Arkema has been towed to port and righted after capsizing and dismasting during the Transat Jacques Vabre. © Transat Jacques Vabre Now more than 13 days into the Transat Jacques Vabre race, we’ve seen it all. More »

It’s less a matter of luck that Wolfgang Stehr is alive today and more a matter of preparation — not that luck didn’t play a part in Saturday’s drama on San Francisco Bay. More »

When Pt. Richmond’s Kim Paternoster heard the news, she spoke the truth of many adoring Ben Ainslie fans when she posted the following to her Facebook page: "Nooooooooooooooooo!"  Yeah, we’d be smiling, too. More »

Once again, the holiday season is upon us. If your reaction to that statement was ‘Oh crap!’ instead of ‘Oh joy!’, maybe it’s time to clean out your dock box and lazarettes to earn a few extra bucks for shopping. More »

Electrical fires account for more than half of all boat fires. © 2013 Rob Murray It’s that time of year again, folks. The time to check your shorepower connections in an effort to prevent incidents like this one. More »

The banking group Mirabaud is once again sponsoring this year’s Yacht Racing Image Contest, and it looks like some local shutterbugs are up for the grand prize.  San Francisco’s Abner Kingman has long been a star on the local sailing photography scene, and this year had the opportunity to work for the America’s Cup Event Authority, where he took one of the most iconic shots to come out of the event (you might recognize it as the cover to the October issue of Latitude). More »

Half Moon Bay is a popular cruise-out spot for Bay sailors. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Frequent Half Moon Bay visitor Larry Blank alerted us yesterday to a change in the harbor’s fee schedule, noting a new anchoring fee. Indeed, More »

Well, shucks. Hollywood has the chance to really represent sailing accurately — relatively speaking, of course — and it appears they dropped the ball . . . yet again. The debacle that was The Perfect Storm or even the ridiculous ‘rescue’ scene in Dead Calm were painful enough but now we have another epic fail to add to the list. More »

We had no idea what we were looking at when we sailed into Clipper Cove on Labor Day weekend. latitude/LaDonna
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Uh oh," writes reader Rod Williams, who keeps his Catalina 42 Azure at Marina Village in Alameda. More »