Posts by LaDonna
Long Overdue Long Weekend
Scooting across the Slot to the Cityfront is a memorable ride for new sailors. Just make sure they’re good memories!
latitude/LaDonna
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While the year seems to be flying by, it also seems like it’s been ages since the last long weekend. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC While the year seems to be flying by, it also seems like it’s been ages since the last long weekend. More »
Will the Prosecution Cry ‘Uncle’?
As we predicted from the beginning of the Lake County District Attorney’s shameful and misguided prosecution of Bismarck Dinius for the ’06 boating death of Lynn Thornton, their case is crumbling around them like a sandcastle at high tide. More »
West Marine Responds to Swivel Failure
In Friday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude, we shared John and Gilly Foy’s story of how the Kong anchor swivel on their 55-lb Delta anchor failed, causing their Alameda- and Banderas Bay-based Catalina 42 Destiny to drag. More »
No Dearth of Crew Listings
We hear the same complaint on a weekly basis: "It’s hard to find good, consistent crew." This always comes as somewhat of a surprise to us, considering there are no fewer than 172 people included on the Crew Available for Racing list on our website. More »
Lovin’ Every Minute of It
‘Go take a flying leap’ takes on a whole new meaning when you harness your kid to a halyard and let fly. Oh, to be 10 again!
latitude/Rob
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We hate to say we told you so but, well, we did. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We hate to say we told you so but, well, we did. More »
Let’s Go Sailing
It would be a crime to waste this weekend’s fabulous weather on anything other than sailing.
© 2009 Peter Lyons
The forecast for this weekend couldn’t get any better for Bay Area sailors. More »
Buccaneers to Arrive at Oakland Tomorrow
The 122-ft topsail schooner Lynx will make a spectacle of herself on the Estuary tomorrow as she kicks off to a two-week stay at Jack London Square. The replica of a War of 1812-era privateer will fire her battery of "six-pounders" as she sails into port around 3 p.m. More »
Dinius Trial to Start May 19
Carol Stambuk has never blamed Bismarck Dinius for the 2006 death of her best friend, Lynn Thornton. "He’s such a sweetheart and we’ve all supported him since Day One," she told us yesterday. More »
May Issue of Latitude on Stands Today
May Day is celebrated differently around the world. In England, young lasses gaily prance around a May Pole. The Irish light bonfires to welcome spring and banish long winter nights. Germans are known to "dance into May." More »
Bay Area Boaters Rescued off Costa Rica
Stephen Szukics (foreground) and James Winningham were looking for adventure. They found it.
© 2009 USCGC Sherman
When Stephen Szukics’ dockmates at Loch Lomond Marina in San Rafael heard that the 55-year-old was planning to take his 55-ft wooden Baglietto powerboat Black Pearl to Texas via the Panama Canal, they tried to talk him out of it. More »
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