Elizabeth Ostrander. Not only does she have two long doublehanded ocean passages to her credit, we think she’s a very attractive woman. So does Doña de Mallorca. What about you? Playboy
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We received the following response to Monday’s ‘Lectronic about Elizabeth Ostrander — who has cruised from California to Hawaii, and Hawaii to French Polynesia, and who intends to sail around the world with her husband Erik on their Freeport 41 Journey — being in the running for the 2015 Playboy Playmate of the Year: "That [‘Lectronic item] was terrible. More »

For days after the massive cruise ship grounded on the Giglio shoreline, divers and other rescue personnel worked exhaustively to find survivors and retrieve bodies from the Costa Concordia. EPA
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 18-month trial of Captain Francesco Schettino finally ended this week, with the flamboyant Italian mariner being convicted of manslaughter and other charges related to the deaths of the 32 passengers who perished when the 952-ft cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground on the Italian coast in January 2012. More »

Is this a cool photo of eco-friendly cruising or what? Swell
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Whenever possible, I use this precision anchoring technique seen in the photo to place my anchor in a sand patch where my chain won’t damage any nearby coral," reports Liz Clark. More »

"I am a proud member of the Latitude ‘Over 30 Club’, as I have owned my Pearson 26 for 38 years," writes William Grummel of Antioch. "But I was thinking there may be another fun ‘club’ for Latitude to start — a club for those who were married on their boat. More »

If you don’t get distracted by Elizabeth, you can see that the Ostranders believe in solar power. This photo was taken aboard Journey in French Polynesia. Journey
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you could help the lovely young cruiser in the above photo pursue her dream of sailing around the world, and it wouldn’t cost you a cent or take more effort than a few clicks of a computer mouse, would you do it? More »

Some of the Ha-Ha XXI boats anchored in the clear waters of the bay.  latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s been just about three months since 125 boats with over 500 sailors arrived at Cabo San Lucas as part of Baja Ha-Ha XXI. More »

A Coast Guard helo crew out of North Carolina hoists one of Rainmaker’s five stranded sailors to safety. © Air Station Elizabeth City, N. Carolina Rainmaker, the first of the much-heralded Nigel Irens-designed Gunboat 55 catamarans, was dismasted on January 30 in stormy conditions 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. More »