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New Battle over Largest Sailing Yacht

April 10, 2017
A few years ago there was a hotly argued debate over which was the largest privately owned sailing yacht in the world. The contenders were the 289-ft Maltese Falcon, owned by Tom Perkins of Belvedere; the 292-ft Athena, owned by Jim Clark of Silicon Valley; and the 310-ft Eos, owned by Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenburg of New Yawk. More »

Tenth Time Around Singlehanded

April 3, 2017
One of a kind, Jon Sanders. Jon Sanders
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re not sure how Aussie Jon Sanders has managed to sail beneath Latitude 38’s radar for all these years, given what he’s accomplished. More »
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Tere’s Tips on Temporary Import Permits

March 31, 2017
For most of the history of the Mexican Marina Owners Association, Tere Grossman, whose family has several marinas in Mexico, has been president of the association. Over the years she has spent a tremendous amount of time — and no doubt money — helping foreign boatowners who have had TIP (Temporary Import Permit) and other problems. More »

Cat. 4 Cyclone Smashes Aussie Coast

Boat owners and residents in Australia’s northeast are cleaning up and assessing the damage after Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit the region Tuesday morning. The storm — which reached category 4 strength — is said to be the largest to hit Australia since Cyclone Tracy destroyed Darwin in 1974. More »
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Beware of Unfamiliar Moorings

March 29, 2017
As we’ve written many times before, trusting your boat to an unfamiliar mooring buoy can be risky. During the 40 years we’ve published Latitude, we can recall many boats being lost because of problems with moorings. More »

Crossing the Atlantic the Easy Way

March 17, 2017
Bertish’s Atlantic crossing was impressive, but not a hundredth as impressive as if he’d gone west to east.  © 2017 Brian Overfelt / The SUP Crossing People have used all kinds of ultimate superlatives to describe Chris Bertish paddling an SUP from Morocco to Antigua over the last few months. More »

Women’s Ultimate Fantasy Underway

March 15, 2017
Men, lots of them, cleaning with a will aboard Rosehearty, the Perini Navi 190 that once belonged to Rupert Murdoch.  latitude/Richard
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Ultimate Women’s Fantasy has started in St. More »

Another Friday-Afternoon Miracle

March 13, 2017
The Wanderer’s Leopard 45 ‘ti Profligate ‘billboards’ the 135-ft J Class Hanuman, the 185-ft Perini Navi Rosehearty, and the 135-ft J Class Lionheart at the water dock in Gustavia. latitude/Richard
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC About three weeks ago the Wanderer reported on the miracle of getting our Leopard 45 ‘ti Profligate’s Yamaha 15 outboard repaired for a dirt-cheap price, as darkness fell in Antigua on a Friday night. More »