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Circumnavigating in a Tin Can

February 8, 2008
After a test sail on San Francisco Bay on Saturday, 39-year-old David Vann of Tallahassee, Florida, hopes to leave Sunday on a four-month non-stop singlehanded circumnavigation via the Southern Ocean aboard his trimaran Tin Can. More »

Boat Explodes Next to Wanderlust 3

Harker rushed out of Hooters in Miami and down the docks on his folding bike to see if Wanderlust 3, the boat he’d just circumnavigated aboard, had exploded. © 2008 Mike Harker When Mike Harker finally returned to Miami following both his personal and his Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust 3‘s circumnavigations, he had more excitement than during almost any time during the trip. More »

Easy-Going Retirement Is in the Past

February 6, 2008
Wait a minute, Dan and Carol don’t seem to be in the Delta in this photo. And doesn’t that look like a Gemini catamaran behind them. © 2008 Al Pagel "Retired life was easy-going and good," write Northern Californians Dan and Carol Seifers, "and we were enjoying sailing our Gemini 105 catamaran in the Bay and Delta. More »

Carnival, French Creole Style

During the troupe’s first pass through Gustavia in the afternoon, the crowds were relatively thin and sober. That would change by evening. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC No two Carnivals are the same. More »

Wanderlust 3 Finishes in Under 11 Months

February 4, 2008
Mike, legally a parapalegic, unsnarls his chute off St. Barth about a week ago when he still had 1,100 miles to go in order to complete Wanderlust 3’s circumnavigation. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Mike Harker of Manhattan Beach reports that he completed his circumnavigation with his Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust 3 yesterday in the Bahamas. More »

Life Aboard in the French West Indies

February 1, 2008
A cool and rainy day in the Eastern Caribbean. This is Latitude’s R&C 45 ‘ti Profligate, as seen from Tim Schaff’s R&C 45 Jet Stream. latitude/Richard
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Some folks are under the impression that it never gets cold in the Caribbean. More »

Glad to Help, Glad to Receive

Russ Clark, Holly Scott, and the donated North Sail. Now, to get the sail to Liz on her boat on Christmas Island. Holly & Russ
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not 12 hours after we published a notice in ‘Lectronic saying that Liz Clark of the Santa Barbara-based Cal 40 Swell, who is on a sailing/surfing safari in the Pacific, was in dire need of a low cost or no cost headsail, did Holly Scott of Seal Beach respond. More »

Falcon’s Bay Visit Depends on Her Sub

January 28, 2008
For those who heard Belvedere’s Tom Perkins say on KQED’s Forum that he might bring his 289-ft Dyna-Rig Maltese Falcon to the Bay in May, we’ve got a clarification. "I don’t know yet whether Falcon will make the trip to the Bay," Perkins wrote Latitude, "as it all depends on the completion date for the submarine that Hawkes Ocean Technology of Richmond is building for us. More »

Harker Heads for Sizzler in San Juan

Having set his unusual Parasailor2 spinnaker off St. Barth, Harker and his Hunter Mariner 49 make tracks for the Sizzler at San Juan, Puerto Rico. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Early this morning we took off in our dink to photograph Mike Harker of the Manhattan Beach-based Hunter Mariner 49 Wanderlust 3, as he set his Parasailor2 spinnaker to leave St. More »