Posts by LaDonna
Latitude Delivery Men
One of our favorite things about living in the Bay Area is the opportunity to meet so many interesting southbound cruisers. Of course most folks heading south have already passed through the Bay by November, so we were happily surprised to receive a call from Capt. More »
Bliss on the Bay
Sailors took advantage of this weekend’s sublime weather to shake out the sails and dry out the boat.
latitude/LaDonna
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While sailors in many parts of the country spent this weekend winterizing their boats, Bay Area sailors were treated to temps in the high 70s. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While sailors in many parts of the country spent this weekend winterizing their boats, Bay Area sailors were treated to temps in the high 70s. More »
Lake County Sheriff Unseated
We normally don’t follow election results in ‘Lectronic Latitude, but we felt our readers would be interested to learn that Lake County’s Sheriff Rod Mitchell was ousted last Wednesday by a reasonably close margin. More »
Get Rid of Your Gear
In the ‘good old days’, if you wanted to place a Classy Classified, you sent in your ad and payment by the 18th of the month and it would magically appear in the next month’s issue. More »
Vacation From Hell
If it wasn’t so darn funny, we might feel sorry for the 4,466 people stranded aboard the engineless 952-ft cruise ship Carnival Splendor. The two-year-old ship left Long Beach Sunday on a seven-day cruise to the Mexican Riviera, but an engine room fire on Monday set the behemoth adrift with no electricty. More »
Presumed PPJers Assisted Off Hawaii
A shot from aboard Robert C. Seamans shows three crewmembers going to the aid of Kehaulani mid-ocean.
Robert C. Seamans
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Honolulu Coast Guard reports that the crew of the sailboat Kehaulani were given 40 gallons of diesel and assistance in repairing damaged sails by the crew of the 134-ft steel, brigantine-rigged research and sail training vessel Robert C. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Honolulu Coast Guard reports that the crew of the sailboat Kehaulani were given 40 gallons of diesel and assistance in repairing damaged sails by the crew of the 134-ft steel, brigantine-rigged research and sail training vessel Robert C. More »
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Socrates Nearing San Francisco
Jeanne enjoys tea at anchor in Hanalei Bay this summer. No doubt she’s been consuming mass quantities of the stuff on the trip down the coast just to stay warm.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eleven agonizing days after leaving Victoria, B.C. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eleven agonizing days after leaving Victoria, B.C. More »
I’m Ready for My Close-up, Mr. DeMille
We fielded an interesting call from 47-year-old filmmaker Cory Wolfe yesterday asking if we knew any liveaboards who would be willing to be interviewed for a documentary project. "I moved to San Diego from Alaska a couple months ago, and became fascinated with people who live aboard their boats," Cory said. More »
Photo of the Day: Get Happy
Girls just wanna have . . . a shower! Tim Dick reaped the benefits of an outdoor shower aboard his Beneteau First 42s7.
© 2010 Tim Dick
In response to a request for onboard shower stories (and photos) in a recent ‘Lectronic, Tim Dick reports that he had a very strict showering policy aboard his Kaneohe-based Beneteau First 42s7 Eau De Vie: "Showering makes everyone happier," he says. More »
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