Cruising
What’s Good about the Sea of Cortez
Acknowledging the adage that ‘a picture is worth a thousand words’, we’ll let the accompanying photo by Glenn Twitchell give the definitive answer to what’s so good about the Sea of Cortez. More »
What’s Wrong with This Photo?
Ben, having climbed Mt. Coronado in the Sea of Cortez, checks out the beauty of nature.
Sonrisa
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The obvious answer is that Benjamin Brettingham-Moore of the La Paz- and Tasmania-based Lagoon 440 Sonrisa, having climbed Mt. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The obvious answer is that Benjamin Brettingham-Moore of the La Paz- and Tasmania-based Lagoon 440 Sonrisa, having climbed Mt. More »
Baseball Improvement in Turtle Bay
The fabulous baseball stadium at Turtle Bay as seen during the Cruisers versus Local Kids annual baseball game. With the Ha-Ha fleet boats in the background, the stadium is often compared favorably with AT&T Park in San Francisco. More »
Opposite of Ships Passing in the Night
"What do you do when you cross paths with cruising friends in the middle of the ocean and you’re headed in different directions?” asked Lewis Allen and Alyssa Alexopulous of the Redwood City and Fiji-based Voyage 43 catamaran Quixotic. More »
Doin’ the Un-Doo Dah
"This summer the Delta was so hot…" "How hot was it?" "It was so hot we stayed in the Bay."
Delta Doo Dah vets Gene and Cheryl Novak planned to take their 9-year-old granddaughter Madison on Doo Dah 9 to escape the Sacramento heat. More »
Improving California’s Cruising Infrastructure
Maybe it’s time for the government to upgrade California’s crumbling cruising infrastructure with something like the Iles du Frioul. So close and so many anchorages. A 750-berth marina, too!
Marseille Tourism
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC There’s always a lot of talk about stimulating the US economy by improving the "crumbling infrastructure." More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC There’s always a lot of talk about stimulating the US economy by improving the "crumbling infrastructure." More »
Crew List Party Couple in France
While on assignment in Toul, France, to investigate whether the Wanderer was being hyperbolic about the pleasures of canal boating, Latitude’s Mitch Perkins and a friend were ‘tooling’ through scenic waterways when they docked their boat Marjani near Lynn and Jack Robinson of Fort Collins, Colorado. More »
Puddle Jumpers Rendez-vous in Moorea
A potential reward for those who make the challenging passage from the West Coast to French Polynesia is the chance to participate in these outrigger canoe races — big fun in a jaw-dropping setting. More »
Manu Rere T-Boned
Glenn Tieman aboard the magnificent Manu Rere in Turtle Bay in 2008.
latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC “Oh God, my life is destroyed!” That was the reaction of Glenn Tieman, perhaps the world’s thriftiest long-term cruiser, upon hearing the news that his beloved cruising catamaran Manu Rere had been t-boned and severely damaged. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC “Oh God, my life is destroyed!” That was the reaction of Glenn Tieman, perhaps the world’s thriftiest long-term cruiser, upon hearing the news that his beloved cruising catamaran Manu Rere had been t-boned and severely damaged. More »
Delta Doo Dah BBQ Bash
John and Doreen Abbott’s Catalina 30 Shellback approaches Pittsburg in the company of Express 27s and Moore 24s on their way upriver in the ‘Doo Dah Ditch Run’.
latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just as a triple-digit heat wave was launching itself upon California and the entire Southwestern United States, the Delta Doo Dah cruising rally sailed into Owl Harbor in Isleton to join in that marina’s annual Father’s Day Weekend BBQ. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just as a triple-digit heat wave was launching itself upon California and the entire Southwestern United States, the Delta Doo Dah cruising rally sailed into Owl Harbor in Isleton to join in that marina’s annual Father’s Day Weekend BBQ. More »
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