Posts by Tim Henry
‘Maiden’: A Real-Life Drama and Triumphant Sports Documentary
We teared up more than once during Maiden, which felt like an earnest Hollywood drama, combined with a triumphant sports documentary.
Are You Headed to the Pacific Garbage Patch?
Alex Bellini, a self-described adventurer, speaker and mental coach, is looking for a ride to the Pacific gyre, and he’s willing to pay his way.
Bellini’s ultimate goal is to “travel to the world’s 10 most plastic polluted rivers on a hand-made, floating vessel made out of local recycled materials,” and to “row solo across the Pacific Garbage Patch, the largest accumulation of plastic in the world.” More »
Jeanne Socrates Dodging Two Hurricanes
Late Monday, we got an email from Jeanne Socrates, who’s been aboard her Najad 380 Nereida for over nine months in an attempt to become the oldest person to sail alone, nonstop and unassisted, around the world. More »
August Issue Out Tomorrow
Here are a few morsels from the soon-to-hit-a-newsstand-or-digital-device-near-you August issue of Latitude 38.
Bay Station’s Love the Bay
“A sailor is an artist whose medium is the wind,” said Webb Chiles.
In the spirit of expression and creativity, some local sailors are stacking art upon art and turning it into a unique sailing, singing and reciting experience. More »
Motorboat Rams Jetty near Vallejo
On Saturday, the Coast Guard rescued three people near the Carquinez Bridge in Vallejo after their 36-foot motorboat collided with the eastern jetty near the entrance of the Napa River. It’s not clear what caused the accident, other than something went terribly wrong. More »
Sausalito to Place Anchor-Outs in Slips
The city of Sausalito is about to begin a pilot program that would place long-term anchor-outs in liveaboard slips in local marinas. The new program is part of the city’s continuing efforts to find solutions for Richardson Bay’s anchor-out community. More »
Punny Boat Names
Is there an unspoken tradition that some boat names have a certain amount of “punny-ness” to them?
Here’s a case in point from our recent trip to Maine:
On that same trip, we saw a lobster boat with the name Captain Mortgage written in the same font as the famed brand of rum. More »
PFDs, ‘Golden Rule’, ‘Maserati’
An Unconventional Lifesaving Measure
A few weeks ago, we received a letter from a reader in San Diego about an auxiliary type of personal flotation device.
“I have a very simple safety hint that I’ve kept to myself because it’s so simple it almost seems absurd. More »
The Rare Gem that Is the Dutch Shoe Marathon
There aren’t many dinghy regattas that bring in hundreds of boats, have a mix of juniors and seniors, and sail the entire length of a bay over several hours. But that, in a nutshell, is the Dutch Shoe Marathon. More »
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