Posts by LaDonna
March Latitude Hits the Streets
All over the Bay Area today, the March issue of Latitude 38 will be distributed to chandleries, yacht clubs and marinas. Spend the weekend reading about a record-breaking cat, a fun and fickle fiasco, a circumnavigator’s worst injury, and so much more. More »
Kame Richards to Speak at Bay Model
Even veteran sailors will walk away with a boatload of info from Kame Richards’ ‘How the Tides Work for You’ presentation at the Bay Model in Sausalito, and now you’ll have two opportunities to learn from this local sailing guru and master sailmaker. More »
Central Pacific Winlink Station Needs Help
Untold numbers of cruisers use the Winlink system for everything from emails to weatherfaxes. The system relies on a smattering of individual ham stations strategically located to help relay signals. The Central Pacific station, located in the Hawaii YC’s ‘TransPac Shack’ in the Ala Wai, is vital to communications between the South Pacific and the West Coast. More »
Soanya Ahmad Jumps Ship
When Reid Stowe and Soanya Ahmad left Hoboken, New Jersey, on April 21, 2007, their plan was to sail Stowe’s 70-ft schooner Anne out of sight of land for 1,000 days non-stop. More »
IYC’s Sadie Hawkins Race is a Go
If you think the threat of a little rain is going to stop the hardy ladies signed up for this Saturday’s Sadie Hawkins Race on the Estuary, think again, buster. Joanne McFee wants everyone to know that, come rain or shine, the race will happen and she’d like to see even more boats sign up for this fully crewed (with a woman at the helm) event. More »
Richmond II Overdue in Cabo
International Boat Watch Network is asking for help in tracking down Ralph "Jeff" Peak, 59, aboard the 32-ft woodie Richmond II. The double-ender, built in 1934, is a flush deck cutter with a cream hull and white sails. More »
Dennis Conner’s Coach to Speak
Jack Sutphen, Dennis Conner’s ‘coach’, will be signing his book Messing About in Boats for 80 Years with Jack Sutphen at the Spaulding Wooden Boat Center in Sausalito tomorrow from 2-5 p.m. More »
FREE Latitude 38 Transom Stickers
Latitude 38 bumper stickers haven’t been available for years but we now have a limited supply that are available for free. What better way to decorate your bumper, transom or outboard? More »
The Lost Weekend
G2 was just one of hundreds of boats out this weekend shaking the recent rain from their sails.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We had all sorts of plans this weekend to get some long-overdue maintenance work done on boats, cars, what-have-you. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We had all sorts of plans this weekend to get some long-overdue maintenance work done on boats, cars, what-have-you. More »
Singlehander Finds Calmer Seas
In last Friday’s ‘Lectronic, we reported that singlehander Robert Botha, who’d left the Bay on January 9 aboard his Alberg 30 Flyer bound for his native New Zealand, was having a tough time dealing with heavy weather in the middle of the Pacific after his windvane broke. More »
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