Posts by Andy Turpin
Russian Crazy Craft
We quizzed our readership last week to see if anyone could properly identify the purpose of the unusual Russian sailing craft pictured below.
It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a. More »
Variation on a Theme
Since innovative multihulls are in the spotlight this summer, we thought we’d introduce you to another variation on the theme. While traveling in Russia a few months ago, reader Larry Radcliffe of El Cerrito came across this odd-looking trimaran as it was sailing into the docks at Petrozavodsk (on a northern lake, east of Finland). More »
Yes, You Can Still Enter
"Ouch, arghh, oof!" Such sounds were heard as a Baja Ha-Ha Rally Committee member’s arm was being twisted to extend the entry deadline a bit longer for this year’s San Diego-to-Cabo San Lucas cruisers’ rally. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Entry Deadline Extended
Picture yourself out on the ocean wearing shorts and a T-shirt, sailing south within a huge flotilla of adventure-hungry voyagers. It’s a glorious feeling.
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©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Although the 2013 Baja Ha-Ha Rally Committee is very serious about its fleet safety, they have intentionally made a minimum of rules, while trying to be as flexible as possible regarding special situations. More »
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Although the 2013 Baja Ha-Ha Rally Committee is very serious about its fleet safety, they have intentionally made a minimum of rules, while trying to be as flexible as possible regarding special situations. More »
Blue Marble’s Niue Nightmare
Blue Marble’s dreamy cruise across the South Pacific came to an abrupt halt this week when she broke loose from a mooring and gounded on a reef.
Blue Marble
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC From what we can gather, Norwegian marine biologist Erlend Hovland, 32, and his seven young crew have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the South Pacific this season, having the done the Pacific Puddle Jump from Panama via the Galapagos several months ago. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC From what we can gather, Norwegian marine biologist Erlend Hovland, 32, and his seven young crew have thoroughly enjoyed exploring the South Pacific this season, having the done the Pacific Puddle Jump from Panama via the Galapagos several months ago. More »
Big Fun at AC Park
Because most of Latitude 38‘s small staff have worked together for two decades, we think of each other almost as family. With that in mind, we’re not above occasional acts of nepotism such as posting the photo below of our managing editor’s three-year-old grandson Benny, hamming it up with his dad, Zac, and America’s Cup announcers Tucker Thompson (left) and Andy Green. More »
Superyacht Regatta Begins Today
If you watched the weekend’s America’s Cup action from the AC Park or from a boat on the water, you undoubtedly noticed a bevy of spectacular yachts that don’t normally grace the Bay. More »
Eight Bells for Dick Newick
As we look ahead to the start of America’s Cup 34 on Saturday, which will, of course, be raced in the most revolutionary multihulls ever seen on a Cup course, we pay tribute to one of the legendary innovators of the modern multihull movement: Dick Newick passed away on August 28. More »
Oracle Gets Two-Point AC Penalty
Yesterday, as brilliant young sailors aboard AC45 catamarans were dazzling spectators during the Red Bull America’s Cup, an international sailing jury was concluding its investigation into cheating allegations within the same fleet during the 2012-2013 America’s Cup World Series events. More »
AC Jury’s Decision Delayed
A five-member international sailing jury is continuing to hear testimony today regarding allegations of cheating by Oracle Team USA staff during the America’s Cup World Series. Their decision regarding punishment, if any, is expected to come early next week. More »
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