Posts by Richard
Olson 30 Sails
The Wanderer needs a mainsail for his Olson 30 La Gamelle in St. Barth. It doesn’t have to be new, perfect or made of any high-tech material, but it does need to be in good shape. More »
SBYC’s Hot Holiday Regatta
Kent Pierce and Eric Stokke’s Average White Boat handily won the Melges 24 class.
© Sharon Green
Santa Barbara typically has some of the most pleasant sailing in Southern California, but on days when it goes off, it really goes off. More »
Cooking Products for Your Engine?
On Thanksgiving we attended a cruiser get-together out at Punta Mita, Mexico, where for some reason the conversation turned to engines and engine hours. Jake and Sharon Howard of the Seattle-based Hunter 45 Jake, who have spent the last six summers in the Sea of Cortez and the last six winters cruising mainland Mexico, reported they have 12,000 hours on their diesel. More »
Sailors’ Splash, Blast and Inflatable Pumping
Sailing conditions on Banderas Bay are ideal.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The video here is of Katrina Liana demonstrating how to pump up an inflatable surfboard on Profligate last Christmas. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The video here is of Katrina Liana demonstrating how to pump up an inflatable surfboard on Profligate last Christmas. More »
TIPs and Rumors About ‘Seized’ Boats
One of the ways in which Mexico is culturally different from the United States is that for many years some laws seem to be enforced very loosely, if at all, then all of a sudden a government agency seems to go over the top with enforcement. More »
Once More, Dear Friends
The Gunboat 62 Zenyatta was the first to cross the start line of the Atlantic Rally for Cruisers on Sunday.
© 2013 James Mitchell / ARC Rally
Two hundred and twenty-three sailboats, flying the flags of 23 countries, with 1,204 people aboard, set sail from Las Palmas in the Canary Islands for St. More »
Jack van Ommen Update
Several readers have inquired if there is any way they can provide financial aid to Jack van Ommen who, as reported in the November 20 ‘Lectronic, recently lost his Nada 30 Fleetwood on Tago Mago, in Spain’s Balearic Islands, after three days of storms in the Med. More »
It’s All About the Tropic of Taurus
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC While the fall and winter months north of the Tropic of Taurus herald cold, wet and dark weather, it’s just the opposite south of the Tropic of Taurus, where life is springing anew. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC While the fall and winter months north of the Tropic of Taurus herald cold, wet and dark weather, it’s just the opposite south of the Tropic of Taurus, where life is springing anew. More »
An Inspirational Sailor Loses His Boat
“Fleetwood is flotsam,” wrote van Ommen. The kit boat that took him most of the way around the world splintered into a zillion pieces after hitting the rocks. Scrambling to safety was no easy feat for the 76-year-old. More »
Latitude 38 Photo Contest
This is a photo of a very frustrated Jane Roy of the Portland-based Columbia 43 Adios. She’s not frustrated because of the sailing conditions on the Ha-Ha, because for the second year in a row she and her guy Craig Shaw had one of the few boats that sailed the entire time of each of the three legs. More »
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