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Photos That’ll Make You Sick…with Envy

February 19, 2010
The Nyby’s 33-ft cat Aita Pe’ape’a may not be large or new, but it got them where they wanted to be — in the blue waters of the South Pacific. Aita Pe’ape’a
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Has Norm Goldie Gone Off the Deep End?

February 12, 2010
Norm Goldie, who moved from New York to San Blas, Mexico, something like 35 years ago, has long been a controversial figure. On the positive side, he’s helped a lot of cruisers over the years with normal questions about the San Blas area and how to safely enter the channel to San Blas. More »

At Least Get Some Use Out of It

February 10, 2010
“Say, Joanne,” says Randy, “why don’t you and I take this big guy out for a little sail while everybody is busy at the post-no race press conference?” © 2010 D. More »

Liz and Jimmy B

February 5, 2010
Check out this photo of a woman, on the left, who looks a lot like Liz Clark, singing backup for Jimmy Buffett at Bora Bora. latitude/Latitude
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC As we write this, Liz Clark is battling to save the life of her Santa Barbara-based Cal 40 Swell, which is on the hard in Raiatea. More »

The St. Martin Report

February 3, 2010
The Mamas and the Papas had it wrong – you’d be safer and warmer at Grand Case than you would in L.A. on a winter’s day. latitude/Richard
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Apoise to Go to Auction

February 1, 2010
If you did last year’s Ha-Ha and happened to be around the Cabo fuel dock on Sunday morning, you may have noticed a big motoryacht. This would have been Apoise, the 220-ft Lürssen — as good as a pedigree as you can get — taking on who knows how many tons of fuel. More »

Addleman is the new ‘X Man’

January 29, 2010
David Addleman singlehands the Cal 36 Eupsychia, which has been in his family for over 35 years. She’ll now play second fiddle to X. latitude/Richard
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Because of the unrelenting requests by Latitude readers for information on how easy it might be to buy a used sailboat in Asia, it’s fortunate that we can draw on the experience of David Addleman of Monterey, who has been cruising his Cal 36 Eupsychia in Mexico for the last several winters. More »

Three Bridge Fiasco Tomorrow

John Foster of the Nonsuch 22 Blueberry reports that with a PHRF rating of 246, he gets one of the biggest handicaps of the 359 entries in tomorrow’s Three Bridge Fiasco, a San Francisco Bay classic. More »

The Vietnam Cruising Fantasy

January 22, 2010
Halong Bay, a three-hour bus ride from Hanoi, has hundreds of unusual ‘stacks’. It also has about 400 house-like charter boats and is subject to typhoons. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Because of America’s troubled yet intense relationship with Vietnam during the war years, we think an unusually high number of American sailors think they would like to cruise the waters of that Socialist Republic. More »