Events
Associate Publisher to Speak at StFYC
John Arndt, the Associate Publisher of Latitude 38, will give a talk, ‘A Sailing Life Inspires a Celebration of Sailing and Ocean Conservation,’ at a St. Francis Yacht Club Yachting Luncheon this Wednesday, February 11. More »
A Trio of Boat Shows
This weekend will be a big one for boat shows on the West Coast. The Seattle Boat Show Indoors + Afloat will start on Friday and run through February 1, with boats on the water on South Lake Union and indoor displays and seminars at CenturyLink Field Event Center. More »
Racing with Copepods
Despite what you might think, copepods are not the latest, greatest racing dinghies. They’re tiny crustaceans that scientists believe are the fastest animals on earth. Three meters per second might not sound like a lot, but if you scale the proportions up to the size of a human, it’s somewhere in the range of 6-12 miles per second! More »
Wander Bird, Star of the Screen
In 1936, Warwick ‘Commodore’ Tompkins sailed from Gloucester, MA, to San Francisco via Cape Horn aboard his family’s 85-ft 1896 Elbe River pilot schooner, Wander Bird. He was 4 years old at the time. More »
2015 Pacific Puddle Jump Revs Up
All sorts of sailors do the Pacific Puddle Jump each year, sailing aboard a wide variety of boats. Last year, roughly 20 nations were represented on the fleet roster.
© Fred Jacq
Based on the emails we’ve been receiving, adventure-hungry sailors all along the West Coast of the Americas are busily preparing to do the Pacific Puddle Jump — that is, the 3,000-mile crossing to French Polynesia. More »
Holiday Celebrations on the Waterfront
A sled — er, sailboat — full of Christmas characters and decor plies the waters of the San Rafael Canal.
© Shirley Vaughan
‘Tis the season for lighted boat parades, those maritime celebrations of the holiday spirit. More »
Film Bio Screening Wednesday
Corinthian Yacht Club’s popular speaker series returns to the club’s beautiful ballroom in downtown Tiburon this Wednesday evening, with the first film portrait by Life on the Water. The Sausalito-based enterprise interviews local sailors, racers, and watery souls at length and produces short films to capture the essence of the subject. More »
Fleet Relaxes in Bahia Santa Maria
Baja Ha-Ha stop #2: remote and undeveloped Bahia Santa Maria.
© Google Maps
In stark contrast to the light air of Leg 1, the second leg of the 21st Baja Ha-Ha rally was a rompin’ stompin’ beam reach right down the rhumbline to Bahia Santa Maria. More »
Moving South Cautiously
When you have 500 people for a potluck lunch, it pays to get creative. Here, would-be diners wait to eat while dancing in a conga line.
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Part of the fun of traveling in foreign waters is getting to know the locals. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Part of the fun of traveling in foreign waters is getting to know the locals. More »
Brad Webb Speaks to SailSFBay
Brad Webb celebrates after Oracle’s victory in America’s Cup 34.
© 2014 Oracle Team USA
Right next to AT&T Park, between the Giants’ fabulous victory on Wednesday and Friday’s parade, SailSFBay managed to slip in a Thursday-night meeting at South Beach Yacht Club to discuss growing sailing participation in the Bay Area and to hear Brad Webb describe his rewarding path up the ladder of sailing. More »
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