Posts by Richard
No Way to Reason with Hurricane Season
While in the Caribbean this spring, we spoke with friends about their plans for how to deal with the July-to-December tropical-cyclone season in the Eastern Caribbean.
Bill Lilly of the Newport Beach-based Lagoon 470 Moontide decided that he’d go with the consensus advice and head south to Grenada. More »
TGIF Racing at SBYC
It’s fun in the sun and sailing on the rail. Aaaaah, Friday.
© 2017 Joel Krauska
Joel Krauska sent in some shots of another magical evening sailing the South Beach Yacht Club Friday Night Series. More »
Things Are Different in the Islands
If you want a photographic example of how life is different in the islands than in the States, check out the photo taken by Mike Stout of the Redondo Beach-based Aleutian 51 Mermaid. More »
McWilliam Family Completes Circumnavigation
Katie, Jamie and Chay McWilliam at the start of the 2003 Baja Ha-Ha. Jamie was just a cute little tyke back then.
‘Esprit’
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC “When we started this cruising season,” reports Chay McWilliam, “our plan was to finish the circumnavigation our family of three started 14 years ago with the 2003 Baja Ha-Ha. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC “When we started this cruising season,” reports Chay McWilliam, “our plan was to finish the circumnavigation our family of three started 14 years ago with the 2003 Baja Ha-Ha. More »
How Many Hours on Your Diesel?
Chesapeake‘s Yanmar diesel on the ground in San Diego.
Chesapeake
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Marine diesel mechanics have told us that most marine diesels go bad after about 4,000 hours. This is a shame, because marine diesels should be good for anywhere from 10,000 to 14,000 hours. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Marine diesel mechanics have told us that most marine diesels go bad after about 4,000 hours. This is a shame, because marine diesels should be good for anywhere from 10,000 to 14,000 hours. More »
Sailors Speak Up About Alameda Marina
Some four dozen Alamedans took to their bikes on Sunday for a tour of separate proposed developments along the island’s North Waterfront designed to add housing, commercial space and public waterways access. More »
Save the Icom 802 from the FCC
Is the sailboat-friendly Icom IC-M802 SSB an endangered species?
© Icom
Stan Honey, in addition to being probably the world’s best navigator, is the guy who created the incredible graphics that for the first time in history made sense of the America’s Cup and other races. More »
Two Out of Three YCs Ain’t Bad
The ornate Model Room at the New York YC in New York City. The Wanderer is willing to concede that NYYC may be the ‘Most Prestigious’ yacht club in the United States. More »
It’s a Nasty 1,200 Miles
This isn’t what Alexis and the interior of Quixotic looked like on the way from New Zealand to Fiji. But they do now, and the couple are ready to welcome charter guests in Fiji’s nearly ideal sailing conditions. More »
The Return(s) of the Titanic
Spend $150 million to build a replica of a ship launched in 1912, a replica that won’t go anywhere?
© 2017 Daily Mail
Given the entertainment industry’s love of sequels and extreme bad taste, it comes as no surprise to us that a new Titanic is being built. More »
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