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Navionics Chart Errors

July 25, 2014
Like a lot of sailors, we navigate using an iPad and Navionics charts. It’s worked great for us in the United States and the Caribbean, but not so great in Mexico. More »

Destination: Half Moon Bay

Don’t expect to slip into your bikinis and Speedos in Half Moon Bay. © LaDonna Bubak While San Francisco Bay can offer exhilarating sailing conditions, cruising options are, to put it kindly, limited. More »

Capsized by Blue Whales

July 23, 2014
Want to swim with blue whales? Capt. Sayer can tell you what it’s like. latitude/Richard
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Capt. CiCi Sayer is no stranger to excitement and danger. She’s done a couple of deliveries to Mexico, did the stormy Caribbean 1500 nicknamed ‘Nightmare on Night Heron‘, and between 2003 and 2010 drove Two Harbors (Catalina) shoreboats — including during the bacchanalian, Buffalo Milk-powered Buccaneer Days. More »

35th America’s Cup In Full Tumult

July 21, 2014
Wine baron Bob Oatley of the Hamilton Island YC, Challenger of Record for the 35th America’s Cup, had some bad news for Russell Coutts and Larry Ellison. Hamilton Island YC
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Last week wasn’t a tranquil one for the 35th America’s Cup — assuming there will be such a thing as scheduled in 2017. More »

Dingo Ate the Pacific Cup

The globetrotting crew of the Australia-based R-P 52 Scarlet Runner were all smiles after their victorious finish. © 2014 Pacific Cup YC Although many Pacific Cup boats are still out on the course this morning, an unexpected winner has already run off with Class, Division and Fleet honors in this biennial San Francisco to Kaneohe race. More »

Invisible Hand First Pac Cup Finisher

July 18, 2014
Seen here charging toward the finish off Oahu, Invisible Hand sailed a great race, taking line honors this morning. © 2014 Leslie Richter Frank Slootman’s Encinal YC-based R/P 63 Invisible Hand, guided by navigator Patrick Whitmarsh, bounced off Molokai on Friday morning on her next-to-last jibe toward the Pacific Cup finish line at Kaneohe Bay, Oahu. More »

Kaufmans Sue Their Iridium Time Provider

July 16, 2014
Should a company be held responsible for the consequences if they deactivate an Iridium emergency phone, especially if they charged the customer for the time to use that phone? The Kaufman family  — parents Charlotte and Eric, and their daughters Lyra, 1, and Cora, 3 — were 1,000 miles into the Pacific aboard their San Diego-based Hans Christian 33 Rebel Heart in April when such a deactivation occurred. More »

The Importance of Divisions

From gray skies to blue, cold weather to warm, Pac Cup racers are now homing in on Oahu. Seen here are Tuesday starters heading toward the Golden Gate. latitude/Ross
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC How is it possible for a boat to finish 25th in fleet in the Pacific Cup and have sailed the best race? More »

Life Is F–king Great!

July 14, 2014
"Life Is F–king Great!" Such is the sentiment of Peter Heiberg, who yesterday was first of the 14 competitors across the Singlehanded TransPac finish line at Hanalei Bay, Kauai, with his Palmer/Johnson 49 Scaramouche. More »