Posts by Richard
Yes or No on Watermakers?
Unlike Profligate, ‘ti Profligate in the Caribbean does not have a watermaker. So when the latter is taken to the water dock in St. Barth, Doña de Mallorca overcompensates by filling every container on the boat with water. More »
Rescue in Remote Seas
In a remote region of the Southern Indian Ocean, French solo skipper Kito de Pavant, 55, was enduring an anxious wait yesterday afternoon on his IMOCA 60 monohull Bastide Otio after he struck an object that nearly ripped keel from hull. More »
Emergency Cruiser Blood Drive
An urgent request for type A-negative blood was broadcast to the Banderas Bay cruising fleet via VHF on Sunday, November 26, by Dick Markie, harbormaster at Paradise Village Marina.
The blood was desperately needed for Liz Barrow, wife of former Vallarta YC Commodore Andy Barrow. More »
Atlantic Chock-a-Block with Yachts
Most of the boats coming across the Atlantic in November-December rallies are cruising boats, such as the Lagoon 450 Spirit, the first of the ARC+ boats to finish. They made it in 13 days and change, although it’s unclear how much they motored. More »
Avoid the Baja Ha-Ha
The Grand Poobah might be biased, of course, but to his way of thinking, the Baja Ha-Ha is "all about" small boats on a big, blue, warm ocean and cruisers making all kinds of new friends. More »
Family Rescued from Sinking ARC Boat
Leaving behind the sinking Noah, her crew drifts away.
© Dr. Bramley Murton / National Oceanography Centre
Four family members and their one crew were successfully rescued last weekend from the BH39 Noah in the Atlantic Ocean while participating in the 2,750-mile Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) from the Canary Islands to St. More »
A Splash and a Blast
Because the Banderas Bay Blast is held in mid-December, the wind tends to be light and the air warm: mellow tropical sailing. This file photo is from the Blast in 2012. More »
Otto Is Late and South but Coming
You don’t see the likes of tropical storm/hurricane Otto very often. First of all, he’s a very late-season storm. Even more unusual, he formed very far to the south in the western Caribbean. More »
Getting to the Tropics
We made it! El Gato owners Annie Gardner and Eric Witte, on the right, stand atop the cat’s house after making the 1,500-mile passage from Virginia to the British Virgins.
El Gato
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Do you know the three reasons that it’s much harder to get to the tropics from the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states than it is from California? More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Do you know the three reasons that it’s much harder to get to the tropics from the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states than it is from California? More »
Radical Offshore Racing Update
Shot during a pre-start practice session, either a very large shark — or perhaps orca — is keeping pace with Alex Thomson’s sleek IMOCA 60 Hugo Boss, or we’re getting a look at the tip of his starboard foil, which is now broken. More »
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