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The Times They Are A-Changing

October 24, 2012
And like ol’ Bob Dylan sang back in the early ’60s, "and accept it soon that [if you stay in California] you’ll be drenched to the bone." A reminder to one and all that Daylight Saving Time ends in the wee hours of Sunday, October 28, in most of Mexico (in the States and municipalities bordering the U.S., More »

Webb Chiles Sneak Peek

October 22, 2012
Webb Chiles, the ultimate Zen sailor. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC A man in his early 70s losing his vision in one eye but planning to do a circumnavigation on a Moore 24 ultralight? More »

Heavy Air SF Sailors Win Light Air J/105s

The crew on Chris Perkins’ Masquerade (#17) killed it at the J/105 NAs in San Diego this weekend. J/105 Class Association
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Chris Perkins’ San Francisco-based Masquerade won a convincing start-to-finish victory in the just-completed nine-race J/105 North Americans sailed out of the San Diego YC. More »

Good News for the Ha-Ha

October 19, 2012
Neil Shroyer of Marina de La Paz reports that "we", by which we presume he means the Mexican Marina Owners’ Association, had a meeting with Immigration officials in Mexico City with regard to implementing the new immigration rules. More »

A Modest Proposal

October 17, 2012
Thankfully no crewmembers were injured in yesterday’s capsize of Oracle Team USA 17. © 2012 Oracle Team USA / Guilain Grenier It took yesterday’s capsize — and recovery, such as it was — of the Oracle AC72 to make us fully appreciate just how gigantic and unwieldy these catamarans are. More »

The Div Bar Welcomes Cruisers

For many years it was Josh Slocum’s, then Dennis ‘Sexual Chocolate’ Rodman took over — and built a bedroom upstairs — and now it’s the Div Bar. Despite the name, it’s also a smokehouse with great BBQ, wood-fired pizza, and the like. More »

Time and Weather

October 15, 2012
While lying in our bunk this morning, using our iPad to check Hurricane Paul‘s path toward Baja, we were reminded how dramatically cruising has changed in the last 30 years. Our first race/cruise to Mexico was the early November Long Beach to Cabo and La Paz Race of ’81, which we did on our Freya 39. More »

Happy Birthday Mirene

Former schooner Mirene celebrated her centennial on Friday with a ‘family’ birthday party. © John Skoriak Few boats ever make it to their 100th birthday, and fewer still in as good a condition as the former Alaska cannery schooner turned tugboat/houseboat Mirene. More »