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Yacht Racing in Times of Pandemic
After a month of planning and negotiations, official, permitted racing has resumed on San Francisco Bay. Richmond Yacht Club went first, with a Wednesday night race on June 10.
Summer Sailing Camp Ready For Summer
The official start of summer is just around the corner, and for many young Bay Area sailors, this is the time they would usually put down their pencils — or these days, devices — pack their sailing kits, and join their friends for the seemingly endless days of summer-camp fun.
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For your viewing pleasure
Latitude Nation — For your viewing pleasure, here’s a mini-documentary of Sausalito super-sailor Lauren de Remer.
Call-out for Photos
Have you got a favorite Latitude 38 cover? The shot below, from February 2009, remains one of our favorites.
Sailboats Are Selling
Latitude 38's Classy Classifieds is the place to shop for boats - as well as marine gear, trailers, liferafts, boat partnerships, trades and more.
Summer Sailstice/YRA Photo Treasure Hunt
Recently, US Sailing VP Rich Jepsen recalled Bay Area legend Tom Blackaller saying, "Why would anyone ever just go sailing?" When racers are forced to relax they get all stressed out.
Misplaced AIS Vessels Hacker Theory
Sailor-turned-game developer Scott Goffman says he's working on a project in which he inadvertently replicated almost the exact opposite scenario from what he thinks may have resulted in the now-nicknamed "AIS crop circles."
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From Compass Realty: Expansive water and San Francisco views are the star in the spacious great room, with custom kitchen, dining, sitting and game area.
Boat-in Dining
What are your favorite waterfront restaurants that offer space to tie up a boat or are located less than three blocks from a marina?
Back to Normal(ish)?
When shelter-in-place orders were declared in six Bay Area counties to slow the spread of COVID-19, sailing clubs, along with all non-essential businesses, had to suspend their activities.
The Weekend Report
Sailors will no doubt debate the particulars of any given moment of weather, but there was some consensus that the preceding three days of wind, which blew from the north-northwest and was marked by 30-plus-knot gusts, was more characteristic of early spring than early June.
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Scientists Turn to Alameda’s Saildrone
This week is World Oceans Week. One of our friends shared this story on social media, and we could not resist passing it along.
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Schedule Updates and More
Stockton Sailing Club and Richmond Yacht Club canceled June 6's Delta Ditch Run. However, someone forgot to tell the social-bubble crews of 10 Moore 24s and a Melges 24.
Solo Circumnavigator
At a time when organized racing has been curtailed and sailing with household members is the current guideline, we thought we'd remind you of the thoughts Webb Chiles shared…
AIS Vessels Misplaced Off NW Coast
One of the great technological advancements of modern-day sailing is the ability to watch a vessel’s track as it makes its way around the world.
RC Boats and Beer Cans
Chris Sullivan is an avid RC sailboat racer, especially in the One Metre Class. Last week, Chris organized a bit of informal COVID-19 RC sailboat scrimmaging at the Richmond Yacht Club.
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If you're considering the purchase of a boat, it's important to be as informed about the process as possible. Passage Nautical has created a series of live webinars.
Boatnapping Redux
Drew said that the Mackin is at Anchorage #9. I'm like, 'No way! I just retrieved the bloody boat yesterday! This has to be a mistake.'
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Has the COVID-19 pandemic forced some countries to breach international maritime laws and deny sailors safe harbor?
Sailing Staycation
With one of us furloughed and one working remotely, we decided to head toward the Delta aboard Penelope, our Newport 27.
The Weather Report
Summer seems to be inching closer and closer here in the Bay Area, though, like many things in our lives at the moment, it’s doing a two-steps-forward, three-steps-back shuffle.
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From Compass Realty: Expansive water and San Francisco views are the star in the spacious great room, with custom kitchen, dining, sitting and game area.
where broken boats go to recover
A lot of great boats were built in Santa Cruz County during the 1970s and ’80s, boats that are beloved among our Latitude readership.
Another Boat Theft
"It is with amazement and disbelief that I inform you that on Sunday, May 24, at about 6:15 a.m., our beloved RIB Mackin was stolen from the dinghy dock."
Sailboats Are Selling
An interesting aspect of the unfolding pandemic is the increase in boat sales.
Out the Golden Gate
If you like wildlife (rowdy sea otters, majestic humpback whales or aggressive sea lions), consider a cruise to Moss Landing, in the heart of Monterey Bay.
Delivery Day
We have a healthy dose of escapism in this month's Latitude 38. Here is a taste of the normal-ness we're bringing you in the June issue…
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Cruisers Lend a Helping Hand
In the aftermath of April’s Cyclone Harold, many South Pacific sailors have banded together to help those who were most impacted by the storm.
Boatyard Regulations
The more things change the more they stay the same. We started rereading Yankee's Wander World by Irving and Exy Johnson.
La Niña or El Niño?
Hurricane season officially begins in the Atlantic Basin on June 1, peaking around September 10, before ending on November 30. On average, the Atlantic experiences 11 named tropical systems.
US Sailing
Do you use an inflatable life jacket? Have you checked it recently, or ever?
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Expansive water and San Francisco views are the star in the spacious great room, featuring a custom kitchen, dining, sitting, and game area.
But I know
In these seemingly timeless times, what better occasion to check in with that drifting-est of drifters, that leaf floating on the proverbial wind, that proverbial proverb who is both the enigma and the answer.
Early Saturday morning, a four-alarm fire broke out on Pier 45 on San Francisco’s Embarcadero.
A Watery Weekend
The Broderick grandsons, last seen 'sailing' Grandpa’s Voyager 14 in the driveway, took to the real water Memorial Day Sunday in Grandpa’s Wyliecat 30 Nancy.
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Your Video Adrenaline Moment
Kaneohe Yacht Club's Junior Program is an advanced, high-tech sailing laboratory where junior sailors learn the latest techniques. Here we see a group of them absolutely sending it in their O'Pen Skiffs.
Sailing from Home
Sailors in Second Life (SL) are inviting wet-water enthusiasts from around the world to join them for the most realistic and satisfying sailing experience available online.
In Harmony with Nature
When I made plans earlier in the week to sail out of Moss Landing with my friend and mentor George Mckay, I felt a tension ease out of my shoulders that I hadn’t really been cognizant was there.
On late Tuesday night/early Wednesday morning, the Coast Guard rescued three people from a 30-ft sailboat off Pillar Point.
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Thanks to Phase 2
"We are among the first of the sailboats back on Folsom Lake, finally," wrote Pat McIntosh. Pat and his family had a short sail on Saturday afternoon.
The Baja Bash
With seaports around the world closed to unfamiliar vessels, it’s not surprising that sailors are left wondering what to do when they and their beloved sailboat are sheltering in different countries.
Flying into the Future
In the immortal words of the Steve Miller Band, "I wanna fly like an eagle . . . To the sea . . ." Apparently, so does the new America's Cup class.
Learning to sail on San Francisco Bay
Though I’d been a passenger for family daysails since I was a toddler, it wasn’t until college, while tagging along on my grandpa’s beer can races, that I developed a curiosity and understanding of how the boat and sails worked.
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A Family Staycation
The Moores cruised San Francisco Bay for Mother's Day on the Catalina 270 Blue Ribbon II.
3600 Miles in the Atlantic
The IMOCA class taken the opportunity to announce the new Vendée-Arctique-Les Sables d’Olonne solo race.
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