Posts by Richard
The Tab for Electricity and Garbage
Can somebody remind the Wanderer what the average monthly cost is for electricity and garbage for a four-bedroom house in California? He’s trying to compare it with what he’s paying to anchor off Gustavia, St. More »
The Mast, the Poor Man’s Drone
The catamaran Beach House and two monohulls transit the Pedro Miguel Locks in Panama.
Scott Stolnitz
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Scott Stolnitz of the Marina del Rey-based Switch 51 Beach House wanted an aerial shot when locking through the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Scott Stolnitz of the Marina del Rey-based Switch 51 Beach House wanted an aerial shot when locking through the Pedro Miguel Locks of the Panama Canal. More »
Big and Beautiful
The 186-ft Rosehearty took two out of three firsts in division with Paul Cayard calling tactics.
© 2016 Jeff Brown / Perini Navi
Thirty-six megayachts and three J Class yachts showed up for St. More »
Happiest Big Boats Place in the World
The big Perini Navi Rosehearty hits the starting line, with Paul Cayard aboard again this year. Journalists aren’t supposed to identify who owns which boat, but everybody knows Rosehearty belongs to Rupert Murdoch — which doesn’t mean his new bride, Mick’s ex, or he was even aboard. More »
Rainmaker Not Down for the Count Yet
After two winters in the North Atlantic, the Gunboat 55 Rainmaker is awash and is reportedly being towed to shore.
Peter Johnstone
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Rainmaker, the first of the Gunboat 55 catamarans, is a little wet but still floating — more or less — after two unaided winters in the North Atlantic. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Rainmaker, the first of the Gunboat 55 catamarans, is a little wet but still floating — more or less — after two unaided winters in the North Atlantic. More »
Puddle Jumping from La Paz
Patsy ‘La Reina de la Mer’ Verhoeven’s Gulfstar 50 Talion will be one of at least eight yachts leaving La Paz for the South Pacific this spring.
latitude/Richard
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Patsy ‘Le Reina de la Mer’ Verhoeven, the nine-time veteran of the Baja Ha-Ha, reports than an unusual number of boats in La Paz are getting ready to Puddle Jump to the South Pacific this year. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Patsy ‘Le Reina de la Mer’ Verhoeven, the nine-time veteran of the Baja Ha-Ha, reports than an unusual number of boats in La Paz are getting ready to Puddle Jump to the South Pacific this year. More »
Accumulating Epic Yachts
Jim Clark’s J Class Hanuman, racing in the Caribbean.
latitude/Richard
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The battle for Owner of the Longest Cumulative Total Feet of Epic Sailing Yachts (OLCTFESY) is, to the best of Latitude’s knowledge, between two men who soared from rags — or at least moderate circumstances — to vast riches thanks to enterprises founded in the Bay Area. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC The battle for Owner of the Longest Cumulative Total Feet of Epic Sailing Yachts (OLCTFESY) is, to the best of Latitude’s knowledge, between two men who soared from rags — or at least moderate circumstances — to vast riches thanks to enterprises founded in the Bay Area. More »
Twelve Seconds to Understanding
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It only takes 12 seconds to appreciate the difference in speed between an all-out racing multihull such as Lloyd Thornburg’s MOD70 Phaedo3 and a fast cruising cat such as Greg Slyngstad’s Seattle-based Bieker 53 Fujin, which is the gray-colored boat in the foreground. More »
Red Light at Night No Sailor’s Delight
If you’re going to have your bilge pump alarm go off, it’s best if it happens when: 1) The water is warm. 2) The water is blue. 3) It’s daytime. Two out of three wasn’t bad for us. More »
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