Posts by LaDonna
The Potters Hit Carquinez
“Hey, where are all the other boats?!”
© Goose Gossman
While others spent last weekend doing something other than sailing, Goose Gossman and the members of the perpetually-sailing Potter Yachter group enjoyed beautiful sailing conditions in Carquinez Strait. More »
Goodnight, Irene
A couple anchored their big Hunter Maybe Tomorrow off Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday night when conditions on Chesapeake Bay worsened. They and their cat were rescued when the boat washed ashore Saturday morning. More »
Baby Onboard
On Wednesday, we challenged readers to supply a caption or explanation for this bizarre photo submitted by Bruce Adornato. We received dozens of hilarious captions, many of them of a scatalogical nature (which never fails to crack up this crew), but Robertta Edwards won a Latitude 38 hat with this this little bon mot: “Hmm, wonder what he used for bait.” More »
There Goes My Baby
As you might imagine, a bizarre story goes along with this photo, but we’re going to make you wait for it. Instead, we want you to tell us what you think is happening in this shot. More »
Do ‘Partner-ships’ Float?
"Perhaps like many sailors in the Bay Area, I don’t get out on my Catalina 30 Hana Ho as much as I’d like too," writes Berkeley’s Peter O’Connor. "My sailing days have been further reduced by the addition of a new crewmember — a beautiful baby girl — a trade-off I’m all too happy to make. More »
Sockdolager Says Hello in Sausalito
Late summer may curse us with seemingly endless fog and chill but it blesses us with the arrival of many southbound cruisers with whom we have the pleasure of visiting. Just this morning we had the chance to hear about Jim Heumann and Karen Sullivan’s trip down the coast from Port Townsend aboard their Pacific Seacraft Dana 24 Sockdolager. More »
Playing Chicken with Ships
Every Bay sailor knows that commercial ships have right-of-way and that you never want to tempt fate by crossing their bows, right? Arnstein Mustad found out differently on July 25 when he recorded a sailboat boldly going where no boat should ever go. More »
A Kid with Good Taste
We love it when parents instill good taste in their kids, as Ventura’s Mark and Laurie Matthews have done with their newest crewmember. "Just wanted to let the good folks at Latitude 38 know that the crew devoured last month’s issue," write the couple. More »
On the Beach in Cascais
America’s Cup action in Cascais, up close and personal. The next stops are Plymouth, England, and in November, San Diego.
© 2011 Mike McMullen
The America’s Cup honchos wanted to bring the America’s Cup "to the people," and based on this photo by Mike McMullen of Tiburon and the San Francisco YC, that’s exactly what’s being done for the first America’s Cup World Series currently being held in Portugal. More »
Catalina 27 Amber Overdue
Amber is a Catalina 27 with roller furling jib. Her sail number is 6686. If you have seen her since July 25, please contact the Coast Guard with the information.
USCG
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Coast Guard has asked for the public’s help in locating Alameda sailor Krzysztof Krasnodebski, 62, who sailed out of Grand Marina on July 25 aboard his Catalina 27 Amber bound for San Diego. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Coast Guard has asked for the public’s help in locating Alameda sailor Krzysztof Krasnodebski, 62, who sailed out of Grand Marina on July 25 aboard his Catalina 27 Amber bound for San Diego. More »
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