Posts by Richard
Rick Carpenter’s Status in Zihua is Just Fine
Heike and Rick Carpenter will be back this fall to take care of cruisers.
latitude/Andy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not long ago we reported that Rick Carpenter, the owner of Rick’s Bar in Zihuatanejo — which has long been cruiser central there as well as a huge supporter of the Zihua SailFest — was having trouble with immigration folks in Mexico. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not long ago we reported that Rick Carpenter, the owner of Rick’s Bar in Zihuatanejo — which has long been cruiser central there as well as a huge supporter of the Zihua SailFest — was having trouble with immigration folks in Mexico. More »
The Multi-Taskable Steel Drum
Bruce’s tenor pan, picking up the wireless signal for his computer off Anguilla.
Woodwind
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC "In the fall of ’06, my husband Bruce Smith and I were in San Diego waiting for the green light to go south into Mexico, down to the Canal, and across the Caribbean to the West Indies," writes Janet Hein of the Gig Harbor, Washington-based ketch Woodwind. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC "In the fall of ’06, my husband Bruce Smith and I were in San Diego waiting for the green light to go south into Mexico, down to the Canal, and across the Caribbean to the West Indies," writes Janet Hein of the Gig Harbor, Washington-based ketch Woodwind. More »
Mariners Rescue Downed Aviator and His Plane
After the float plane crashed, it didn’t float very well, and needed to be hand-carried to shore. Thanks to Dick Roland of Mar Si 2, a former cruiser and Tripui resident, who made the announcement on Channel 16, and Todd Butler, who was first on the scene with his small aluminum boat, both the pilot and plane were saved. More »
Crackdown on Hawaii’s Commercial Cats
Remember how both Southwest Airlines and American Airlines recently had to temporarily pull many of their planes out of service because of F.A.A.-mandated safety checks? It turns out that a similar thing happened in Hawaii last summer when the Coast Guard forced 13 of 59 commercial sailing catamarans and trimarans operating out of that state temporarily out of service, primarily because of "serious safety deficiencies" with their masts. More »
Crew Position on Profligate
The 63-ft Profligate on the hook just outside of La Paz.
latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After her 12th consecutive winter season in the tropics, it’s time for Profligate, Latitude‘s Surfin’ 63 catamaran, to head back to California. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After her 12th consecutive winter season in the tropics, it’s time for Profligate, Latitude‘s Surfin’ 63 catamaran, to head back to California. More »
Were Those Masked Men Actually Mexican Navy?
"We read the April 9 ‘Lectronic item about Besame, the Southern California-based mini-megayacht that was approached by a panga full of armed and masked men off the coast of mainland Mexico recently," write Guy and Deborah Bunting, former residents of Vista who have been cruising their M&M 46 catamaran Elan in Mexico and Central America for years now. More »
2,965 Solo Miles in 20 Days for Moonduster
The six boats in the anchorage at Fatu Hiva in the Marquesas are dwarfed by the tall peaks. (Note to Jim Corenman of SailMail: we know that photos aren’t supposed to be sent on SailMail, so sorry about the 20 minutes even the reduced resolution version took on the system.) More »
Marina del Rey 16-Year-Old to Circumnavigate
At 16, Zac Sunderland hopes to become the youngest solo circumnavigator.
© Marianne Sunderland
Laurence and Marianne Sunderland of Marina del Rey report that their 16-year-old son Zac, who has 15,000 ocean miles to his credit, will set off next month from Southern California in an attempt to become the youngest person to circumnavigate singlehanded. More »
The Buzz on Killer Bees in the Tropics
Using the first of two extinguishers, the courageous Wanderer drove away the bees.
latitude/Doña ‘Unstung’ de Mallorca
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Thanks to the accidental release of 26 Tanzanian queen bees in Brazil in 1957, cruisers have had another thing to worry about — swarming ‘killer bees’. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Thanks to the accidental release of 26 Tanzanian queen bees in Brazil in 1957, cruisers have had another thing to worry about — swarming ‘killer bees’. More »
BMW Oracle Confirms Multihull
Coming as no surprise to anyone who’s been following the America’s Cup saga, BMW Oracle Racing officially announced that a multihull build is underway in Anacortes, Washington. The team’s last two IACC boats were built on tooling sourced from Janicki Industries in nearby Sedro-Woolley and this boat will be no different. More »
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