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NY to Vendée Race Is Vendée Globe Preview

June 6, 2016
Jérémie Beyou’s Maître Coq leads competitors past Lady Liberty last week on a nonstop sprint to France, that serves as the final warmup for November’s Vendée Globe solo around-the-world race. © 2016 Amory Ross / Sea&Co / OSM Having been ravaged by carnage and multiple UFOs — unidentified floating objects — on the first day out of New York, the top solo sailors in the in the inaugural New York – Vendée race are beginning to enter the Bay of Biscay and make their approach to the finish in Les Sables d’Olonne, France. More »

Ecuador Rebuilding; Caraquez Marina Open

June 3, 2016
The Bahia de Caraquez peninsula, as it looked before the recent quakes. The entrance to the bay — the mouth of the Rio Chone — is seen beyond it. © As regular readers know, in recent years Bahia de Caraquez, Ecuador, has become an important stopover point for international cruisers, many of whom  leave their boats in the secure marina there while they enjoy a stint of inland touring to such ‘bucket list’ sites as Machu Picchu and Cuzco, Peru. More »

When It Breaks, You Fix It

June 1, 2016
It goes without saying that risks to life and limb — as well as to boats — are inherent in yacht racing. That fact was clearly illustrated last Saturday during the annual Master Mariners Regatta, when the 82-ft stays’l schooner Seaward and the Lapworth 36 Papoose collided during the third leg of the race. More »

June Latitude Out Early

May 27, 2016
As our cover photo illustrates, sailing is big fun, even when you’re riding the rail. So we hope you’ll make time to get out on the water this weekend. And be sure to slip into your marina’s office and grab the latest issue of good ‘ol Latitude 38. More »

New York to Vendée Solo Race

While the West Coast sailing scene celebrates Memorial Day with the running of a revamped Spinnaker Cup race from San Francisco to Monterey and an all-new multi-stage California Offshore Race Week, East Coast sailors are focused on the New York-Vendée solo transatlantic race beginning on Sunday and the Atlantic Cup doublehanded coastal race beginning on Saturday. More »

Looks Can Be Deceptive

May 25, 2016
Lemme guess: Rip Van Winkle? Leon Russell? No, that’s actually solo circumnavigator Jeff Hartjoy looking rather wooly after spending 204 days alone at sea.   © Debbie Hartjoy They say you only get one chance to make a first impression. More »

Big Sailing Weekend Coming Up

For reasons we’ll never understand, many people choose to take long road trips over the Memorial Day Weekend, and invariably end up spending long hours in ugly, mind-numbing traffic. That’s not our idea of fun. More »
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Hartjoy Makes Landfall on Day 204

May 23, 2016
He did it! On the 204th day after setting sail from Ecuador’s Bahia Caraquez, Washington-based singlehander Jeff Hartjoy completed his nonstop lap around the planet Sunday aboard his Baba 40 ketch, Sailors Run. More »

Hartjoy About to Make Landfall

May 20, 2016
We’re thrilled to report that after more than 200 days at sea alone, Washington-based sailor Jeff Hartjoy — who’s a longtime friend of Latitude 38 — is about to make landfall at Ecuador’s Bahia Caraquez, thus completing the nonstop circumnavigation that began there last Halloween.  More »