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Posts by LaDonna

Ronnie Simpson Speaks at SFYC

April 15, 2013
Regular readers will be familiar with Bay Area sailor Ronnie Simpson for his many sailing exploits, including a couple of Singlehanded TransPacs, as well as for staging sailing clinics for wounded veterans (Simpson was wounded in Iraq and feels strongly about helping other wounded soldiers). More »

Learning the Multihull Ropes

April 10, 2013
Sailors, like everyone, are resistant to change. When it was announced that the America’s Cup would be sailed in multihulls, monohull lovers the world over voiced their outrage. But after seeing these fantastic machines do things that once only seemed possible in science fiction, many Luddites are changing their minds and becoming interested in sailing in their own multihulls. More »

Train with Team Artemis

No, you won’t win a ride on Artemis’s AC72, but you will get to breakfast with the team and ride along on . . . © Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing America’s Cup fans take note! More »

The April Issue is No Joke

April 1, 2013
It’s no joke, the April issue of Latitude 38 is hitting the streets today! Our annual boat show issue is packed to the gunwales with great stuff, starting with the Strictly Sail Pacific show guide tucked neatly within the pages of the magazine. More »

Jeanne Socrates Passing Cape Leeuwin

March 25, 2013
As of this morning, Jeanne Socrates’ Najad 380 Nereida was just passing Australia’s Cape Leeuwin. For the last few days Socrates has been dealing with 20-ft seas and gale-force winds, causing her a few headaches in the form of a destroyed wind generator, damaged radar mount and displaced windvane rudder. More »

Bumping into Jim Jessie

March 22, 2013
Jim Jessie welcomed us aboard Nalu last weekend at Clipper Cove. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In another installment of ‘You Never Know Who You’ll Bump into at Clipper Cove’, we ran into circumnavigator and Oakland YC Historian Jim Jessie on his classic wooden Grand Banks Alaskan 53 Nalu last weekend. More »

Youth AC Volunteer Needed

March 18, 2013
You just never know when an Red Bull Youth AC boat is going to charge across the Bay, as one did this weekend during practice. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Want to have a front row seat for the Red Bull Youth America’s Cup in September? More »

Where Have All the Outboards Gone?

March 15, 2013
A recent rash of outboard thefts on the Estuary is a good reminder for boaters to secure their motors. "We recently bought a boat on eBay, and between the time we won it and the time we picked it up, the outboard had been stolen," writes an Alameda sailor who prefers to remain anonymous. More »