spinnaker Cup race from San Francisco to Monterey and an all-new multi-stage California Offshore Race Week, East Coast sailors are focused on the New York-Vendée solo transatlantic race beginning on Sunday and the Atlantic Cup doublehanded coastal race beginning on Saturday.
Lemme guess: Rip Van Winkle? Leon Russell? No, that’s actually solo circumnavigator Jeff Hartjoy looking rather wooly after spending 204 days alone at sea.
For reasons we’ll never understand, many people choose to take long road trips over the Memorial Day Weekend, and invariably end up spending long hours in ugly, mind-numbing traffic.
The West Coast is well represented on US Sailing Team Sperry. Californian Paris Henken and Washingtonian Helena Scutt, a Stanford grad, sail the 49erFX, the women’s version of the 49er skiff.
Baseball is popular with cruisers and locals alike in Turtle Bay, the small fishing village on the coast of Baja that warmly welcomes the Baja Ha-Ha fleet every year.
He did it! On the 204th day after setting sail from Ecuador’s Bahia Caraquez, Washington-based singlehander Jeff Hartjoy completed his nonstop lap around the planet Sunday aboard his Baba 40 ketch, Sailors Run.
The restart of the Clipper Race at the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
If you are ever unlucky enough to fall into chilly Northern California waters, you’ll be damned glad you elected to wear your PFD.
We’re thrilled to report that after more than 200 days at sea alone, Washington-based sailor Jeff Hartjoy — who’s a longtime friend of Latitude 38 — is about to make landfall at Ecuador’s Bahia Caraquez, thus completing the nonstop circumnavigation that began there last Halloween.
Island Yacht Club in Alameda will host the Singlehanded Farallones awards meeting on Wednesday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m.
Gannet arrives at Bundaberg after a relatively easy crossing of the dreaded Tasman Sea.
Can you identify the sailing club in today’s mystery photo? Here are a couple of hints:
If you get the impression the club is on a river and is primarily for small boats, you’d be correct.
Sailing from Bethel Island to King Harbor on Old River.
latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Delta Doo Dah Kickoff Party will return to Berkeley Yacht Club this year, on Sunday, May 22, from 4 to 7 p.m.
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Delta Doo Dah Kickoff Party will return to Berkeley Yacht Club this year, on Sunday, May 22, from 4 to 7 p.m.
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