Posts by Andy Turpin
The Sun Puts on a Show
During our recent trip to Tahiti, few cruisers we spoke to were keeping up with the mind-numbing headlines back home. But they all seemed to know about the imminent solar eclipse which would be best viewed from French Polynesia — and elsewhere along a narrow track stretching from the Cook Islands to southern Patagonia. More »
Ramos’ Arctic Loop Prohibited
Imagine how you’d feel if you’d spent five years and a small fortune in pursuit of becoming the first person to solo circumnavigate the North Pole, only to be turned back midway by inflexible bureaucrats. More »
Getting Kids Off the Couch
“Look ma, I’m sailing!” A new recruit blasts across the Paradise Cay lagoon, adjacent to Tiburon YC.
© Yolanda Lopez
With schools out for summer, parents are faced with an age-old question: How should their little darlings fill all that free time? More »
Adrift in a Sea of Vowels
For cruisers visiting French Polynesia, struggling to learn a little French is hard enough, but trying to master the pronounciation of locally-used Polynesian words is even trickier. The biggest challenge seems to be that most words contain so many vowels, they all sound alike to newcomers. More »
Happy Ending: Catalyst Righted on North Coast
We’re happy to report that the PDQ 32 catamaran Catalyst, which flipped last week in heavy weather and eventually drifted, upside down, into a reef-fringed North Coast ‘doghole’, has been successfully rescued and righted. More »
Flipped Cat Lies in Doghole as Storm Approaches
Looking relatively unscathed after her offshore ordeal, Catalyst now idles in a tiny North Coast doghole.
© 2010 Greg Yarman
When longtime ‘Lectronic Latitude devotee Greg Yarman read about the offshore evacuation of Catalyst Wednesday — a 32-ft cat that flipped while en route from Crescent City to Alameda — he felt certain that the overturned boat would wash up somewhere along the rugged North Coast where he lives. More »
Catamaran Flips off Ft. Bragg, Crew Rescued
Bay Area sailor Kristy Lugert and her two male crewmen were rescued by US Coast Guard resources Saturday, after their 32-ft catamaran Catalyst capsized in extreme conditions, roughly 20 miles west of Fort Bragg. More »
Danish-American Sailor Killed in Panama
Danish-American sailor Bond "Bo" Olsen, 61, died of a gunshot wound to his leg Tuesday, after being attacked by four men aboard his boat, Antares, which was anchored off Bajo Pipón Island in the Gulf of Chiriqui, on Panama’s Pacific coast. More »
Weekend Reading Assignment
“Extra, extra, read all about it. . .”
latitude/Annie
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Looking for the perfect excuse to put off doing your household chores during the long holiday weekend? More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Looking for the perfect excuse to put off doing your household chores during the long holiday weekend? More »
The Wackiest World Tour
If there’s one thing we’ve learned during our three decades of interviewing sailors in far-flung destinations, it’s that first impressions don’t always clue you in to the whole story. Such was the case when we met a bright-eyed, young Frenchman in Moorea with wild curly hair and a scraggly beard. More »
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