Posts by Richard
How Many Horses to Plane?
Jonathan and Rebecca Mote and their six-month-old Morkie, Pirate, of the Corona del Mar-based Jeanneau 42DS Serendipity relax in Turtle Bay during the Baja Ha-Ha.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jonathan and Rebecca Mote of the Corona del Mar-based Jeanneau 42DS Serendipity probably don’t have many questions about how to sail. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jonathan and Rebecca Mote of the Corona del Mar-based Jeanneau 42DS Serendipity probably don’t have many questions about how to sail. More »
Merlin Memories
Merlin finishing the 1977 Transpac, captured by an unknown photographer.
© Wizard Yachts, Ltd.
We got a number of responses to Monday’s call-out for Memories of Merlin. This is one of the best. More »
The Mexico Report
For cruising sailors the annual Sailors’ Spash and Banderas Bay Blast are great fun without the pressure of serious racing. Organizers are hoping for a record turnout this month.
latitude/Archives
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s mid-November and the cruising season is in full swing south of the border. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s mid-November and the cruising season is in full swing south of the border. More »
El Yo-Yo Is Complete
Profligate, fleeing the temperate zone for the tropics, despite the danger of sailing off the curve of the earth.
latitude/Richard
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was only in August that we brought the 63-ft catamaran Profligate 1,000 miles north from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego, with a six-day weather layover in Cabo and Gomorrah. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was only in August that we brought the 63-ft catamaran Profligate 1,000 miles north from Puerto Vallarta to San Diego, with a six-day weather layover in Cabo and Gomorrah. More »
22nd Annual Ha-Ha is in the Books
Doing their best impression of Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr in the 1953 classic From Here to Eternity, this unidentified couple gets an A for effort.
latitude/Andy
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC All that’s left of the 22nd annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria, are the memories. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC All that’s left of the 22nd annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at Turtle Bay and Bahia Santa Maria, are the memories. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Invades Cabo
Bathed in early morning light and driven by a light breeze from the northeast, the Ventura-based Beneteau 40 Vanishing Girl — a former Sunsail charter yacht — and the Ensenada-based Catalina 445 Tranquillo slipped out of the Bahia Santa Maria anchorage Thursday morning, destination: Cabo San Lucas. More »
Fuel and Oil Are Cheaper in the US
You can buy Delo 400 in the States or in Mexico, but it’s going to cost a lot less in the States. And nowhere have we found it less expensive than at Costco. More »
Boat Domino Effect in the Eastern Med
A lot of fine boats in a disposition they shouldn’t be in. Dirt hardstand that is not that hard could be one of the problems.
Morpheus
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC “I don’t think Deb and I realized how lucky we were yesterday when a big blow came through Lávrion, Greece, where we have Morpheus on the hard,” writes Jim Gregory of Point Richmond. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC “I don’t think Deb and I realized how lucky we were yesterday when a big blow came through Lávrion, Greece, where we have Morpheus on the hard,” writes Jim Gregory of Point Richmond. More »
Most Powerful Hurricane Ever to Strike near Puerto Vallarta
It may be hard to see in this graphic, but Banderas Bay is the ‘C’-shaped bay just to the left of Patricia’s path. This projected path of Patricia and her "200 mph sustained winds" does not take into account the fact there are tall mountains that surround Banderas Bay. More »
A Picnic Rather than a Potluck
The lack of facilities on the beach at Turtle Bay resulted in very long lines for the potluck. Who wants to wait in line?
latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re provisioning for the 22nd Annual Baja Ha-Ha that starts on Monday, the Grand Poobah wants to alert you to a minor change in the Beach Party at Turtle Bay. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re provisioning for the 22nd Annual Baja Ha-Ha that starts on Monday, the Grand Poobah wants to alert you to a minor change in the Beach Party at Turtle Bay. More »
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