Posts by Richard
Want a Morgan 41 for $10,000?
Shimmer is not an Out Island but a full keel aft cockpit Morgan.
Shimmer
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Looking for what might be a lot of boat for the money? More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Looking for what might be a lot of boat for the money? More »
How High Can Your Cat Jump?
Little Wing sailing off St. Barth on New Year’s Day ’04. Has any Bob Perry designed boat sailed as fast as this 52-footer with a complete cruising interior?
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In the 10 or so years that John Haste of San Diego has owned his Bob Perry designed 52-ft cat Little Wing, he’s sailed and raced her everywhere from Southern California to St. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In the 10 or so years that John Haste of San Diego has owned his Bob Perry designed 52-ft cat Little Wing, he’s sailed and raced her everywhere from Southern California to St. More »
Community Outrigger Launched
Steve Mercadante, Assistant Harbormaster at Two Harbors, raises his paddle in celebration as Leilani returns from her first outing.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After last Saturday’s terrible helicopter crash at Two Harbors, which claimed the lives of four of the six aboard, the quirky little community was in serious need of an emotional lift. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After last Saturday’s terrible helicopter crash at Two Harbors, which claimed the lives of four of the six aboard, the quirky little community was in serious need of an emotional lift. More »
Special Edition: Sailors Die in Tragic Helo Crash
The helicopter crashed about 75 yards from the Isthmus Yacht Club in the direction of Cat Harbor.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The high season at Catalina got off to a terrible and tragic start on Saturday morning when a Eurocopter AS-350 carrying four mariners, plus a pilot and baggage handler, from Long Beach to Two Harbors crashed in a sloped field about 75 yards south of the Isthmus Yacht Club. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The high season at Catalina got off to a terrible and tragic start on Saturday morning when a Eurocopter AS-350 carrying four mariners, plus a pilot and baggage handler, from Long Beach to Two Harbors crashed in a sloped field about 75 yards south of the Isthmus Yacht Club. More »
Preliminary Hearing for Bismark Dinius
Prosecutors still insist that the person with his hand on the tiller of a drifting sailboat was at fault for being hit by a speeding powerboat in the dead of night. More »
Legato Has Become Escapade
Lake Tahoe residents Greg Dorland and his wife Debbie Macrorie have gone over to the ‘dark side’ by purchasing the Catana 50 Legato that belonged to the late Jim Forquer of Newport Beach. More »
How Was Your Bash?
February through late May is the Baja Bash season, the time when boats that have spent the winter in Mexico need to make the 750-mile trip upwind and upcurrent from Cabo to San Diego. More »
Pyewacket Sold
Pyewacket, in her ultra turbo’d mode, as seen approaching Honolulu in the last TransPac.
© 2008 Sharon Green
Pyewacket, the R/P MaxZ 86 built for Roy Disney, then turbo’d relentlessly, has just been sold to Frank Pong of Hong Kong, reports Brad Avery of the School of Sailing and Seamanship at Orange Coast College in Newport Beach. More »
Market Forces Win Out at Banderas Bay
Hopefully, it’s not too late for the new marina to attract some summer-long clients. Seen here is the approach to the entrance, with the new La Cruz waterfront in the background. More »
Shark Attack Kills S.F. Surfer in Mexico
A yet-to-be-identified 24-year-old surfer from San Francisco died from a loss of blood after he was attacked by a shark Monday, while surfing at Troncones, a popular surf break for cruisers whose boats are anchored at Zihuatanejo, Mexico. More »
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