Cruising
Nataraja Says Goodbye . . . Again
Eric and Emmy acquired a taste for baguettes on their first South Pacific cruise aboard Nataraja in 2000.
latitude/LaDonna
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eric Willbur and Emmy Newbould are no strangers to the South Pacific. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Eric Willbur and Emmy Newbould are no strangers to the South Pacific. More »
Speed Kills . . . Once Again
Five people were killed and seven others were badly injured aboard a 22-ft Crownline powerboat after it slammed into a small docked tugboat early Sunday evening on the IntraCoastal Waterway about 25 miles south of Jacksonville, Florida. More »
Hitchin’ a Ride to Paradise
Why take your own boat to Polynesia when you can hitch a ride?
© 2009 Naomi Beckord
When Nathan and Naomi Beckord headed south with the Baja Ha-Ha last fall aboard their Sausalito-based Islander 36 Hurulu, they had no intention of voyaging beyond Mexican waters. More »
Sizzling Sailing in the Sea of Cortez
Catamaran contrails were left by Wayne Hendrix and Carol Baggerly’s Brisbane-based Hughes 45 Capricorn Cat and Bob Smith’s Vancouver-based custom 44 Pantera sailing north up the Sea of Cortez toward Isla San Francisco. More »
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 »
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