Posts by Richard
Dinghies for Sale or Rent
"Cruisers in the Sea of Cortez have been pretty casual about securing their dinghies overnight, usually just tying them to the stern of the mothership," writes Jon Doornink of the Puerto Escondido-based Morgan Out-Island 37 Seadream. More »
The Biggest Antigua Classic in Memory
If you’re going to have a classic regatta, there are few better places than Antigua’s historic English and Falmouth Harbors.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Ira Epstein — long of Bolinas, and more recently of St. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Ira Epstein — long of Bolinas, and more recently of St. More »
Yeah, But Will They Use It on the Bay?
American entreprenuer James Clark founded several very successful Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics and Netscape, and after he did, got into sailing in a big way. After striking it big, he moved up from a Baltic 55 to the 156-ft sloop Hyperion. More »
Competition Heating Up for TransPac
Ex-Gitana 12, now named Tritium, has set her sights on breaking the very soft TransPac record.
© Yvan Zedda / Gitana 12
In a recent ‘Lectronic about Lloyd Thornburg’s Gunboat 66 Phaedo leaving the Caribbean for the July start of the TransPac, we wrote that it was too bad their only competition going to Hawaii would be a Lagoon 45 cruising cat. More »
Fourth Annual Voiles de St. Barth
A parade of spinnakers heading down from Pt. Milou.
© Voiles de St. Barth / Tim Wright
If you wanted to do a tropical regatta that is about as good as it can get, you needed to be at last week’s 4th Annual Voiles de St. More »
Whatever Happened To . . . ?
It seems common that certain sailboats make an outsized impression on sailors when they’re young. Over time, the boats disappear and/or are forgotten. But then without apparent reason, the now-older sailor recalls fond memories of the boat, and wonders whatever happened to her. More »
Goin’ to California…for the TransPac
Phaedo is on her way to the West Coast for the start of July’s TransPac.
Phaedo
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was only a few years ago that Lloyd Thornburg was attending the prestigious Art Design College in Pasadena and sailing out of Marina del Rey. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It was only a few years ago that Lloyd Thornburg was attending the prestigious Art Design College in Pasadena and sailing out of Marina del Rey. More »
Fast Multis Coming to California
Paradox during the just-completed Bucket.
latitude/Doña de Mallorca
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After two winters of extremely successful racing in the Caribbean, San Franciscan Peter Aschenbrenner’s 63-ft Nigel Irens/Benoit Cabaret trimaran is, according to multihull guru and crewmember Cam Lewis, headed for San Francisco. More »
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After two winters of extremely successful racing in the Caribbean, San Franciscan Peter Aschenbrenner’s 63-ft Nigel Irens/Benoit Cabaret trimaran is, according to multihull guru and crewmember Cam Lewis, headed for San Francisco. More »
Ad: Special Price on 120W Panels
John & Lynn Ringseis outfitted their BVI-based Leopard 43 Moonshine with our panels.
© 2013 Southbound Solar
Southbound Solar specializes in solar solutions for sailors — say that three times fast! More »
A Quickie from the Voiles
Steve Schmidt relentlessly raced his Santa Cruz 70 in fun Caribbean races. Having owned his boat since ’91, we wonder if anyone has sailed more miles in a SC70.
latitude/Donna
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The fourth St. More »
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The fourth St. More »
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