Posts by Richard
Half of Ta-Ta Slots Taken Already
Beautiful sailing conditions in last year’s SoCal Ta-Ta.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Because of space limitations, there are only 50 slots available for SoCal Ta-Ta III, aka ‘Reggae ‘Pon Da Ocean’, the Baja Ha-Ha style cruising rally from Santa Barbara to Catalina with stops at Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands Harbor and Paradise Cove. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Because of space limitations, there are only 50 slots available for SoCal Ta-Ta III, aka ‘Reggae ‘Pon Da Ocean’, the Baja Ha-Ha style cruising rally from Santa Barbara to Catalina with stops at Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands Harbor and Paradise Cove. More »
Already 31 Entries for the 22nd Baja Ha-Ha
More than 30 skippers have signed up for the 22nd annual Baja Ha-Ha since registration opened last Friday. The Ha-Ha is the 750-mile cruising rally from San Diego to Cabo San Lucas, with stops at funky Turtle Bay and magnificently beautiful Bahia Santa Maria. More »
Mystery Anchorage
If we had only tagged the photo with a GPS position.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’ve always liked this photograph of Profligate in this unusual-looking anchorage. People always ask us, "Where is that?" More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’ve always liked this photograph of Profligate in this unusual-looking anchorage. People always ask us, "Where is that?" More »
They’ve Been Around
Charlie and Cathy, back in St. Lucia where they started their circumnavigation 15 months ago.
Celebrate
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Charlie and Cathy Simon of the Spokane- and Puerto Vallarta-based Taswell 58 Celebrate report they have completed the 2014-2015 ARC Round the World Rally. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Charlie and Cathy Simon of the Spokane- and Puerto Vallarta-based Taswell 58 Celebrate report they have completed the 2014-2015 ARC Round the World Rally. More »
11 Things We Learned at the Voiles
The almighty Phaedo3 rolls over the top of San Franciscan Peter Aschenbrenner’s Irens 63 Paradox. A greatly toned down ORMA 60, Paradox still beat Comanche boat-for-boat two out of three times. More »
Big Numbers
The stylish and fast new Perini Navi Perseus 3 stretches her long legs.
© 2015 Perini Navi
Perini Navi, the Italian company that built the 289-ft Maltese Falcon for Belvedere’s Tom Perkins, is the leader in large sailing yachts. More »
Perfect Sailing for Voiles
Monsters at the start, with Comanche in the distance and Ramber 88 up close. They both won.
© 2015 Christophe Jouany
Competitors couldn’t have asked for more ideal sailing conditions — 15 to 20 knots, 5-foot seas — for the first of four Voiles de St. More »
In Admiration of Old and Simple Ways
The Paul Johnson-designed gaff ketch Sequel of Bermuda at the dock in St. Barth.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re big fans of simplicity, so when we saw the ‘autopilot’ on Sequel, Stevie Hollis’ Bermuda-based 34-ft Venus ketch, at the water dock in St. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re big fans of simplicity, so when we saw the ‘autopilot’ on Sequel, Stevie Hollis’ Bermuda-based 34-ft Venus ketch, at the water dock in St. More »
Good News from Mexico
"The Aduana official at Puerto Chiapas in southern Mexico who said 10-Year TIPs have to be surrendered when a boat leaves Mexico has been corrected," reported Tere Grossman, president of the Mexican Marina Owners Association, in an email to Latitude 38. More »
Putting Bad News from Mexico in Perspective
Perhaps you were as horrified as we were when we read that on Tuesday 15 Jalisco state police officers were killed in an ambush by suspected narcos "near the popular beach resort of Puerto Vallarta." More »
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