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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 »

Blending Fun With Fundraising

February 13, 2013
A day of beach games brought nonstop smiles to the faces of these young scholars. © 2013 Margaret Reid Although the Zihuatanejo Sailfest isn’t the largest annual cruiser event in Mexico, it’s a candidate for generating the most fun, and during it’s 12-year run it has raised more funds for charity than any other Mexican sailing event. More »

Zihua Fest Now in Full Swing

February 6, 2013
The Mexican coastal fishing town of Zihuatanejo is normally thought of by cruising sailors as a pretty sleepy place — especially when compared to busy tourism centers like Cabo San Lucas and Puerto Vallarta. More »

Best Deals in Mexico

February 1, 2013
We were in La Cruz last night with a bunch of other cruisers at a birthday party for Lionel Bass of the Perth, Australia-based M&M 52 cat Kiapa, when the subject of bargains in Mexico came up. More »

Fun Times in the Tropics

Leanne and John know how to make new friends wherever they go. (She’s seen here in Fiji, where they are currently cruising.) Red Sky
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Although we meet hundreds of cruisers on the Baja Ha-Ha rally each year, we’ll probably never forget Aussies John and Leanne Hembrow, of the Moody 54 Red Sky, who sailed south in 2010 with the Baja Ha-Ha fleet. More »

Know Your Snakes?

January 23, 2013
Talk about an unwelcome shipmate! This one was not only uninvited, but he bit the captain. Can you ID the species? © 2013 Keith Albrecht A little while back, Keith Albrecht of the Alamitos Bay-based Columbia 36 Ojo Rojo climbed down the companionway into the dark main salon to grab a cruising guide. More »

Good Tip For Mexico

January 21, 2013
Starting in mid-January, government officials in La Paz started knocking on boat hulls in one marina asking to see copies of Temporary Import Permits. TIPs were created about 20 years ago to provide a means for boat owners to leave Mexico without their boats. More »

Time to Ban Whales from Banderas Bay?

Anti-social whale behavior on Banderas Bay. This wasn’t the whale that interfered with our race, but just one of many annoying yachties on the bay. © 2013 Jay Ailworth There we were, sailing downwind toward the finish line of Saturday’s Vallarta Cup race, trying to get the crew to keep paying attention to their jobs. More »

Seeing the Light, and for Little Money

January 18, 2013
A couple of things that make us grouchy is poor interior lighting on sailboats and pissing away battery power. We think we’ve found a great solution that might work for your boat, too. More »