Posts by LaDonna
Strange Goings-On in Vanuatu
Phocea held the title of ‘World’s Largest Sailing Yacht’ for 28 years. She was launched in ’76 as Club Mediterranee for Alain Colas’s OSTAR attempt.
Phocea
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the great things about having published Latitude 38 magazine for over 35 years, is that we have developed a vast network of contacts all over the world. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the great things about having published Latitude 38 magazine for over 35 years, is that we have developed a vast network of contacts all over the world. More »
Laura Dekker Moving to New Zealand
Laura Dekker, the Dutch 16-year-old who became the world’s youngest solo circumnavigator (with stops) in January, has spent the last several months enjoying the the lush life in the South Pacific aboard her Jeanneau Gin Fizz Guppy, and is now bound for her birth country of New Zealand. More »
AC World Series Viewing Updates
If San Francisco’s normal summer winds pipe up, AC45 fleet racing should be quite a show.
© Gilles Martin-Raget
Sometimes America’s Cup details change as swiftly as one of their cats screaming across the Slot. More »
New Hurricane App
The Red Cross hurricane app allows you to see the hurricane history of your favorite cruising grounds.
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©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The American Red Cross has released a useful free app for your iToy and Android device that allows you to track hurricanes. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The American Red Cross has released a useful free app for your iToy and Android device that allows you to track hurricanes. More »
Don’t Miss the Baja Ha-Ha!
Socrates Solo Circumnavigates Again
Last Wednesday, August 1, Jeanne Socrates returned to Victoria, BC aboard her Najad 380 Nereida, completing a 29,000-mile solo circumnavigation via the five great capes: Cape Horn, Cape of Good Hope, Cape Leeuwin, Cape of Tasmania and the Southwest Cape of New Zealand. More »
Delta Doo Dah Dazzles
Peter Yates’ Bethel Island Beach Party had its biggest showing ever. Kids cooled off in the water and the young-at-heart chilled out with cocktails.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Some wise sage once said "All good things must come to an end," and Friday was the end to ‘Fab 4’ edition of the Delta Doo Dah, a weeklong rally from San Francisco Bay to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Some wise sage once said "All good things must come to an end," and Friday was the end to ‘Fab 4’ edition of the Delta Doo Dah, a weeklong rally from San Francisco Bay to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. More »
Moonshine Wins Lat 38 Performance Trophy
Moonshine, the Dog Patch 26 sailed by Dylan Benjamin and Rufus Sjoberg, has convincingly won the Latitude 38 Performance Trophy for the best division finish in the 2012 Pacific Cup. Moonshine has been described as "a Moore 24 on steroids," and if Dylan and Rufus were not also on steroids, they can keep the pedal down for two weeks as if they were. More »
Turpin’s Tips on Worldwide Chartering – Tonight
Where’s Andy? A diehard traveler, Turpin’s favorite form of vacationing is, of course, aboard a charter yacht.
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©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Whether you often take yacht charter vacations to exotic locations, or simply dream about doing so, we urge you to join us at 7 p.m. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Whether you often take yacht charter vacations to exotic locations, or simply dream about doing so, we urge you to join us at 7 p.m. More »
Doo Dah’ers Treated Like Kings
After being treated like royalty at Sugar Barge on Bethel Island for two nights, participants in the Delta Doo Dah rally had a hard time believing they’d receive as warm a welcome somewhere else. More »
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