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Arrivals Back in SoCal
While many teams are arriving back to California with wounded boats, or in the case of one team, no boat at all, a trio of MOD70s at the front of the fleet is beginning to line up their approach.
America's Cup Hall of Fame
The America's Cup Hall of Fame recently announced the induction of William T. Trenkle of San Diego. The first class of inductees included Trenkle's longtime America's Cup skipper, Dennis Conner.
Savings plus BBQ
Save the date for huge savings: August 2-4.
Gender Diversity
The World Sailing Trust has launched a global survey on women in sailing, looking at trends within sailing and the wider industry around gender disparity.
Understanding the problem
What's the best solution to the plastic plague endemic to our modern lives? If we could wave a magic wand, should we pluck up every last piece of plastic from the ocean?
Carnage in Race to Hawaii
Like the smaller boats that started Wednesday, the later starters have been plagued by rudder problems that have sent multiple boats back to port. None is more surprising than…
Ride 'em cowboy
Here’s your World Famous Latitude 38 July Caption Contest(!), brought to us by the fantastic Instagram account, Pitch Pole Central.
Bottom Jobs
KKMI cures the Summertime Blues
Bay Area Classics
Saturday saw San Francisco Bay filled with classic sailing beauty and much excitement for the Belvedere Classic hosted by San Francisco Yacht Club (SFYC).
Sailing San Francisco Bay
The San Francisco Bay Area is a fantastic place to live, especially if you have a way to get out and sail.
The 50th running of the Transpac got underway on Wednesday afternoon in classic Southern California conditions, with light winds, flat water and sunny skies.
Circumnavigators
Jeanne Socrates has been at sea for 281 days. That’s over nine months, which represents the beginning, middle and end of several sports seasons, and gestation of a human being.
Bareboat Charter
2019 Hurricane Season
In the 1990 film Havana, Robert Redford’s character says, “A butterfly can flutter its wings over a flower in China and cause a hurricane in the Caribbean .
When West Meets East
Bay Area resident and sailor Dick Enersen, who grew up sailing from age 8 in Tiburon, is back at it.
Boating Accident
On the evening of July 2, San Francisco-based cruisers Seth and Elizabeth Hynes suffered a shock that most sailors only endure in nightmares.
Championship Regattas
Surprise. We thought we'd see 60 boats when C420 North American Championship racing kicks off tomorrow, Thursday. Instead, 102 boats registered from points around the USA.
Delta Doo Dah
Join Delta Bay Marina and Latitude 38 Magazine for the Doo Dah Bash and Delta Artfest on July 13.
Ocean Cleanups
In era of deeply polarized opinions over basic environmental truths, there’s one area of overwhelming consensus: People are unanimously appalled by plastic in the ocean.
The Figure 8 Voyage
Randall Reeves had been in port in Halifax, Nova Scotia, for about a month, when we started losing our minds.
In Other Adventure Stories
When 24-year-old Tracy Edwards, a stewardess who was working on charter yachts, decided to put together an all-female boat for the 1989 Whitbread Round the World Race, the doubt, lack of financial support, and raw sexism she and the team encountered was unparalleled by anything before seen in sailing.
Washing Waxing Varnishing
Westwind Washing, Waxing, Varnishing. Serving the Bay Area for more than 25 years.
Though weather gurus and insurance companies declare hurricane season to ‘officially’ run from about June 1 to November 30, the peak activity is usually around September and October.
ArtFest and More
The Delta Doo Dah promised to "turn it up to 11" this year, and various friends new and old will help us live up to that promise on Saturday, July 13. Delta Bay Marina, off the San Joaquin River on the Delta Loop, will host a shindig that just keeps ramping up.
Cruiser's Rally
Based on the fact that Glory, Jennifer Frost and John Sweeney’s San Francisco-based Chance 55, became the 103rd paid Baja Ha-Ha entry in early June, it appears that the 2019 Ha-Ha fleet will be another robust one.
Preaching to the Choir?
The American Sailing Association wants to energize folks to start sailing by proclaiming this July the first-ever Learn to Sail Month. For every new sailing lesson purchased in July at one of their 350 certified schools nationwide, the ASA will make a donation to Sailors for the Sea and their mission to save the oceans.
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Rates, rental forms and details on what Brickyard Cove has to offer.
Drop Everything
Thank you so much for your readership, Latitude Nation.
But if you’re reading this, may we make a suggestion?
Shootin' the Breeze
South Bay Youth Sailing on the Move
The Peninsula Youth Sailing Foundation, or PYSF, has steadily been building its ranks over the years.
America's Cup 36
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron required Stars + Stripes Team USA and DutchSail to confirm their ongoing commitment to the 36th America’s Cup by July 1. The first announcement came from Long Beach Yacht Club on June 29.
Delta Doo Dah
Join Delta Bay Marina and Latitude 38 Magazine for the Doo Dah Bash and Delta Artfest on July 13.
West Marin News
Yesterday evening on Tomales Bay, the Coast Guard rescued two teenagers from a swamped dinghy, which appeared to be an FJ.
Restricted Areas
The US Coast Guard reminds mariners to stay clear of fireworks-display barges and shoreside facilities during the upcoming holiday. Temporary safety zones have been established surrounding fireworks displays.
Ocean Cleanup
The North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, often referred to as the Pacific Gyre, consists of a sea of floating plastic material — various bottles, plastic chairs, packaging straps, buckets, rope and fishing nets. Several efforts have been undertaken recently to try and rid the Pacific Ocean of this debris.
I need a new Latitude
The July issue is quite possibly our favorite Latitude 38 ever — especially Letters, which also has a sober discussion about readers' run-ins with white squalls, a continuing debate about the Oakland Estuary, and lots of musings about people's first boats, best boats, and last boats.
Hurricane Hideaway
Red Frog Beach Island Resort & Marina, the ultimate hurricane hideaway and Caribbean cruisers' playground.
Tokyo 2020 Games
With just over a year left until the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo, tickets will go on sale July 9 for the 2020 Olympics.
There's No Port Like Newport
For my entire two weeks on the East Coast in early June, the wind was warm and perfect; in Maine, in New Hampshire, and even off the rivers in Manhattan — a week before SailGP raced, there was a constant and perfect summer breeze.
Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous
"Doing the Rendez-vous has been the most fun we’ve had on our entire trip,” said Tara Travers-Stephens with an ear-to-ear grin. She and her husband John had vowed to take part in the annual Tahiti-Moorea Sailing Rendez-vous aboard their Redwood City-based Tatoosh 50. But in order to make good on that promise they had to battle abnormally unsettled wind and sea conditions on their 200-mile crossing from the Tuamotus to Tahiti.
In the Hampshires
The breeze on the Seacoast was 10 to 15 knots, rustling the trees in my friend’s back yard in Rye, New Hampshire, which was just a few miles from the beach and Rye Harbor State Park.
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The Latitude Movie Club
In 1973, five men and six women embarked on a 101-day scientific sea adventure, drifting across the Atlantic on a raft called Acali. In 1989, the first all-female crew raced around the world in the Whitbread on Maiden.
Busy Summer
The SSS Great Pacific Longitude Race, a qualifier for the Singlehanded TransPac, leads off a busy July race schedule, with a start off San Francisco on July 3. Doublehanded and singlehanded boats sail west for 200 miles…
Master Mariners
It takes a lot of effort to maintain any Master Mariner classic boat in such Bristol condition.
World Sailing Awards
World Sailing invites you to nominate individuals, teams and organizations for the 2019 World Sailing Awards. The awards celebrate outstanding achievement and exceptional contributions to the sport of sailing.
Onboard Brewing
Delicious, fast and easy. Designed by a sailor for on board brewing.
The Maine Point
The breeze was around 10 to 15 knots as I stared at the water from the ferry.
Vintage Boats Regatta
1960s thru '94 vintage fiberglass sailboats are invited to the San Francisco Plastic Classic Regatta.
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