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Brian Turner and J Parsons

The Launching of Treebeard

January 7, 2019
Spaulding Marine Center hosted the christening of a seven-plus-year building project by J. Parsons, who designed and built the classic in his garage at home in Tiburon. (One of the first steps was building the garage!) The boat is the culmination of vision and hard work.
Alive

Excitement Builds for 50th Transpac

“The 50th running of the race is a great milestone, and we have an incredible turnout," said John Sangmeister. In addition to the 92 amazing teams listed on the race website, Sangmeister claims to have loose verbal commitments from several others that would push the fleet past the century mark.
Mike Holt and Carl Smit

Californians Leading 5O5 Worlds

January 4, 2019
While it rains in Northern California this weekend, the sunny, breezy 5O5 World Championship will continue down under in Fremantle, Australia.

‘Wild Eyes’, Lopez Lake, Beached in San Diego

Abby Sunderland’s Boat Found After abandoning her boat in the Indian Ocean in 2010 during an attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world, Abby Sunderland’s 40-ft expedition yacht Wild Eyes was spotted off Southern Australia. More »
Aerial view of the raft-up. Ranger's deck makes a great platform for a party!

Sailing into 2019

Imagine a picture-perfect winter day sandwiched between high-wind advisories and a frost warning. Now realize that this perfect day just happens to fall on January 1. The result is a perfect excuse to get the boat out.

The (Last) Year in Photos

January 2, 2019
Latitude Nation — we thought we’d share one more 2018 retrospective with you before we’re ready to ship out the old and welcome in the new. On New Year’s Eve, we shared some of our best photos from the last 12 months on our Facebook page, and asked you to do the same. More »

Ending the Year a Winner

As we start off 2019, we're recognizing Latitude 38 T-shirt winner Lenny Jay, who picked up his December copy at the Golden Gate Yacht Club and found an It's-Your-Lucky-Day notice inside.
YRA Calendar

Our Calendar vs. Their Calendar

When we got our 2019 planner from the office supply store, we saw that the weekend days are half the size of weekdays. What's up with that?
Three aboard an SC53

Ham Jam Wednesdays

December 26, 2018
The Ham Jam is a two-hour sail with the destination determined by mother nature — and a few ideas thrown out by the skippers and crew who show up.