Posts by Tim Henry
Love Is in the . . . Water?
Hey, it’s February 14. Maybe you heard, or maybe you’re reading this and going, ‘oh shit’, I’d better go buy some damn roses and make reservations. Welcome to the Valentine’s Day edition of ‘Lectronic Latitude, where we’d like to ask the following question: Did Cupid’s arrow ever pierce your heart while onboard a boat, or while sipping bubbly on a yacht club deck? More »
How Was Your Weekend?
How was your weekend? Do you have any photos or a story to tell? Please send them here, and we’ll publish them in the next few weeks.
On Saturday, we were lucky enough to get on the water while the Bay was doing its best impression of a warm, windless summer day. More »
What to Do During a Tsunami Warning
On January 23, a 7.9 earthquake pulsed from the Gulf of Alaska, and triggered a tsunami warning in San Francisco Bay in the middle of the night. The alert was canceled about an hour later, but it prompted this letter from reader Ian Tuller:
"There was an alert this morning at 3 a.m. More »
A(nother) Crew List Success Story
Scenes from the Golden Gate Yacht Club as sailors mix it up, trying to find the perfect ride or crew.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Anyone can do it," said Ryan Waters in a YouTube video he made about jumping aboard a Cal 43 as an inexperienced crew. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Anyone can do it," said Ryan Waters in a YouTube video he made about jumping aboard a Cal 43 as an inexperienced crew. More »
City Shrinks Salesforce Tower
Responding to complaints from a bevy of Bay Area residents (especially sailors) about the impact the Salesforce tower has made on the San Francisco skyline, city officials have reduced the size of the colossal new building so that it’s never taller than existing skyscrapers. More »
‘Maserati’ on Target for Record
After yet another collision with an Unidentified Floating Object and losing one of her rudders, Maserati is flying through the Indian Ocean, about to round the Cape of Good Hope, and over 500 nautical miles ahead of Gitana 13’s reference time for the ‘Tea Route’ from Hong Kong to London. More »
East Harbor Supported by the City
PG&E made a long-shot — and ill-recieved — proposal that the city of San Francisco consider getting rid of East Harbor, also known as Gashouse Cove, according to an article in the San Francisco Chronicle. More »
Ketch on the Beach in San Rafael
We’re trying to gather information about a ketch that found itself beached in San Rafael this weekend. A friend of ours posted the following photo — taken by her husband — on her Facebook page. More »
The Latitude Movie Club Presents . . .
OK, we need to talk about this movie . . . or these movies . . . sooner rather than later. It is (or they are), for better or worse, the biggest sailing film(s) of the last 15 years, a fact that is not particularly satisfying, and is perhaps a little embarrassing. More »
A New View of the Same Bridge
We were fortunate enough to be invited to a wonderful dinner at the Presidio Yacht Club last weekend in honor of Scottish poet Robert Burns. For some of our staff, it was one of the first times they’d taken the road through Sausalito to its extreme end, running into the Bay at Cavallo Point. More »
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