Posts by Richard
Blanca Was No Odile
Unlike last fall’s devastating Hurricane Odile, former Hurricane Blanca did no significant damage to boating interests in Cabo San Lucas or La Paz when she passed by to the west on Sunday. More »
Former Marinite Near Lead in R2AK
Norton Smith lived in Mill Valley when he won the inaugural Singlehanded TransPac in 1978 with a Santa Cruz 27. Two years later he won both stages of the inaugural Mini Transat from Portsmouth, UK, to Antigua via the Canaries with the Wylie 20 American Express. More »
Blanca Appears Less Threatening
Should you stay or should you go?
© 2015 NOAA
While Hurricane Blanca forecasts have her making a direct hit on southern Baja, boating interests in Cabo and La Paz have reason for optimism. More »
This Photo Cracks Us Up
Basil and Basil during a special moment on a family educational cruise of a lifetime.
latitude/Richard
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The thing that we find so amusing about this photograph is the apparent reversal of parent-child roles. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The thing that we find so amusing about this photograph is the apparent reversal of parent-child roles. More »
When a Canceled Sailing Trip Is Great News
One thing that Rimas has been successful at is drumming up publicity for his campaign wherever he goes. He’s seen here in American Samoa, where he had to be towed in to port (yet again), after sailing and drifting from Sausalito for 121 days. More »
Letting the World Know They’ve Circumnavigated
Quite a few Latitude 38 readers have circumnavigated, but to the best of our knowledge, Charlie and Cathie Simon of Nuevo Vallarta and Spokane — but who got their sailing chops on San Francisco Bay — are the first to have had their achievement announced on the big electronic billboard at New York City’s Times Square. More »
It’s Galway for Wind, Cold and Damp
Thanks to frequent rain, the dark Corrib flows fast on its way to Galway Bay.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you think it can be breezy, cold and damp on San Francisco Bay, it sometimes can be. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you think it can be breezy, cold and damp on San Francisco Bay, it sometimes can be. More »
New: Golden Gate Racing Challenge
With the America’s Cup situation in more chaos than ever, Tom Ehman, who is the vice commodore of Golden Gate Yacht Club and who has been part of the America’s Cup for, well, just about forever, is proposing something of an alternative to the America’s Cup. More »
Volvo Leaders Finish 3 Minutes Apart
Regardless of sea conditions, spray in the face is nearly constant aboard VO 65s. Here, Dongfeng Race Team is on its way to a first place finish at Newport.
© 2015 Sam Greenfield / Dongfeng Race Team / VOR
Maintaining their previously unthinkable level of parity and competition, the Volvo Ocean Race’s fleet has just come storming into Newport, Rhode Island with the leaders again separated by just three minutes after 17 days of close and intense racing from Brazil. More »
True But Misleading
If you ever wanted proof that a newspaper article can be mostly true, yet very misleading, you only need to visit this Daily Mail site. The article is about Latitude‘s old friend Liz Clark of the Santa Barbara-based Cal 40 Swell, whom we knew and wrote about before she took off on her cruise 10 years ago. More »
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