Posts by Richard
Ha-Ha Entries Off to an Explosive Start
Lynn Ringseis stands at the helm of Profligate in typical Baja Ha-Ha first-leg conditions. This will be the 21st year the 63-ft catamaran has served as the mothership. Lynn has done close to 10 of them on Profligate, and just recently completed a Pacific Puddle Jump. More »
Flipped Atlantic 57 Cat Recovered
The Atlantic 57 Leopard was found off North Carolina five months after she flipped.
© 2017 Cruisers Forum
Leopard, the Atlantic 57 catamaran that flipped 400 miles north of the Dominican Republic on the evening of November 15 while on a passage from Annapolis to St. More »
Brides to Be Upstaged by Bridesmaids?
You want exciting racing people can relate to? The Wanderer suggests big boats such as the 180-ft schooner Elena of London, built to a design from 1910, with lots of sails, lots of crew, and endless brightwork. More »
Going Back 100 Years for a New Look
With Harbor Sand’s Nikki Beach-like palapas, Two Harbors is gentrifying.
Harbor Sands
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC For the last couple of years the Santa Catalina Island Company has put a lot of effort and money into updating the Avalon visitor experience. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC For the last couple of years the Santa Catalina Island Company has put a lot of effort and money into updating the Avalon visitor experience. More »
The Unthinkable Almost Happened
It was only a matter of a few feet in the last race of the 30th Annual Antigua Classic Regatta that kept the event from very possibly being the scene of the biggest megayacht collision and destruction dance in the history of recreational sailing. More »
About Dogs. And Cats. And Cruising.
Chris and Monica Glubka of the California-based Hylas 46 Sea Glub have been writing a blog about their cruise down into Mexico, and some lines from a recent posting got our attention. More »
What’s That Olson 30 Costing?
Slaloming between all the anchored boats off Gustavia is the name of the La Gamelle sunset sailing game in St. Barth. In anything less than 15 knots, with a full main and #4 jib, the nimble George Olson design provides incredible sailing pleasure for the singlehander. More »
Not Much Wind, Not a Problem
Large or small, all boats in the Voiles are competitive. But no matter how competitive ‘Pinky’ is, she’s going to get rolled by the Farr 115 Sojana.
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©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC With a maximum of 18 knots during the first race, 12 in the second, eight in the third, and none in what was supposed to be the fourth and final race, the eighth annual Voiles de St. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC With a maximum of 18 knots during the first race, 12 in the second, eight in the third, and none in what was supposed to be the fourth and final race, the eighth annual Voiles de St. More »
SPUR on the Delta
Delta waters may appear placid to recreational sailors, but what lurks beneath the (figurative) surface?
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©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC “The Delta and San Francisco Bay are fundamentally linked,” says Caitrin Chappelle, Associate Director of the Public Policy Institute of California. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC “The Delta and San Francisco Bay are fundamentally linked,” says Caitrin Chappelle, Associate Director of the Public Policy Institute of California. More »
Living Life Artfully
Pen and watercolor of Victoria Dock, Hobart, Tasmania.
© 2017 Dorothy Darden
It seems as if it was only a few years ago when Tiburon residents Steve and Dorothy Darden launched their Morrelli & Melvin-designed 52-ft catamaran Adagio in New Zealand. More »
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