Posts by Richard
Publisher to Speak at Cal YC
Having published Latitude 38 for 35 years, having been the Grand Poobah of the Baja Ha-Ha for 18 years, and having sailed our personal boats everywhere from San Francisco to Turkey, the good folks at the Cal YC thought we might have a few interesting stories to tell. More »
A Little Fact Checking Seems in Order
We rarely stray beyond sailing at Latitude, but today we lost our path thanks to a sometimes unintentionally funny and sometimes factually inaccurate story in the New York Times. The story is about 48-year-old Wave Vidmar, who apparently is soon to depart Horseshoe Cove in Sausalito for 2,200-mile distant Hawaii aboard a double-ended kayak. More »
$2k+Used Engine=Cruising Boat
“I’m almost free,” exults Justin Jenkins on the bow of Ichiban. It may be incongruous to have a boat with a Japanese name and Jamaican colors for trim, but why not be different? More »
Fill ‘Er Up Please
With the money you’ll save on diesel, you can buy matching shades for your entire crew.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Do you think that diesel fuel for cruising boats has to be expensive? More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Do you think that diesel fuel for cruising boats has to be expensive? More »
Rocinante Lost on Baja Coast
There was misfortune on the coast of Baja last month, as 81-year-old Bill Fox of San Francisco lost his Beneteau 42 Rocinante on the beach at Punta Redonda, which is about 9 miles down the Pacific Coast of Isla Margarita. More »
The Revenge of the Fish
When it comes to humans and fish, fish usually come out on the short end. For about a billion times more fish get killed or injured by humans than vice versa. More »
Groupama Wins Volvo Ocean Race
Groupama’s French skipper Franck Cammas lifts the Volvo Ocean Race trophy, claiming first place overall, at the final public prize-giving in Galway, Ireland.
© 2012 Ian Roman / Volvo Ocean Race
After placing second in the final leg of the Volvo Ocean Race (from Lorient, France, to Galway, Ireland) Franck Cammas and his French team aboard Groupama, secured top honors in the overall event, which began last October. More »
Attacks on Cruisers In the Western Caribbean
A newly arrived American couple were brutally attacked aboard their boat in the south anchorage near Isla Colon in Panama’s Bocas del Toro region early on Sunday morning, reports Don Winner in his Panama Guide. More »
Tragedy and Farce on the Fourth
As much as we’d like to, we never take our 63-ft cat Profligate out on the Fourth of July. As far as we’re concerned, the Fourth — more specifically the evening of the Fourth — is one of the spookiest times to be on the water. More »
Nada to Huge Resort at Cabo Pulmo
Cabo Pulmo has been saved from a massive resort development…for now.
© Webb Logg
Cabo Cortes, a condo/hotel project in the East Cape area of Baja that was to rival Cancun in size, has been cancelled by outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderón, reported Tim Johnson, Mexico City bureau chief for the McClatchy newspaper group. More »
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