Events
Puddle Jumpers Prepare to Pounce
Are these Pacific Puddle Jumpers excited about making the crossing to Polynesia? Oh, just a wee bit. Having sailed south to Banderas Bay from Alaska, Canada and the US, these Vallarta YC Sendoff Party participants struck this pose at Paradise Village Resort. More »
Sail a Small Boat Day
All kinds of boats produced all kinds of smiles as everyone got a ride at Sail a Small Boat Day — for many it was their first sail ever.
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©2018Latitude 38 Media, LLC Despite the hail, rain and gray skies, Richmond Yacht Club’s Sail a Small Boat Day was a complete success. More »
©2018Latitude 38 Media, LLC Despite the hail, rain and gray skies, Richmond Yacht Club’s Sail a Small Boat Day was a complete success. More »
Sail a Small Boat Day This Saturday
Putter about in a small boat or two or three — or as many as you can squeeze in — this Saturday, March 3, at Richmond Yacht Club’s Sail a Small Boat Day. More »
A(nother) Crew List Success Story
Scenes from the Golden Gate Yacht Club as sailors mix it up, trying to find the perfect ride or crew.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Anyone can do it," said Ryan Waters in a YouTube video he made about jumping aboard a Cal 43 as an inexperienced crew. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Anyone can do it," said Ryan Waters in a YouTube video he made about jumping aboard a Cal 43 as an inexperienced crew. More »
Winter Is Seminar Season, Part 2
Picking up where we left off on Friday’s ‘Lectronic Latitude post…
Corinthian Yacht Club invites racers to sail or drive in to the CYC on the Friday night before the Corinthian Midwinters on January 20-21. More »
Winter Is Seminar Season, Part 1
The winter months of January and February are so replete with seminars on virtually all aspects of sailing that we won’t have room to list them all in one post. But we’ll get a start with events this weekend. More »
Captains Courageous on the Big Screen
As a movie buff who spent endless hours of adolescence watching movies from the ’30s and ’40s on TV channels with high numbers (like 36, 40 and 44), usually worn-out prints badly chopped up by do-it-yourself used-car-dealer ads, this editor can only wonder how she managed to miss seeing Captains Courageous. More »
Lighted Boat Parade Contest Winners
Most of the entries in our Lighted Boat Parade Photo Contest were taken at the Lighted Yacht Parade on the Oakland-Alameda Estuary December 2, including these three favorites:
Shantung got second place to Ketch 22 in the Sailing Division, but Fred Fago’s image of her is tops in our esteem. The More »
Lighted Boat Parade Photo Contest
Within the pages of the aforementioned issue of Latitude 38, you’ll find the December Calendar, and within that you’ll find a long list of lighted boat parades and other festive waterfront holiday celebrations, ranging geographically from Portland, Oregon, to Southern California — starting as soon as tonight. More »
Singlehanded TransPac Seminars
The Singlehanded TransPac starts off the CYC race deck along the downtown Tiburon shoreline. This is David King’s Saraband, which won the Westsail 32 division in 2016.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Singlehanded Sailing Society has worked with host Corinthian Yacht Club to move the start of the 2018 Singlehanded TransPac, originally scheduled for Friday, June 22, to Saturday, June 23. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Singlehanded Sailing Society has worked with host Corinthian Yacht Club to move the start of the 2018 Singlehanded TransPac, originally scheduled for Friday, June 22, to Saturday, June 23. More »
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