Do you rotate all your thru-hulls regularly? How do you get frozen thru-hulls unstuck? Do you just replace them?

Complete your ASA IQCs at MSC! Our new instructors receive 100% tuition reimbursement for each clinic after teaching their first course at the level.

Kevin Escoffier, positioned some 550 miles southwest of Cape Town in the Vendée Globe solo nonstop around-the-world race, has triggered his distress beacon.

As a retired US Army Corps of Engineers LTC, Len was always appreciative of friends sending him new Latitude 38s whenever he was deployed.

The Sunday before we were set to fly to Greece, we were banned from entering the EU. By some miracle, we were able to charter a yacht in Turkey.

We will display your item(s) in our store and on our website and eliminate the need for you to meet strangers at your home or place of work.

A lot of sailors are under the impression that checking into Mexico in Cabo San Lucas is impossible or difficult. There are a few changes in the procedure for checking in there.

The Vendée Globe has been further shaped by attrition. Englishman Alex Thomson continues to bleed miles and positions while effecting repairs to his stricken IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss.

The first racing between the teams will be the Prada America's Cup World Series Auckland and Christmas Race coming up on December 17-20.

Washing, waxing, varnishing. Serving the entire Bay Area for more than 30 years. “Everything looks great! It was a huge relief."

The Baja Ha-Ha celebrates cruising everywhere in Mexico, including racing off Zihua to raise money for Sail Fest.

The year 2020 will be remembered for several unrelated reasons, but the coronavirus has proved the most daunting for sailboat racing. It has challenged on several fronts…

Everything is going swimmingly for Whitall Stokes on his route around the world — actually he had to jump in the water to cut a spinnaker off his keel in mid-ocean.

Good quality boat cushions are important for both form and function. Let us help you freshen up your boat deck, salon or sleeping area.

We had about as beautiful a weekend as one could hope for in the middle of November for sailing on San Francisco Bay. Saturday provided good breezes.

An anchored boat caught fire in Richardson's Bay last weekend. While there has been no official statement, scuttlebutt alleges the fire was preceded by an explosion.

Maritime artist John David Taylor sent us pictures of a couple of his paintings, one of which depicts IDEC SPORT winning the Jules Verne Trophy in 2017.

We can help you get the most out of your boat, whatever the weather.

We'd sailed for hundreds of miles to get to know David's first grandchild, whose family lives near Melbourne, Australia, and to partake in family holiday madness.

Just when you thought everyone involved with the America’s Cup in New Zealand was going to “give peace a chance,” it seems like it's a battle on all fronts.

When I first visited in the 1970s, we gave the Mexican ranch hands a case of beer. They reciprocated by inviting us to dinner . . .

Gary Clausen of Twin Rivers Marine Insurance has been serving the needs of his clients in all of California for many years.

The 2020-21 Vendée Globe started on Sunday afternoon off Les Sables-d'Olonne in western France. In most years, the start of the race is impressive, with hundreds of thousands of spectators…

"It almost ended before it started, with the crash of their first-speed yacht record attempt, the disaster that broke the short-lived Wood Duck."

It's Caption Contest(!) time! This month we have an interesting, and somewhat scary, photo . . .

Good quality boat cushions are important for both form and function. Let us help you freshen up your boat deck, salon or sleeping area.

Eight months out from the first start of the 51st Transpacific Yacht Race on July 13, 2021, 43 boats have registered.

Two sailboats have ended up on the rocks this past week in separate incidents in California.

In mid-October, after a summer of bizarre weather, it was 80-plus degrees and windless at Latitude's satellite office in San Quentin Village. The Bay went completely glassy for almost five days in a row . . .

Good quality boat cushions are important for both form and function. Let us help you freshen up your boat deck, salon or sleeping area.

Santa Cruz Yacht Club's Jack and Jill Regatta has grown, with enthusiastic participation and multiple divisions: Spinnaker, Jib and Main, Families, and Double Date.

Two kayakers almost found themselves on the lunch menu while enjoying a peaceful paddle at Avila Beach, CA.