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Hurricane Ike and Cuba

September 10, 2008
Huge waves generated by Hurricane Ike slam into the coast at Baracoa. Fortunately, much of the town is located on a bluff. Baracoa Friendship Association
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC With people on the Gulf Coast of the United States justifiably concerned about the potential threats posed by the approach of Hurricane Ike and its 125-knot winds, it’s important to remember the terrible damage this hurricane has already done in the Caribbean. More »
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Blessed Be Missing Off Australia

Australian officials report that up to 21 planes are searching the coast off Queensland, Australia, for the Morgan Out-Island 41 Blessed Be. The yacht had been purchased in Tahiti earlier this year by Aussie Bruce Glasson of New South Wales, who was joined by another friend in his 60s for the trip to Oz. More »
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20% Off Everything in Australia

September 8, 2008
With the transpacific cruising fleet about to head to New Zealand and Australia to avoid tropical cyclone season, there’s good news. The Australian dollar has fallen 19% in eight weeks against the U.S. More »

Terry Bingham Memorial

Readers — As reported in the August 29 edition of ‘Lectronic, cruiser Terry Bingham passed away from complications due to pancreatitis in a Bolivian hospital. On Saturday, good friends Holly Serdy and Rob Lemmon hosted a "Celebration of Terry Bingham’s Life" that was attended by more than 60 people. More »

A “Cleansing” in the Rio Dulce

August 20, 2008
Roy McNett, editor of the Rio Dulce Chisme-Vindicator, reports the latest on the events following the murder of Anchorage-based cruiser Daniel Dryden: "Local justice — it’s not a pretty word — may have been served on the night of August 14, when two men were killed in a shooting in the small town of Seja, about five miles from Fronteras and the Rio Dulce. More »

Fun Facts About the Ha-Ha

August 18, 2008
At 58 feet, Neil Kaminer’s Tribute was about 15 feet longer than the average entry in last year’s Ha-Ha. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Based on surveys returned by 99 of the 150 finishers in the last Baja Ha-Ha, the following interesting facts were learned: 1) As many have wrongly assumed, it’s not an event dominated by novice sailors — not by a long shot. More »

Do-It-Yourself Boatyards in Mexico

August 15, 2008
Doing boat work on the hard in the desert. Even if you could do it, is it something you’d want to do? latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Does Latitude have a data base of DIY (do-it-yourself) boatyards in Mexico?" More »

Rio Dulce Crime Spree Continues

Nancy and Daniel Dryden. His life was senselessly cut short by thieves in Guatemala. The Dryden Family
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC There is both bad and good news coming out of the Rio Dulce in Guatemala, where last Saturday night Daniel Drydren, 66, of the Anchorage-based Southern Cross 39 Sunday’s Child was killed by four robbers armed with machetes and an ice pick. More »

Details Sketchy in Cruiser Death

August 13, 2008
While more information is coming in about Daniel Dryden, the 66-year-old Anchorage cruiser who was killed by four robbers on Guatemala’s Lake Izabal, the details of how he died are becoming less clear. More »