Events
Lake County Residents Think Perdock is Guilty
With Bismarck Dinius slated to go on trial next week on vehicular manslaughter charges in the Lake County boating death of Lynn Thornton, the Lake County Record-Bee has published the stunning results of a poll about who their readers thought was actually responsible. More »
Classic Fun at Wooden Boat Show
Acres of burnished wood and tarred lines greeted admirers of classic yachts at CYC on Sunday.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The weather for the Master Mariner’s Annual Boat Show on Sunday at Corinthian YC couldn’t have been more ideal — warm and sunny with near perfect temperatures. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The weather for the Master Mariner’s Annual Boat Show on Sunday at Corinthian YC couldn’t have been more ideal — warm and sunny with near perfect temperatures. More »
And Then There Were 92
Barritt, Renee, and a friend, standing beneath the Colombian flag at Cartagena, one of the many great places they’ve visited.
Serendipity
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Perhaps thanks to the new online sign-up for the Baja Ha-Ha, the entries for this fall’s 15th running of the 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo are running well ahead of last year. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Perhaps thanks to the new online sign-up for the Baja Ha-Ha, the entries for this fall’s 15th running of the 750-mile cruisers’ rally from San Diego to Cabo are running well ahead of last year. More »
Puddle Jumpers Gather at Tahiti-Moorea
Hundreds of paddlers were competing in the Tahiti lagoon as part of the annual Heiva Festival.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Each year dozens of boats ‘jump the puddle’ from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Each year dozens of boats ‘jump the puddle’ from the west coast of the Americas to French Polynesia. More »
Ha-Ha Entries Pour In
Entries for the ‘Fabulous Fifteen’ Baja Ha-Ha have been pouring in since we decided to ‘tip-toe’ into the 21st century by offering online sign-ups at www.baja-haha.com. If you’re still happily working your way through the last century, you can also sign up the old-fashioned way — see the website or the June Latitude 38 for instructions. More »
Deep Water on KQED
Local PBS station KQED (Channel 9) will be airing Deep Water tonight at 10:30 p.m. The moving documentary about Donald Crowhurt’s doomed efforts in the first non-stop around-the-world singlehanded race was released last year to rave reviews and is a ‘must see’ — if you can’t stay up till midnight, this one is definitely worth finally figuring out how to use your TiVo. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Online Sign-ups Go Live!
Four months from now, hundreds of cruisers will be making final preparations for the 15th annual San Diego to Cabo rally.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s live! As we write this, the Baja Ha-Ha cruising rally’s brand new online sign-up procedure has just been finalized and is now ‘live’ — meaning that potential entrants can fully sign up for the October 2008 event at www.baja-haha.com. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s live! As we write this, the Baja Ha-Ha cruising rally’s brand new online sign-up procedure has just been finalized and is now ‘live’ — meaning that potential entrants can fully sign up for the October 2008 event at www.baja-haha.com. More »
Community Outrigger Launched
Steve Mercadante, Assistant Harbormaster at Two Harbors, raises his paddle in celebration as Leilani returns from her first outing.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After last Saturday’s terrible helicopter crash at Two Harbors, which claimed the lives of four of the six aboard, the quirky little community was in serious need of an emotional lift. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After last Saturday’s terrible helicopter crash at Two Harbors, which claimed the lives of four of the six aboard, the quirky little community was in serious need of an emotional lift. More »
The Niña Discovers the Bay
Columbus sailed the ocean blue aboard the Niña — more than 25,000 miles throughout his many explorations — and now folks along the West Coast will get a chance to see what life was like onboard the famous (or infamous, depending on your viewpoint) caravel. More »
Change of Venue for SSS Seminar Monday
Two singlehanders vie for an early lead at the breezy start of the 2004 SSS TransPac.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We don’t often address Calendar items here in ‘Lectronic, but in order to prevent a lot of frustration among local singlehanders, we’ve made an exception: Due to unexplained circumstances, the Singlehanded TransPac Seminar next Monday, May 5 (Cinco do Mayo), has been moved to South Beach YC. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We don’t often address Calendar items here in ‘Lectronic, but in order to prevent a lot of frustration among local singlehanders, we’ve made an exception: Due to unexplained circumstances, the Singlehanded TransPac Seminar next Monday, May 5 (Cinco do Mayo), has been moved to South Beach YC. More »
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