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The Loss of Zen

July 10, 2013
While the crews of more than 150 cruising boats were celebrating their safe arrival in French Polynesia during recent weeks, the dreams of one adventurous West Coast couple was quashed off the Baja Coast, before they even reached the trade winds. More »

“Heaps of Fun” in Majuro

April 1, 2013
The capital city of Majuro is known for its hustle and bustle. But life is pretty serene out in the anchorages. Proximity
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In our efforts to report on the annual westbound migrations of cruisers through the South Pacific, we’ve met hundreds of wonderful sailors who are finally living out their dreams after years of anticipation. More »

Sea of Cortez Race Week Numero Uno

March 29, 2013
It was exactly 30 years ago yesterday that ‘Her Magesty’ Laurel DeForest of the Olympia, WA-based Balfour 28 Robbie’s Wake popped the cork on a bottle of Champagne in front of a crowd of barefoot sailors, and thus declared that the first-ever Sea of Cortez Race Week had officially begun.  More »

Mariners Save Duct Tape

March 20, 2013
Duct tape comes to the rescue of mariners all the time. In this case, the mariners came to the rescue of Duct Tape. Julia Siudyla and her husband Josh quit their jobs in 2012 to spend a year cruising Mexico aboard their Columbia 36 Sweet Cherri. More »

Doin’ the Ditch

March 18, 2013
“Yikes, he’s bearing down on us!” Needless to say, you’d need more than a retractable boat hook to fend off a fully laden Panamax ship. © Rodney King As you may have heard, the shipping capacity of the Panama Canal will more than double two years from now when a brand new series of gigantic locks is completed alongside the original sets, which will celebrate 100 years of operation in 2014. More »

Nereida Over Halfway Around

March 13, 2013
Jeanne Socrates passed the halfway mark of her nonstop solo circumnavigation aboard Nereida on March 1. © Ken Pfister On March 1, 70-year-old Briton Jeanne Socrates passed the midway point of what she hopes will be her first nonstop solo circumnavigation aboard her Najad 380 Nereida. More »

Jumpers Poised to Pounce

March 11, 2013
Located at Nuevo Vallarta’s Paradise Village Resort, the Vallarta YC has generously co-hosted our annual Mexico Pacific Puddle Jump Send-off Party ever since it opened 15 years ago. latitude/Andy
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC From California to Peru, dozens of cruising boats are now poised to depart for the palm-fringed anchorages of French Polynesia — a crossing of 3,000 miles or more that we call the Pacific Puddle Jump.  More »

Fifteen Minutes of Fame Day

March 1, 2013
Among the things that cruisers will learn about during our Vallarta YC Send-Off Party this afternoon, is the warm Polynesian welcome they’ll receive in the islands. latitude/Andy
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC You might say that today is Fifteen Minutes of Fame Day for Pacific Puddle Jumpers in the Puerto Vallarta area. More »

Moontide Crew Robbed at Gunpoint

February 20, 2013
Seen here heading south along the Baja Coast in 2009, Moontide is well known within both the Southern California and Mexico cruising communities. latitude/Andy
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In disturbing news, Bill Lilly and his partner Judy Lang reported their Lagoon 470 Moontide was boarded by three armed men at about 2 a.m. More »

Photo Quiz Answer

February 15, 2013
It’s a ditchbag! It’s a liferaft! It’s a scale model of the Pacific Garbage Patch! No, it’s…it’s…it’s… © 2013 Gilly Foy We got a lot of responses to the February 6 Photo Quiz: "It is a tow-behind-the-boat clothes washing machine." More »