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Fleet Week
As jets rumble overhead and contrails fleck the sky like brushstrokes, Fleet Week (2023), the Bay Area's largest annual boating event, roars to life.
A Matter of Degrees
California is home to great training resources for anyone who wants to pursue a professional sailing and maritime career. Cal Maritime Academy is right off San Pablo Bay in Vallejo, and graduates new classes of merchant marines every year.
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How to Beat the Heat
Rick Elkins shares snippets of his travel in Europe, including sighting a mysterious vessel in Italy.
Have You Found Yours?
"Thanks to all you salts!" wrote Terry Jackson, who found a Golden Ticket in an issue of 'Latitude 38' in September.
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Visit Vallejo Marina and enjoy the guest and fuel dock, free pump-outs, full service boatyard and chandlery, plus two restaurants!
In Memory
Tragic loss of much-loved Bay Area kiteboarder in shark attack while swimming off of Point Reyes.
Dinghy Dust Up
San Francisco Bay offers challenging sailing conditions to all sailors, but it's especially challenging when you have 60 5O5 competitors on one starting line for their World Championship.
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Join Us!
Next week, Clipper Yacht Harbor will host the first-ever Sausalito Boat Show in the saltiest city in the Bay Area.
"The word that comes to mind is freedom"
It was a thrill to hear from Webb Chiles a few weeks ago, with some exciting news to share.
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"I was fine."
After the Coast Guard issued a BOLO in March for Ishi and Donald Lang, the 55-ft sailboat and her captain have checked in — apparently in the Hawaiian Islands — and are safe and sound. In fact, Don Lang's cup seems to be overflowing.
Sunny SoCal Sailing
After many years, the Del Rey and Channel Islands Yacht Clubs bring back the downwind Channel Islands to Marina del Rey race with a 35-boat fleet.
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S is for September Sailing
Sailagram: A Snapshot of September Sailing
Better in Print
Have you picked up the October issue of 'Latitude 38' yet?
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Keep the Vision
There's much to be done, but don't forget what the Oakland Estuary has to offer.
Read All About It!
Hot off the presses and straight onto the docks, we proudly bring you the October issue of 'Latitude 38.'
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How do you voyage for Earth?
Held together by six miles of rope with no nuts, no bolts, and no screws, the Hōkūleʻa‘ is an oceangoing canoe tethered together by trust, tradition, and Polynesian culture.
The Last Real Day of Summer
As we write these words and bang away on the keyboard, as the October issue of 'Latitude 38' is making its way to your local waterfront, mailbox and inbox, boats are making their way onto the water.
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The Sailing Buffet
The 'Latitude 38' 'Classy Classifieds' are a treasure chest full of classics, business opportunities, sailboats for sale, job opportunities and inspiration for any kind of sailor.
Highlights from the Weekend
What appeared to be a routine SailGP F50 catamaran nosedive for Jimmy Spithill's Team USA in the third Race of Season 4 in Taranto, Italy, turned dangerously serious
Get to Know the Fleet
We now bring you Part 2 of a sneak peek into some Baja Ha-Ha profiles.
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Racing into Autumn
The first weekend in October actually starts in September. It will be a busy one for yacht racers in California.
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Big Fleet Racing
It's not often enough that a world championship is held on the Bay, but when it is, it always produces some exciting racing. The 5O5 Worlds are on this week.
Baja Ha-Ha
It's that time of year again when we get to know a few of the sailors signed up for this year's Baja Ha-Ha. Here are a few of the faces sailing with the class of 2023.
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A Deep Revival
'Sampaguita,' a 1985 Pacific Seacraft Flicka 20 sailboat, came with an Apelco Ranger 360 Echo Sounder when The Resourceful Sailor purchased her in 2013 in Seattle.
Estuary Progress
Many sailors have expressed their concern over the many problems plaguing the Oakland Estuary. After months and years of neglect, the Estuary is finally attracting the attention of several agencies
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Classic Ride
The spectacular ketch 'Miramar' has a long history and is always stunning to capture in photos.
Dive In
Put your own tax dollars to work! Boating tax money is now available in the form of boating access grants.
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For the Nation …
How much weight can electric outboard motors handle?
Pick Up that Plastic
The planet doesn't care what weekend you choose to clean it up. Last weekend, Brooks Island got a buffing from planetary caretakers, and there are more opportunities tomorrow for Costal Cleanup.
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Circumnavigation of the Americas
After more than 20 days at sea, Randall Reeves, Harmon Shragge and 'Moli' are nearing Homer, Alaska, and the conclusion of the first stage of their "wrong way" multi-leg circumnavigation of the Americas.
Just Add Water
On Saturday, the Wooden Boats for Veterans organization gathered in Sausalito for a day out on the water.
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Head East
Fall is the time of year for migrations and pilgrimages. For sailors, that is heading south or making the annual pilgrimage to the Annapolis Sailboat Show.
Lifejackets and Tequila
Jeanne Socrates was leaving to singlehand her 38-ft sloop 'Nereida' to French Polynesia and beyond.
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2023 Vintage Mellows as It Ages
The variety of conditions at Rolex Big Boat Series tested the crews' abilities to adapt.
Polynesian Voyaging
How did they do it before Starlink, GPS, Expedition and always-on navigational tools? The well-traveled Polynesian voyaging canoe 'Hōkūle‘a' will be in San Francisco on September 24 to show you how.
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AC 37
For the 37th America's Cup first ACWS showcase, we were again held hostage by the weather conditions, and like multiple SailGP events, what would have been a "magical" final — in this case between American Magic and Emirates Team New Zealand — saw the wind fail to materialize.
Municipal Matters
the City of San Francisco and Pacific Gas & Electric finally agreed to a nearly $190 million settlement in 2021 where the utility company was obliged to clean up toxic waste in S.F. Marina's East Harbor, PG&E has been working with the S.F. Recreation and Park Department on plans for a new public marina.
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An Update
After nearly a month of lawlessness and what liveaboard residents have described as a state of perpetual fear and anxiety, the Coast Guard announced this week that they will begin patrolling the Oakland Estuary to combat a recent outbreak of piracy.
We are at that time again!
The America’s Cup World Series clock is set for the historic port city of Vilanova i La Geltrú along the beautiful, mountainous Spanish Coast.
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Releasing sewage into waterways while boating or fishing spreads disease, harms aquatic life and, bottom line, it is just plain gross.
Community Art
Gulls crying, anemometers whirling, life jackets rustling, and waves lapping — would you believe it was the scene of a Shakespeare play?
Crosby's Deep Dive
Rick Marvin entertained many sailors in Hanalei Bay, and some of them were entertainers like David Crosby.
Duck, and keep your eyes aloft
Towing sailboats with the mast up can be dangerous, and we're sure that everyone has a story to tell. (Please comment below!) A sailor sent us a photo after a, ahem, failed launch at a ramp on Folsom Lake. Fortunately, the culprit was tree limbs and not electrical wires, which can be a lot more worrisome.
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