Cruising
Tenacatita Sailing Festival
The uncrowded Tenacatita Bay on Mexico’s Gold Coast.
© Karen Vaccaro
For the last two years we at Latitude 38 had hoped to start a Tenacatita-Barra Sailing Festival, similar to the Banderas Bay Blast and Zihua Sail Fest. More »
The Splash/Blast/PFPSRFC
The cruising season officially opened on Banderas Bay on Friday, December 12, with the grand reception by Riviera Nayarit Tourism for cruisers at the chic Eva Mandarina beachfront restaurant and bar in La Cruz. More »
Where Is This?
Those 5,000-ft mountains in the background make it unlikely this is a photo of Florida.
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If it weren’t for the mountains, the above photo would look a lot like Florida. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If it weren’t for the mountains, the above photo would look a lot like Florida. More »
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Not One, but Two Boards
It sort of looks like the world’s first cruising catamaran with a canting daggerboard.
Escapade
©2014Latitude 38 Media, LLC Judging from a quick glance, it looks as though this photo depicts Greg and Debbie Dorland’s Lake Tahoe-based Catana 52 Escapade making a bid to become the first multihull with canting daggerboards. More »
©2014Latitude 38 Media, LLC Judging from a quick glance, it looks as though this photo depicts Greg and Debbie Dorland’s Lake Tahoe-based Catana 52 Escapade making a bid to become the first multihull with canting daggerboards. More »
Get Ready to Splash and Blast Off!
Three boats ‘pleasure racing’ in close company on the warm, smooth waters of sun-drenched Banderas Bay during the 2012 Blast.
latitude/Richard
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC From Northern California to mainland Mexico, hasn’t the weather been great? More »
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC From Northern California to mainland Mexico, hasn’t the weather been great? More »
Mystery Photos Revisited
We received many responses to Friday’s Photo of the Day quiz. The most popular answer was Lake Powell, on the state line of Arizona and Utah. "I know it’s not exotic but sometimes you guys are pretty sneaky-sneaky," wrote David Gauny of Ventura. More »
Dengue Fever in Baja
The media have done an outstanding job of getting the public worked into a lather over Ebola, even though it’s statistically more likely for an American to die in a bouncy house than from the deadly virus. More »
Fleet Relaxes in Bahia Santa Maria
Baja Ha-Ha stop #2: remote and undeveloped Bahia Santa Maria.
© Google Maps
In stark contrast to the light air of Leg 1, the second leg of the 21st Baja Ha-Ha rally was a rompin’ stompin’ beam reach right down the rhumbline to Bahia Santa Maria. More »
Moving South Cautiously
When you have 500 people for a potluck lunch, it pays to get creative. Here, would-be diners wait to eat while dancing in a conga line.
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Part of the fun of traveling in foreign waters is getting to know the locals. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Part of the fun of traveling in foreign waters is getting to know the locals. More »
Rally Respite in Bahia Tortugas
Craig on Seahorse V maximizes his relaxation while taking in the game: There was a great turnout for the annual baseball extravaganza, where every batter got as many pitches as he or she needed to get a hit. More »
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