Cruising
Top Cruising Cat Speeds
Pete and Susan Wolcott’s M&M 52 Kiapa, thanks to a fine design and light build, has no trouble hitting into the 20s.
Schooner Creek Boatworks
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC At the end of Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic report on John Haste’s San Diego-based Perry 52 cruising cat Little Wing hitting 29.5 knots under main and genoa in the Caribbean, we asked for other owners of cruising cats to report their top speeds. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC At the end of Wednesday’s ‘Lectronic report on John Haste’s San Diego-based Perry 52 cruising cat Little Wing hitting 29.5 knots under main and genoa in the Caribbean, we asked for other owners of cruising cats to report their top speeds. More »
Want a Morgan 41 for $10,000?
Shimmer is not an Out Island but a full keel aft cockpit Morgan.
Shimmer
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Looking for what might be a lot of boat for the money? More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Looking for what might be a lot of boat for the money? More »
How High Can Your Cat Jump?
Little Wing sailing off St. Barth on New Year’s Day ’04. Has any Bob Perry designed boat sailed as fast as this 52-footer with a complete cruising interior?
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In the 10 or so years that John Haste of San Diego has owned his Bob Perry designed 52-ft cat Little Wing, he’s sailed and raced her everywhere from Southern California to St. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC In the 10 or so years that John Haste of San Diego has owned his Bob Perry designed 52-ft cat Little Wing, he’s sailed and raced her everywhere from Southern California to St. More »
Adventures in Glacier Bay
Tim Sell’s Lucky Star anchored in an idyllic cove in Glacier Bay.
© 2008 Tim Sell
Last spring, longtime Sausalito diver Tim Sell sailed his Brent Swain 36 Lucky Star to Juneau, Alaska, spending the summer exploring the area and the winter trying to stay warm. More »
A Whale of a Time
Terry and Vicki Fahey of the Richmond-based Pearson 424 Tenacity have been cruising Mexico since last fall, and have enjoyed the abundunt wildlife, including the breaching whale above.
"We were about 15 miles out of Mazatlan on March 25 and the ocean was as smooth as glass. More »
Chillin’ in the Tuamotus
The picture tells the story. . . With any luck, life will slow down substantially when you get out cruising.
Solace
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sometimes it’s nice to cast off your worldly woes (and clothes), sit down on a deserted beach and simply contemplate the universe. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Sometimes it’s nice to cast off your worldly woes (and clothes), sit down on a deserted beach and simply contemplate the universe. More »
Photo of the Day: Foggy Memories
Scorching temperatures around the Bay Area mid-week were replaced this weekend by our normal summer weather pattern: brisk winds and fog. While the sailing was great, visibility was almost non-existent in some places. More »
Fear Not, It’s One of Ours
We wouldn’t want to give away any military secrets, but we thought we ought to warn Central American cruisers that a mega yacht is ‘patroling’ those waters under command of the U.S. More »
Twenty-Six Miles Across the Sea
Isthmus Cove at Two Harbors, Catalina Island.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season at Catalina. As we write this from a heatwave-oppressed Bay Area we’re reminded of the island’s blue crystalline water and a night sky like diamond dust on black felt. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Memorial Day marks the start of the summer season at Catalina. As we write this from a heatwave-oppressed Bay Area we’re reminded of the island’s blue crystalline water and a night sky like diamond dust on black felt. More »
A Post-Cruise Night of Luxury
In February, Dave Pryde and Jan Eckmann of the Washington-based Slocum 43 Baraka were thrilled to win the big raffle prize at Latitude‘s Pacific Puddle Jump kick-off party in Zihuatanejo. It was a free hotel night at the swank Pearl Resort on the island of Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas — arranged by our friends at Tahiti Tourisme. More »
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