General Sailing
Catching Up with the Middletons
Actually, since they’re sailing their Atlantic 57 Nogal, you won’t likely catch them. Since they left the Bay Area in spring 2016, Frank, Marilia, Julia and Sophia have sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific, had first-hand lessons on sailing the world’s oceans, kept up with some book learning, and are now are enjoying Southeast Asia. More »
Three Knockdowns and a Broken Window for Randall Reeves
Randall Reeves had a bad day — a really bad day. Long story short, he is making his way to Australia for repairs. It’s not clear what impact this will have on the Figure 8 Voyage as a whole, as Reeves was already behind schedule in his circumnavigation of Antarctica and his projected return to Cape Horn by the end of April, before the onset of winter in the Southern Ocean. More »
Panama Puddle Jump Sendoffs
In the coming weeks, dozens of Pacific Puddle Jump boats will make landfall in the Marquesas. A series of seminars in Panama and Mexico will give them an advance education on what to expect. More »
Weekend Stories: Joy Ride on ‘Joyicity’
When you ask sailors how their weekend was, you’re likely to hear some interesting stories. Thanks to everyone who answered the call last week (it seems like this most recent weekend was a near-identical repeat of the last, with a warm, calm-ish Saturday, followed by a cold, windy Sunday). More »
Love Is in the . . . Water?
Hey, it’s February 14. Maybe you heard, or maybe you’re reading this and going, ‘oh shit’, I’d better go buy some damn roses and make reservations. Welcome to the Valentine’s Day edition of ‘Lectronic Latitude, where we’d like to ask the following question: Did Cupid’s arrow ever pierce your heart while onboard a boat, or while sipping bubbly on a yacht club deck? More »
How Was Your Weekend?
How was your weekend? Do you have any photos or a story to tell? Please send them here, and we’ll publish them in the next few weeks.
On Saturday, we were lucky enough to get on the water while the Bay was doing its best impression of a warm, windless summer day. More »
What to Do During a Tsunami Warning
On January 23, a 7.9 earthquake pulsed from the Gulf of Alaska, and triggered a tsunami warning in San Francisco Bay in the middle of the night. The alert was canceled about an hour later, but it prompted this letter from reader Ian Tuller:
"There was an alert this morning at 3 a.m. More »
City Shrinks Salesforce Tower
Responding to complaints from a bevy of Bay Area residents (especially sailors) about the impact the Salesforce tower has made on the San Francisco skyline, city officials have reduced the size of the colossal new building so that it’s never taller than existing skyscrapers. More »
‘Maserati’ on Target for Record
After yet another collision with an Unidentified Floating Object and losing one of her rudders, Maserati is flying through the Indian Ocean, about to round the Cape of Good Hope, and over 500 nautical miles ahead of Gitana 13’s reference time for the ‘Tea Route’ from Hong Kong to London. More »
The Latitude Movie Club Presents . . .
OK, we need to talk about this movie . . . or these movies . . . sooner rather than later. It is (or they are), for better or worse, the biggest sailing film(s) of the last 15 years, a fact that is not particularly satisfying, and is perhaps a little embarrassing. More »
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