Icom makes fine radios. On Profligate, we have an Icom VHF radio. Nice piece of equipment.

Before we even get to October, the Etchells Worlds will wrap up September for us.

Wind is a classic sailing movie, though it was not well received at the box office, and like all art imitating life, it took some liberties with the truth.

It could be. So far there are 10 girls on boats that have signed up for late October’s Baja Ha-Ha from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas.

The forecast for this week’s Etchells World Championship being hosted by the San Francisco Yacht Club on the Berkeley Circle is hot.

While he’s always a gentleman, Fin can nonetheless swing an encouraging sledge hammer when required.

If you’re taking a boat to Mexico, or buying a boat you think you might someday take to Mexico, you must be sure that everything is in order with regard to the Temporary Import Permit (TIP).

If you’re going to have a kick-off party, why not have it on the beach at the Santa Barbara YC, the premier yacht club beach site on the West Coast?

Can you feel it in the air? That undeniable crispness, the bite that comes from a cool, still day, rather than the searing, blasting cold of the summer seabreeze.

You’d have to be nutzy not to like the Yutzy sisters’ outlook on life.

There’s something for women sailors north and south this coming weekend, September 23-24.

Yumi Wilson was reading through a copy of Latitude 38 when she came across a flyer saying ‘Your Lucky Day’.

There’s no point in mourning the "good old days" of the St. Francis Yacht Club Big Boat Series — you know, when the boats were really big, with lots of 70-footers and such.

Acknowledging the adage that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, we’ll let the accompanying photo by Glenn Twitchell give the definitive answer to what’s so good about the Sea of Cortez.

Hurricane season is not ‘officially’ over until November 30, something we’re reminded of following the devastation of Harvey, Irma and tropical storms/hurricanes Jose, Katia, Lee and Maria.

Yesterday’s second race at Rolex Big Boat Series was a wet and windy one, as the J/105 Moonshine demonstrates.

California’s largest annual volunteer event, California Coastal Cleanup, takes place on the third Saturday of each September, along more than 2,000 miles of coastal and inland waterfront.

It’s less than two months to the big Baja Ha-Ha Beach Party at Turtle Bay.

Monohulls. Foiling monohulls. At least that’s the news we heard from Radio New Zealand, who on Tuesday wrote, "The next edition of America’s Cup racing will switch from catamarans to high-performance monohull yachts, defending champions Team New Zealand have confirmed. 

Here it is again — Rolex Big Boat Series — a four-day sweep of either lots of wind or no wind, starting tomorrow at St.

Here is your September Caption Contest(!). We’re excited to see what you all come up with for this quirky, head-scratching photo.

Dorade is Down Under, adding to her collection of prizes in events like Audi Hamilton Island Race Week.

Hurricane Irma, which was described by some analyst as the ‘"size of France," has moved into Florida and the US. 

Thank you to everyone who made it out for Latitude 38’s Fall Crew Party last week at Spaulding Marine Center.