Posts by Christine Weaver
Route du Rhum Preview
The docks at Saint-Malo look just like the Corinthian YC at the start of the Singlehanded TransPac.
© 2014 Alexis Courcoux
Every four years the Route du Rhum transatlantic race gets the French all excité, and we should get excited too because it’s one of the classic singlehanded adventures – like our Singlehanded TransPac, but with more and bigger boats and scads more money. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Parade & Start
It’s a rare Baja Ha-Ha start when San Diego doesn’t serve up the sun the Mexico-bound cruisers are seeking on their southern migration, and this year was no exception. Clear skies, warm air and brilliant sunshine lit up cruisers who we suspect partied all night, since they crossed the starting line wearing the same costumes they’d worn at the kick-off party the day before. More »
Volvo Ocean Race Catch-Up
A GoPro selfie from current VOR leader Team Brunel.
© 2014 Stefan Coppers / Team Brunel/Volvo Ocean Race
The great thing about one-design racing is that the competition is tight – once you’re in the lead you know that no other boat is physically faster. More »
SF Maritime Park Fees
Latitude 38 runs Calendar listings every month for events at the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, an historical treasure on Hyde Street Pier at the west end of Fisherman’s Wharf. More »
Volvo Ocean Race on TV
NBCSN’s coverage of the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race will begin this Sunday at 10:00 a.m. PDT with a 90-minute special highlighting the start of the race and previewing the 39-week circumnavigation. More »
Farr 40 Worlds Wrap-Up
The fun-loving crew of Guido Belgiorno-Nettis’ Australian-flagged Transfusion switched sports from sailing to halyard-skurfing in response to Friday’s conditions.
© John Navas
The fickle winds of October failed the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds on Friday, but many of the 19 crews made the best of the warm weather and long postponement that stretched out all afternoon. More »
Farr 40 Worlds Update
The crowd at the leeward gate in yesterday’s racing at the Farr 40 Worlds.
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Nineteen teams from seven countries are competing this week at the Rolex Farr 40 Worlds, hosted by St. More »
Farr 40 Worlds Preview
Farr 40s Nightshift, Plenty, and Voodoo Chile racing on the Cityfront in September’s Rolex Big Boat Series.
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While seven teams of top-level sailors tackle the North Atlantic in the ‘Everest of Sailing’ (aka the Volvo Ocean Race), 19 teams, with no shortage of rock stars onboard, will be tackling the waters of San Francisco Bay this week. More »
Volvo Ocean Race Starts Tomorrow
An aerial view of Saturday’s race around the cans in Alicante.
© David Ramos / Volvo Ocean Race
Seven teams will start the 39,000-mile around-the-world Volvo Ocean Race tomorrow in Alicante, Spain, bound for Cape Town, South Africa. More »
Job Opportunity in Production
Production Department
Latitude 38 is a such great place to work that we rarely have job openings. However, we are currently looking for an organized and team-oriented person who possesses excellent time-management skills and the ability to work within deadlines – with minimal supervision – to work in our production department. More »
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