Posts by Richard
Come to Our Party, Have a Fabulous Life
Trading boat cards with Jack and Lynn Robinson on a canal barge in France.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "The last 25 years of my life have been fabulous — all because of Latitude 38, the Crew List Parties, and the Baja Ha-Ha." More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "The last 25 years of my life have been fabulous — all because of Latitude 38, the Crew List Parties, and the Baja Ha-Ha." More »
Erika and Other Tropical Disturbances
When it comes to tropical storms, oftentimes the torrential rain associated with them is more destructive than the strong winds. Such was the case with the very mountainous island of Dominica in the Eastern Caribbean on Wednesday. More »
The Ha-Ha Is Less than Two Months Away
When an event has a large number of entries, its needs an appropriately large battle flag, don’t you think? This year’s flag is so big that despite standing on bundles of Latitudes, the gals still couldn’t keep the bottom off the ground. More »
I’m Not Nagging, But…
The boat in this photo is not Morpheus, but the narrow waterway is the Corinth Canal.
Pediopolous
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Because it strikes so close to home, we had a big laugh when we read the following Facebook post by Deborah Gregory, who has been cruising the Med the last several summers with her husband Jim aboard their Pt. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Because it strikes so close to home, we had a big laugh when we read the following Facebook post by Deborah Gregory, who has been cruising the Med the last several summers with her husband Jim aboard their Pt. More »
Getting Ready for the Ta-Ta and Ha-Ha
"What we really need for the SoCal Ta-Ta and the Baja Ha-Ha is our own island," the Grand PooBob/Grand Poobah was thinking to himself the other day. Fortunately, he was walking through the West Marine Super Store in San Diego at the time, and nearly ran into something called the Airhead Reef Island. More »
Danny Threatens from the Atlantic
This National Hurricane Center graphic shows the possibilities of tropical storm-force winds in the next 120 hours.
National Hurricane Center
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Atlantic has gotten the first major hurricane of the season, in what has long been forecast to be a year with fewer than the normal number of hurricanes and major hurricanes. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Atlantic has gotten the first major hurricane of the season, in what has long been forecast to be a year with fewer than the normal number of hurricanes and major hurricanes. More »
Who Says There Are No Kids Out Cruising?
There are seven times more cruising kids in this photo than there are residents of Suwarrow.
© 2015 Heather Tzortzis
Not Heather Tzortzis of the San Francisco-based Lagoon 470 Family Circus. More »
Why Are Cabo Fuel Dock Fees So High?
Ever since Darren took over at IGY Marina Cabo San Lucas, his stated goal has been "to see more masts in the marina." So a program that places an unfair fuel dock flat fee burden on sailboats is hardly to his liking. More »
Old Sail Bags and Really Old Sail Bags
This sailbag is old enough to have grandchildren. Can you tell us anything about it?
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were walking down a dock at the Marina Riviera Nayarit recently and came across a sail bag with a logo on it that we hadn’t seen in many years. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were walking down a dock at the Marina Riviera Nayarit recently and came across a sail bag with a logo on it that we hadn’t seen in many years. More »
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