Cruising
Sea Angel Catches an Ocean Lady
"I just caught this ‘ocean lady’, as the locals call sail fish, yesterday while sailing in the channel between St. Vincent and Bequia," writes Marc Hachey. Hachey has been sailing his Auburn-based Peterson 44 Sea Angel six months out of the year in the Caribbean for many years. More »
Sea of Cortez Sailing Week
Can you think of a more dramatic setting for a cruisers’ regatta than Caleta Partida?
© 2009 Glenn Twitchell
With a terrific Banderas Bay Regatta on the books, a group of about 15 ‘can’t get enough sailing’ folks from the cruising class of 2008-09 have started to make their way 350 miles north to La Paz for Sea of Cortez Sailing Week. More »
17th Annual Banderas Bay Regatta
Louis and Laura of Hayward, on #13 Cirque, hit the pin end of the line at the start of the first race. The couple, in their second year of cruising in Mexico, scored three bullets. More »
Pirates For Pupils Run
Monohulls, multihulls, and powerboats alike mingled to raise money for local kids’ charities in the Pirates for Pupils Run.
© 2009 Jay Ailworth
A record 30,000 pesos — including $500 U.S. More »
Puddle Jump Bond Exemptions Approved!
Cruisers always get a warm welcome – especially during the Sailing Rendezvous. But this year they get a bond exemption too.
latitude/Andy
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As reported recently, the annual migration from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia has begun, with a few boats now closing in on landfalls in the Marquesas. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As reported recently, the annual migration from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia has begun, with a few boats now closing in on landfalls in the Marquesas. More »
Going Back to the Old Ways
When Scott and Cindy couldn’t find a convenient place to haul, they resorted to careening their cat.
Beach House
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the biggest problems with larger cruising cats is that there aren’t very many places that have big enough Travel-Lifts or marine ways to haul them out. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the biggest problems with larger cruising cats is that there aren’t very many places that have big enough Travel-Lifts or marine ways to haul them out. More »
Primo Conditions for Puddle Jump Migration
The Puerto Vallarta contingent of ’09 Puddle Jumpers says adios during Latitude’s recent kickoff party at Paradise Village Resort’s Vallarta YC.
latitude/Andy
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC During the past week, at least 10 boats have set sail from a variety of ports in Mexico, Central America and Ecuador bound for French Polynesian landfalls — and according to initial reports, conditions could hardly be more ideal. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC During the past week, at least 10 boats have set sail from a variety of ports in Mexico, Central America and Ecuador bound for French Polynesian landfalls — and according to initial reports, conditions could hardly be more ideal. More »
Two Wrongs Finally Make a Right
The dinghy thieves may have had balls, but not much in the way of brains. Not only did they steal the only red dinghy in the land of a million grey ones, they then anchored in the middle of the busy anchorage in Simpson Bay Lagoon. More »
A New Generation of Net Controllers
Cruisers seem to be in agreement that 10-year-old Mera and her sisters do a bang-up job as net controllers.
Don Quixote
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC When couples with children take off cruising, the parents sometimes enjoy the adventure much more than their kids. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC When couples with children take off cruising, the parents sometimes enjoy the adventure much more than their kids. More »
Ballenas Interruptus
Craig and Kiki will keep a sharp lookout on their way south.
Oya
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Apart from being a bit rolly, the La Cruz anchorage in Mexico’s Banderas Bay usually provides cruising sailors with a quiet night of sleep. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Apart from being a bit rolly, the La Cruz anchorage in Mexico’s Banderas Bay usually provides cruising sailors with a quiet night of sleep. More »
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