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South Bay Opening Day

April 3, 2009
If you sail out of South Bay, be sure to get your boat all gussied up for Saturday’s South Bay Opening Day. This is the 71st anniversary of the event, which features: Friday Evening – Buffet Dinner – Coyote Point YC Saturday – Breakfast, Lunch, Boat Parade & Exhibits  – Sequoia YC Saturday Evening – Cocktails & Dinner – Peninsula YC Sunday Morning – Ginn Fizz Brunch – South Bay YC The highlight of any opening day, of course, is the boat parade and blessing of the fleet, and this year’s ‘Legends of the Bay’ themed parade — starting at 10:30 a.m. More »

Take Your Daughter to Sea Day

Following in the footsteps of the successful ‘Take Your Daughter to Work Day’, Ed Killeen of the SF Examiner has dubbed the first Sunday in April as ‘Take Your Daughter to Sea Day’. More »

Dramatic Rescue in DHF

March 30, 2009
When longtime Sausalito resident and friend of Latitude Dave Wilhite was diagnosed with leukemia in 2004, he moved to Bellingham, WA, to be close to his parents while he waited to die. More »

Sea Angel Catches an Ocean Lady

March 27, 2009
"I just caught this ‘ocean lady’, as the locals call sail fish, yesterday while sailing in the channel between St. Vincent and Bequia," writes Marc Hachey. Hachey has been sailing his Auburn-based Peterson 44 Sea Angel six months out of the year in the Caribbean for many years. More »

Cruiser Murdered in Thailand

March 25, 2009
Malcolm Robertson, 64, was murdered by young pirates in Thailand. His wife Linda, 57, survived her ordeal with minor injuries. Mr. Bean
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC British cruisers Malcolm and Linda Robertson were anchored off the Buntang Islands in southern Thailand on Monday when three hammer- and machete-wielding pirates reportedly boarded their 44-ft steel Bruce Roberts cutter Mr. More »

Spectacular Volcanic Eruptions in Tonga

March 20, 2009
The twin islands of Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai have become one large pumice island. It should only take a few months for the ocean to wear it back down. © Robert Stone On Monday, a Tongan volcano that had been quiet since 1988 blew its stack. More »

Doo Dah Hooplah

March 13, 2009
Within 48 hours of announcing the Delta Doo Dah in March 4’s ‘Lectronic, all 30 available spots in this first annual fun rally to the Delta were spoken for. Though we knew some folks would be disappointed, we intentionally limited the number of entries so we could work out the bugs this year with the hope of expanding next year. More »

Spring Crew List Party

March 11, 2009
The crew on Liberté took advantage of this weekend’s gorgeous weather to get out for a daysail. If you missed out for lack of crew, stop by tonight’s Crew List Party at Golden Gate YC. More »

Spaulding Youth Boat Building

March 9, 2009
Last November, a group of nearly a dozen kids launched their pride and joy: the 12-ft Norwegian pram Guppy. The kids had worked for seven months on the little boat as part of the Spaulding Center’s first-ever youth boat building program. More »

Cosco Busan Pilot Pleads Guilty

John Cota, the pilot aboard the 901-ft Cosco Busan when it hit the Bay Bridge on November 7, 2007, pleaded guilty last week to negligently causing the discharge of 53,000 gallons of oil into the Bay and to violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act by causing the deaths of thousands of birds. More »