Posts by Richard
Big Change Coming to Paradise Marina
Less than 10 years ago, Paradise Marina was a 13-slip marina for boats less than 40 feet in length. This is what it looks like today. The sailboat on the far right is 114 feet long. More »
Captain of Megayacht Perseus Shot Dead
Drew Gollan, skipper of the 163-ft Perini Navi Perseus, was shot dead last Thursday night in Antigua.
© 2009
There have been a lot of tears and anger in the Caribbean crewed charter yacht community since last Thursday night as a result of the shooting death in Antigua of 38-year-old Aussie Drew Gollan, skipper of the 163-ft Perini Navi ketch Perseus. More »
The Answer To Wednesday’s Cruiser Quiz
Fred Tassigny, sitting at Le Select Bar in St. Barth, struggles to come to grips with his cat being hit by both a whale and a ship.
latitude/Richard
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, we ran a video showing the 600-ft cargo carrier Gulser Ana T-boning and dismasting the uninsured Venezia 42 catamaran Courtship about 350 miles WSW of Bermuda on November 18. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, we ran a video showing the 600-ft cargo carrier Gulser Ana T-boning and dismasting the uninsured Venezia 42 catamaran Courtship about 350 miles WSW of Bermuda on November 18. More »
Video of the Day: Cruiser Quiz
The accompanying video shows the 600-ft cargo carrier Gulser Ana T-boning and dismasting the uninsured Venezia 42 catamaran Courtship about 350 miles west of Bermuda on November 18. It was done on purpose. More »
A Little Less Than Whole Foods
Karen holds up the key ingredients – which are both fresh and free – for ceviche.
© Bill Vaccaro
This just in from Bill and Karen Vaccaro of the Chico-based Moody 44 Miela. More »
Sailors Run’s Worst Day
Readers — On December 11, Jeff Hartjoy set off from Callao, Peru, on a singlehanded nonstop trip around Cape Horn aboard his Baba 40 Sailors Run. He rounded Cape Horn on January 9 and is bound for Buenos Aires, Argentina. More »
$12 Billion in Losses & Still Living the High Life
Roman, not really looking like a guy in his 30s, owns over a billion dollars worth of motoryachts.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you follow the news, you know that Russian oligarchs are among the richest people in the world, but that they have suffered almost unfathomable financial losses in the last year. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you follow the news, you know that Russian oligarchs are among the richest people in the world, but that they have suffered almost unfathomable financial losses in the last year. More »
Less Danger From Shipping?
Offshore sailors always worry about getting run down by ships. The danger is less now than anytime in recent memory. Part of it is because of new technology such as AIS, but much of it is because of economics. More »
Is This A Good Time To Cruise?
"Yes," say Rob and Mary Miller, who did the first Ha-Ha in ’94, then cruised most of the way around the world for the next 11 years aboard their 44-ft Maude I. More »
A New French Revolution, Caribbean Style
The Columbie anchorage, with St. Martin in the background, is wonderful, but less so with a price tag of $900 U.S. a month.
latitude/Nick
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were born 210 years too late for the big French Revolution, and were otherwise occupied during the ‘Days of May’ revolution in Paris 40 years ago. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were born 210 years too late for the big French Revolution, and were otherwise occupied during the ‘Days of May’ revolution in Paris 40 years ago. More »
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