Cruising
Sail-In Dining on the Bay
What could be better after a day of great sailing on the Bay than to sail up to the dock of your favorite restaurant for a bite to eat? The Estuary has several such restaurants, Tiburon has Sam’s, the City has La Mar Cebicheria Peruana at Pier 1.5, Emeryville has Trader Vic’s right next to the marina, Richmond has a couple at the marina, and Sausalito even has a few — Fish at Clipper Yacht Harbor Basin 2, Le Garage at Schoonmaker Point Marina, and Horizons’ private dock. More »
Partying with the Puddle Jumpers
Of course they’re all smiling and excited; they’ll soon be setting sail for Tahiti!
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC There’s no doubt about it, the annual migration from the West Coast of the Americas to fabled isles of French Polynesia is about to begin. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC There’s no doubt about it, the annual migration from the West Coast of the Americas to fabled isles of French Polynesia is about to begin. More »
The Mather Family has been Around . . .
The Mather Family — Jim, Emma, and children Phoebe,12, and Drake, 11 — report they’ve been around . . . the world, in fact, aboard their Redondo Beach-based DownEast 45 Blue Sky. More »
Bond Deal & Parties for Jumpers
You’ll know you’ve arrived in French Polynesia when locals wearing flower garlands paddle out to welcome you.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Veteran cruisers will tell you that the people of French Polynesia are among the friendliest folks in the South Pacific. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Veteran cruisers will tell you that the people of French Polynesia are among the friendliest folks in the South Pacific. More »
Surfing Todos Santos
In Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic, we invited fellow surfer-sailors to share some of their favorite breaks (without giving away the location, of course). Kurt Roll, who crewed from Mexico to New Zealand aboard on Dietmar Petutschnig and Suzanne Dubose’s Las Vegas-based Lagoon 440 cat Carinthia, shared some of his Mexican surfing-sailing adventures:
"While getting Carinthia ready for the Puddle Jump in La Cruz, I regularly took the dinghy out to the point. More »
Beware of Rogue Coasties
On Friday we brought you the bizarre story of the ‘naked ninja’ thief who painted his entire body black and boarded the Bear Valley-based Shock Wave 42 cat Green Flash, which was moored off Cartegena, Colombia. More »
Learning ‘Sailingo’
It’s easy for longtime sailors to forget how hard the ‘lingo’ can be for newcomers to learn. We were reminded of this recently when a newbie made the following observations:
“A rope is a rope until you bring it aboard a boat. More »
Avoiding Tahiti’s Dreaded Bond
As many world cruisers will confirm, French Polynesia is one of the friendliest regions on the planet. So it has always seemed ironic that the immigration department there is the only one we know of that requires every visiting (non-EU) cruiser to post a cash bond equal to the price of a plane ticket home to their own country — roughly $1,500 to the U.S. More »
A Day in the Life of Cruising Mexico
Whenever you have a big crew, there is always the chance of some friction. Here, for example, Jen, a intensive coronary care nurse from Arizona appears to be trying to make a point to her husband Andy about his not being able to bring home the bacon because of a work-related injury as a firefighter. More »
A Celebration of Suds
When a few more empties were needed to use as building blocks, it was decided that each crew member would have to drain a keg by him- or herself.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC While cruising, there are certain supplies that many sailors consider to be essential. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC While cruising, there are certain supplies that many sailors consider to be essential. More »
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