Posts by Richard
Crew Needed to Bash North on Profligate
If you enjoy being on the ocean aboard a big catamaran, or perhaps need some sea miles for a license, you may want to contact Doña de Mallorca. She’s looking for crew to help deliver the 63-ft Profligate 1,000 miles from Banderas Bay on mainland Mexico to San Diego. More »
Comanche Crushes Atlantic Record
Seen here smokin’ across the Atlantic in a near-perfect weather window, Comanche has earned another prestigious spot in the record books.
© 2016 Yann Riou
Just a week after Rio100 broke Mari Cha IV‘s Hawaii race record in the Pacific Cup race, another record formerly held by the famous 139-foot yacht has also fallen — this time in the Atlantic Ocean. More »
Still Slots Open for the SoCal Ta-Ta
What better way to start a Southern California group cruise than with dinner on the beach at the Santa Barbara YC?
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Due to a software glitch, the SoCal Ta-Ta website has been telling applicants that all 50 slots have been taken. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Due to a software glitch, the SoCal Ta-Ta website has been telling applicants that all 50 slots have been taken. More »
Sending Out an SOS for Commodore’s Boat
Commodore Tompkins’ Wylie 38 Flashgirl in better times, anchored in the Moorea lagoon.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The sad news out of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, is that irascible Mill Valley sailing legend Warwick ‘Commodore’ Tompkins’ Wylie 38+ Flashgirl was struck by lighting and partially sunk. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The sad news out of Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, is that irascible Mill Valley sailing legend Warwick ‘Commodore’ Tompkins’ Wylie 38+ Flashgirl was struck by lighting and partially sunk. More »
Spruce up Your Sailing Wardrobe
More Solo TransPac’ers Blow In
Mike Jefferson sails the biggest boat in the fleet, the Garcia Passoa 47 Mouton Noir, into the Hanalei Bay anchorage after completing the Singlehanded TransPac race from San Francisco Bay.
© Kristen Soetebier
Seven more solo sailors are enjoying the sun and surf in Hanalei Bay, Kauai. More »
It’s a Small Sailing World
The Aussie family plans on doing ‘six and six’. What do they do to earn money? They sell popsicles at events around Adelaide, Australia. Really.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Wanderer stopped to chat with an Aussie guy in the Arsenal Marina with a Fisher 28 catamaran that he and his wife had just bought — sight unseen — in Strasbourg, France. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Wanderer stopped to chat with an Aussie guy in the Arsenal Marina with a Fisher 28 catamaran that he and his wife had just bought — sight unseen — in Strasbourg, France. More »
Why Sailboat Diesels Go Bad
Even if you put Biobor or any other fuel stabilization product into a sailboat’s diesel tank, after a year or so the fuel loses its "caloric oomph." This according to George, the Canadian guy on the powerboat Black Magic 1 from Montreal, which is rafted up next to the Wanderer’s Majestic Dalat at the Arsenal Marina in Paris. More »
Gauging Interest in the America’s Cup
As perhaps only a couple of readers know, the 35th America’s Cup is to be held next June in Bermuda. We think it’s safe to say that after the fabulous spectacle of the 2013 America’s Cup on San Francisco Bay, and Oracle’s Cinderella come-from-behind victory, the fact that Oracle and San Francisco could not keep the event on the Bay frittered away a tremendous amount of goodwill and West Coast interest. More »
Phaedo3 Crushes Yet Another Record
Phaedo3 competing in the J.P. Morgan Asset Management Round the Island Race.
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Powered by winds that gusted up to 40 knots, Phaedo3, the MOD70 trimaran owned by Lloyd Thornburg and co-skippered by Brian Thompson, crushed yet another iconic sailing record on July 2. More »
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