Monica Grant, Author at Latitude38

Tracking Winter Sailing Under Hazy Skies

December 23, 2020

Winter days are good sailing days on the Bay, and you don't even need to own a boat to enjoy them. Dana Dupar crewed aboard 'Irie' and sent us these photos.

General Sailing

Merry Christmas to all our Readers

Merry Christmas sailors! We wish you all the best of fun and happiness for the days ahead, and we hope you get to go sailing.

Pulau Pandan Island in December Latitude

Shipwrecked

There were about 20 young Indonesian crewmembers — none spoke English, none knew how to swim, and all were in a state of panic, running back and forth.

Division of Boating and Waterways Boater Card

The California Boater Card shows that its holder has successfully taken and passed a NASBLA/state-approved boater safety education examination.

Three Years of Waterfront Reporting in a 48-Minute Podcast

December 18, 2020

In late October, former Latitude 38 managing editor — and current freelancer — Tim Henry sat down with Out The Gate host Ben Shaw to discuss Tim's three-plus years on the local "waterfront beat."

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Sailors Help Improve Data Collection on Floating Marine Debris

December 16, 2020

If you see debris from your boat, during a beach walk, or even on a social media post, share the details using the Floating Marine Plastic Debris Accumulation Reporting Tool.

If you do a Baja Ha-Ha, or if you did the Nada Ha-Ha because there wasn't an official Baja Ha-Ha this year, be careful, because you may be in for a much longer adventure than you anticipated.

I added these chafe guards in the spring of 2016. They are still intact, serving their purpose after somewhere around one hundred evenings at anchor in a large variety of conditions, some of them quite extreme.

Man Overboard in Berkeley Was Not a Drill

Niklas Hache was singlehanding his 22-ft Santana outside Berkeley Marina when his boom swung and knocked him overboard. The current and the cold water quickly conspired to create a life-threatening situation for the 32-year-old sailor.