Posts by John Arndt
More of the Same - Nice!
Most of the people enjoying sailing on the coast of Mexico probably don’t know how nice the sailing has been here over the past several weeks. And, dang, this weekend looks like more of the same — just a great weekend to get out on the Bay. More »
Greetings from Barra
“We’ve reached our goal.” That’s what Pat McIntosh wrote to tell us after fundraising efforts in Barra de Navidad were completed in last night’s meeting to match up boats and passengers for the boat parade and sail underway this morning. More »
Cyclone Gita Hits Tonga
Residents of Nuku’alofa, the capital of Tonga, are now recovering from Cyclone Gita, which blew through on Monday. Gita has been called the worst storm to hit the island nation in 60 years. More »
Earthquake: Barra de Navidad
Baja Ha-Ha vet and Mexico cruising aficionado Pat McIntosh of Sacramento wrote us on Friday: "Good morning, at 8 a.m. (+/-), about an hour ago, we had a bit of a jolt this morning, not sure where it was centered. More »
Ouch
Saturday was as pleasant as could be but Sunday was breeze-on. Barry Demak was out captaining a boat for Passage Nautical and crossed paths with one of the casualties. The Harbor 25 pictured below hit the rip-rap while sailing near Alameda and went aground just south of Estuary entrance buoy 8. More »
Playing Hooky? Who Needs Weekends?
It’s been a terrible winter for skiing but pretty sweet for sailing. Driving out of San Francisco on Wednesday we noticed a few boats were ‘playing hooky’ and snagging a little hump-day sailing. More »
Boats on the Beach
When settlers first arrived on the shores of New England a few hundred years ago, they said lobsters were so plentiful they’d just wash up on the beach after a storm. More »
Oops! The Waterfront Changed Again
One of our readers called the other day with a ‘hot tip’: He went by his favorite Latitude 38 pickup joint, Western Boat & Tackle on Third Street in San Rafael, where readers have been picking up Latitude for about 40 years, and found the magazines but not the business. More »
Relief: The February ‘Latitude’ Is Out
We always look forward to the beginning of the month, when we can put a fresh magazine on the top of the stack in the ‘reading room’. As always (or almost always), the current issue of Latitude 38 hits the streets on the first of the month, with our drivers dropping off stacks all over the San Francisco Bay Area on yet another sunny winter day. More »
How Regattas Succeed
Most regattas succeed with a few basic ingredients — a good venue, decent sailing conditions and good race committee work, but, as always, the most important ingredient is the people. It’s the people who step up to organize the event and invite attendance, and the people who show up to participate. More »
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