Posts by Richard
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream
The title is not only the opening line of a fine Traffic rock ‘n’ roll song from the 1970s, it’s also what happened to us the last two nights.
On the first night, we dreamed that we owned two Ocean 71 ketches — we sold our Ocean 71 Big O 20 years ago — and a smaller Olson 30-ish kind of boat. More »
Take Us for a Ride
With the California cruising season in full swing and the Mexico winter season not that far away, lots of sailors are wondering whether it makes sense to carry bikes on boats, and if so, what kind of bikes. More »
This Is No Urban Myth
When the scooper planes came within 100 meters of Geja, they were starting to get a little too close for comfort.
Andrew Vik
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Have you ever heard of the firefighting story in which a ‘scooper plane’ accidentally scoops up a scuba diver while taking on a load of water, then unknowingly dumps him on top of a fire? More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Have you ever heard of the firefighting story in which a ‘scooper plane’ accidentally scoops up a scuba diver while taking on a load of water, then unknowingly dumps him on top of a fire? More »
Stuck on the Old Rockpile
As you can see, when you’re near the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor, it’s only a short distance between complete safety and dire dangers from the surf at Ala Moana.
© 2015 Richard Langdon
An otherwise unidentified 31-ft sailboat from the Ala Wai Yacht Harbor got stuck on a reef at the Rockpile surf spot just outside the marina on Saturday night around 9 p.m. More »
Transpac Winners Soon to Be Clarified
Flying her massive masthead chute, Newport Beach-based Rio100 charges toward the finish line.
© 2015 Jeremy Leonard / Sail Revolution
As of this writing, the results from the 48th edition of the Transpac race from Los Angeles to Honolulu are beginning to come into focus, with more than half of the fleet now having reached the finish line off Diamond Head. More »
The Diesel Engine Dilemma
‘ti Profligate has two Yanmar 56-hp engines, both with over 10,000 hours. Yet they are still running strong and don’t burn oil.
latitude/Richard
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Should diesel engines be operated differently when they get older? More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Should diesel engines be operated differently when they get older? More »
Category 1 Hurricane to Hit CA Next Week?
One weather model predicts a tropical storm hitting Ensenada and maybe Southern California next Friday. We’ll bet a nickel it doesn’t.
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We’re not sure where Mark Michelson got the accompanying weather map, which he says "depicts a Category 4/5 hurricane that had turned the corner down around Cabo. More »
‘Women Who Sail’ Want You
Sailing-related online message boards have been around almost as long as the Internet. One of the great assets of these types of sites is the vast wealth of knowledge their members — almost exclusively male — have (or, in some cases, think they have). More »
The Body of Stefan Ries Is Found
This Facebook profile photo epitomizes Stefan Ries’ two great passions, surfing and sailing.
Stefan Reis/Facebook
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Officials in Panama have confirmed that the body found floating in the waters off the Pacific Coast of Panama is that of well-liked young German singlehander/surfer Stefan Ries. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Officials in Panama have confirmed that the body found floating in the waters off the Pacific Coast of Panama is that of well-liked young German singlehander/surfer Stefan Ries. More »
Free Use of 45-ft Cat in the Caribbean?
Virgin Gorda would make a nice stop on the way to Antigua.
BVI Tourism
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nine years, the Wanderer’s Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate is exiting her yacht management program in the British Virgin Islands on July 27. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nine years, the Wanderer’s Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate is exiting her yacht management program in the British Virgin Islands on July 27. More »
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