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The new issue of Latitude 38 was put on the trucks this morning and is being delivered around the Bay Area and up and down the West Coast to our ‘exclusive’ list of distributors.
Are you looking to sail in the serene beauty of a lake? Here’s a note from Patrick Nolan:
Shallow water?
The following call to action came to us by way of the Richmond Yacht Club Sailing Advisory Committee and Board of Directors:
"PICYA [Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association] and RBOC [Recreational Boaters of California] have called on their member clubs to contact their congressional representatives to oppose proposed elimination of judicial review of the California WaterFix (‘Twin Tunnels’) project.
In the March edition of Latitude, writer Greg Winters explored the phenomenon of so-called ‘YouTube Sailors’, a group of cruisers and amateur (but increasingly professional) videographers who have highly successful, highly viewed ‘channels’ showcasing their sailing exploits — in rare cases, some of these cruisers are making a living from their videos.
What does this guy know that you don’t know?
latitude/John
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Those of us who dwell on the surface can have a hard time understanding what’s happening in the depths below and how it might affect our life on top.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Those of us who dwell on the surface can have a hard time understanding what’s happening in the depths below and how it might affect our life on top.
Local Development
Attention Alameda residents, and anyone concerned about marine services, access, and the Bay Area’s working waterfront.
Stuck in the mud
We could see how well the mud held the small sailboat which anchored out overnight east of His Lordships restaurant, just south of Berkeley Marina
Me Too!
The Bay Area is has endless opportunities for anyone wanting to learn how to sail.
On the Bay
It’s been a gray, cool week but things are looking to get brighter, warmer and more colorful for a much better Memorial Day sailing weekend.
Volvo Ocean Race
Leg 9 of the Volvo Ocean Race got underway on Sunday from Newport, Rhode Island, bound for Cardiff, Wales.
oops
Last Saturday was crazy windy (again). While some battled their way to the Farallones and back singlehanded, others fought it out on the Berkeley Circle in San Francisco Yacht Club’s Elite Keel Regatta.
Climate
After last year’s hurricane season, we all might be paying a little more attention as this year’s season begins on June 1.
Leave the fog
Surrounded by race boats like Moore 24s and Santa Cruz and Express 27s, Larry Samson’s Catalina 30 Summerwind cruises back to her homeport of Stockton Sailing Club in the ‘Doo Dah Ditch Run’.
Out on the Bay
In the 8 a.m. hour it was already breeze-on for the competitors in the Singlehanded Farallones Race on Saturday.
Did you get it?
Last week, Ernest Galvan sent us this photo, promoting a pop DIY quiz:
"This is a combination DIY," wrote Ernest Galvan.
RIP
A notorious 48-ft schooner known at Emeryville Marina as ‘The Pirate Ship’ sank in its slip last week.
Schwag
Avid Bay Area racer, Helmut ‘Willi’ Zarth is this month’s winner of Latitude 38 logowear.
Gale Force Winds
On Monday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we asked the West Coast about their weekend. Last Saturday in San Francisco, we had gnarly, gale-force winds offering both glory and carnage for sailors.
The US Coast Guard will kick off National Safe Boating Week at 10 a.m.
The Victoria-Maui race finishes in beautiful Lahaina, Maui. With a bustling town and harbor, perfect weather, fun surf and crystal-clear waters, Lahaina is the perfect place to rest and relax after a long and strenuous yacht race from Canada.
Richmond Yacht Club will host the new and improved Lipton Cup on June 15-17. RYC Staff Commodore Dick Loomis explains how the regatta was reimagined:
In the fall of 2016, a small group of commodores got together for lunch at Encinal Yacht Club.
While sailing, there are many good reasons to call for a tack. One is when you’re about to sail between a large LPG tanker and a USCG patrol boat with an attentive-looking gunner at the battle station.
Following last week’s two-part DIY ‘Lectronic series, we got the following from Ernest Galvan: "This is a combination DIY.
The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
The yacht club originally scheduled to run the OYRA Duxship Race on May 12 was unable to do so.
West Coast, how was your weekend? We’re talking to you, SoCal. Where you at, Pacific Northwest?
We’ve all seen them. Wandering the waterfront, it’s fairly common to come across forlorn-looking vessels sorely in need of TLC.
We’d like to welcome two new sailors to our West Coast Circumnavigators’ List: Jack van Ommen and Julie Spencer.
When you’re a boat owner, it’s inevitable that at some point (and usually when you least expect it) your DIY skills will be put to the test.
The eighth leg of the Volvo Ocean Race has drawn to a dramatic close in Newport, Rhode Island, with Team MAPFRE capping off a stunning comeback that saw them move up from fifth to first place in the final 24 hours.
Is it because it’s the 25th annual, or is it, as always, just a great idea to set a date to sail south in the fall that 82 boats signed up in the first 48 hours since the Baja Ha-Ha registration opened at noon on Wednesday?
Do you think anyone is going to finish this race?
Way back in December 2017, we asked, "What’s your best temporary fix," or something that you MacGyvered while underway, far from the comfort of a boatyard, chandlery or docks full of sailors’ brains to pick?
Sailboats and houseboats fraternize in Potato Slough’s Bedroom 1. What do they have in common?
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