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Beautiful Bucket Weather

March 23, 2015
The Bucket provides a rare chance to get up close and personal with some of the world’s greatest megayachts. This photo shows Jeff, one of our crew from Northern California, getting a close-up shot of Marie, a Hoek 180 that was the overall winner of last year’s Bucket. More »
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Bucket Tips Off Tomorrow

March 18, 2015
Friday will be the start of the three-race 19th St. Barth Bucket, which is for megayachts about 100 feet and longer, and is arguably the the most magnificent spectacle in big-boat fun racing. More »

A Healthy Transpac Fleet

March 16, 2015
The sleek and swift Gunboats Coco de Mer and Tribe in the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. © Richard and Rachel As of this morning, Transpacific YC has received 62 entries for the 48th edition of the classic 2,225-mile Transpac race from Los Angeles to Hawaii, indicating a very healthy fleet. More »

Volvo Ocean Race NZ Stopover

Latitude 38 contributor Ronnie Simpson drives Team Brunel’s Volvo Ocean 65 during in-port practice. "Yeah, it was pretty sick," he said. © 2015 Ronnie Simpson The Volvo Ocean Race’s Auckland stopover is always one of the circuit’s favorites, for fans and sailors alike, and this year’s was no different. More »

SoCal Ta-Ta III Dates Announced

March 13, 2015
Last year’s SoCal Ta-Ta II was warm and wonderful. latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Dates have just been set for the SoCal Ta-Ta III, a Baja Ha-Ha-style cruiser’s rally from Santa Barbara to Two Harbors, Catalina, with stops at Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands Harbor and either Paradise Cove or Redondo Beach. More »

More on Heineken & Other Carib Races

A view of the Heineken Regatta from the rail of J World West. J/World
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Thanks to a complete brain fade, we neglected to mention a third big winner from the West Coast in last weekend’s St. More »

French Sailing Legend Florence Arthaud Is Dead

March 11, 2015
A young Florence as she stunned the sailing world by beating French sailing legends in the 1990 Route de Rhum.  © Fifty-seven-year-old Florence Arthaud, once the most famous sports figure in France, and the one in whose wake all female ocean racers must sail, was one of 10 people killed when two helicopters collided in Argentina on March 9. More »

The Joys of Marine Swap Meets

March 9, 2015
In the good old days, marine swap meets were the best way for sailors to pick up good used gear on the cheap. People would travel hundreds of miles to attend some of the bigger ones, arriving at oh-dark-thirty for the privilege of being the first to paw through the offerings. More »

West Coast Boats Excel in Heineken Regatta

Hot action in windy conditions has characterized the St. Maarten Heineken Regatta. © Laurens Morel Boats from Seattle and Long Beach, as well as one owned by a former San Francisco Yacht Club member, and one tangentially from the West Coast, kicked booty in last week’s massive 188-boat 35th annual St. More »

Changes in Longitudes, Changes in Conditions

March 6, 2015
Yesterday marked the first day of racing in the 23rd annual Banderas Bay Regatta for [mostly] Cruisers. Based on having done many of them in the past, we’d guess the wind didn’t blow much more than 15 knots, and the seas were almost non-existent for the 32-boat fleet. More »