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A huge fire last week at a marina in Texas destroyed as many as 20 boats, but caused no injuries.
Splashy conditions out by the Berkeley Pier at the start of Race 4 in the Santana 22 Nationals on Sunday.
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The following comes to us from David James as part of our Reader Submission Series (if you have a good sea story or a great photo, please send it here):
"There are some traditions on the Bay that are deserving of resurrection.
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This story [which has been updated as of 1 p.m.] comes courtesy of Anne Russell in response to our Cover Contest, where we were also soliciting general sailing news, stories and photos.
Tieman, aboard his really cool cat, at Turtle Bay shortly after she was launched in 2008.
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The victorious locals of Team Killian celebrated their win at Balboa YC.
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Sailing for the host club, Balboa Yacht Club, 20-year-old Christophe Killian won the Governor’s Cup International Youth Match Racing Championship on July 17-22 in Newport Beach.
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On Tuesday, Team Emirates New Zealand announced . . . that they’ll be making an announcement soon regarding the protocol for the 36th America’s Cup.
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While prowling the Sausalito waterfront we came across this sleek new 50-footer recently delivered to a Bay Area owner.
In our 40 years of going where the wind blows, one of our favorite courses has been where you’ve steered us.
Larry Levit’s Express 27 Levitation II at the plenty-windy start of the Westpoint Regatta near Treasure Island.
It seems like Bay Area sailors have been seeing a wealth of whales this summer.
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©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’ve had this photo on our Facebook page for about a week, and have gotten over 100 quippy entries.
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’ve had this photo on our Facebook page for about a week, and have gotten over 100 quippy entries.
Edward Marez’s Santa Cruz-based SC70 Buona Sera crossed the Diamond Head finish line of the Transpac on Saturday evening.
You might have seen the footage on the news, and you might have heard the boat incorrectly called a catamaran.
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If you thought that Francis Joyon’s time for crossing the North Atlantic solo from New York to the UK was fast, wait until you hear this.
A majority of the 114 boats already signed up for the the 24th Baja Ha-Ha will be making the trip for the first time.
The crew of Rio100 gathered for a photo op in front of the Barn Door Trophy.
As the Wanderer pointed out to us, "Francis Joyon, without really trying, broke the Transatlantic record."
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During the latter stages of the recently completed 35th America’s Cup in Bermuda, the question wasn’t whether Emirates Team New Zealand was going to beat Oracle Team USA — they thrashed them 7-1 — but what boats and format the Kiwis would elect to use in the 36th Match.
Might Merloe crosses the Transpac finish line, shaving more than a day off the 20-year-old multihull record.
Did you feel the ocean ripple a little in the last 24 hours?
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The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is looking for adventurous Washington State residents to take up the challenge in its next edition. The
On Friday, we asked if you’ve ever sailed with a ‘Captain Bligh’, or a skipper who is calm and even charming on shore, but screams and belittles their crew once at sea — especially racing.
Last chance to fill out the Latitude 38 reader survey. The online survey will close down this Friday, July 14. After
Bill Lee’s 68-ft sled Merlin started the Transpac on Thursday. Pro sailor Morgan Larson drove the start.
According to sharks, rich people just taste better than poor people.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Here’s a photo to give a belly laugh to those who are envious of the obscenely wealthy crowd that owns mega-yachts.
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Here’s a photo to give a belly laugh to those who are envious of the obscenely wealthy crowd that owns mega-yachts.
Working together, the US Coast Guard, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, Vortex Marine Construction and the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District are planning for the removal of the sunken 112-ft freight barge Vengeance. The
In one of the larger paddle outs we’ve ever seen, an estimated 6,000 people were both in the water and on shore to pay their respects to the late Jack O’Neill.
In what we’re calling the Main Event of this year’s Transpac, Phaedo3 and Maserati crossed the starting line yesterday and are sprinting for Honolulu — and possibly into Transpac history.
Maybe it’s time for the government to upgrade California’s crumbling cruising infrastructure with something like the Iles du Frioul.
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It’s that time of year when hundreds of West Coast sailors are having to make decisions — some of them quite expensive — about how to outfit their boats for Mexico and perhaps the South Pacific and beyond.
The Calgary, Canada-flagged Hobie 33 Dark Star is the smallest boat in the 2017 Transpac.
Like a fun, loud and slightly annoying friend who’s overstayed their welcome, the America’s Cup just never seems to go away — even though it came to a decisive conclusion a week ago, which we analyzed at length in the July issue.
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While on assignment in Toul, France, to investigate whether the Wanderer was being hyperbolic about the pleasures of canal boating, Latitude’s Mitch Perkins and a friend were ‘tooling’ through scenic waterways when they docked their boat Marjani near Lynn and Jack Robinson of Fort Collins, Colorado.
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