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Latitude in the House

August 1, 2014
This month’s cover shows Greg Slyngstad’s J/125 Hamachi on her final sprint to the Pacific Cup finish line off Oahu. © 2014 Leslie Richter No big plans this weekend? Then we suggest you snuggle up with the latest edition of Latitude 38 and take in all the latest sailing news from the West Coast and beyond. More »

A Win-Win Maritime Event

July 28, 2014
It’s been said that creating win-win situations between customers and clients should be the goal of any responsible business. That’s the way we see Thursday’s Cruising for a Cause event at the brand-new West Marine flagship store in Marin City (just north of Sausalito). More »

Octogenarian Homecoming

Nothin’ to it. Eighty-six-year-old Karl Burton is now less than 150 miles from his home port, after a very fast lap around the globe. Cabrillo Beach YC
©2014Latitude 38 Media, LLC As the 14 finishers of this month’s Singlehanded TransPac can confirm, sailing alone from the West Coast to the Hawaiian Islands is a substantial personal accomplishment. More »

Summer Sailing in the Arctic

July 18, 2014
When most sailors think about the joys of summer sailing, they imagine sunny days with clear blue skies, and air temperatures in the shorts-and-T-shirt range. But not Mike Johnson. He and a couple of crewmen are about to set out from remote Cambridge Bay, Canada — which lies above 69°N — aboard the 44-ft fiberglass schooner Gitana, in an attempt to complete an east-to-west transit of the Northwest Passage. More »

Twenty-five Rescued off Crissy Field

July 16, 2014
We were a bit shocked to learn that Coast Guard resources had to come to the rescue of 25 windsurfers and kiteboarders off San Francisco’s Crissy Field Sunday evening, as we know that many boardsailors and kiters pride themselves on being able to ‘self-rescue’. More »

Mid-Pacific Rendezvous

July 11, 2014
Saturday morning, while more than a hundred paddlers raced inside the Tahiti lagoon, Puddle Jumpers rally/raced to Moorea in perfect conditions. Pictured here are the Montana-based Waterline 46 Grasshopper and the Sweden-based Amel 54 Amelit. More »

July Latitude Hot Off the Press

July 2, 2014
Just in time for the long weekend, the latest issue of Latitude 38 was distributed yesterday throughout the Bay Area. Or read it online at www.latitude38.com latitude/Annie
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC With any luck, you’ll have plenty of time to relax during the long Fourth of July weekend, and we hope you’ll use some of that time to catch up on all the latest sailing news in the pages of Latitude 38. More »

Mexico Streamlining Bureaucracy

June 30, 2014
As this file shot from a recent Baja Ha-Ha rally reminds us, hundreds of boats typically head south to Mexico each fall. Recent initiatives by Mexican government agencies will make immigration and boat importation easier this season. More »