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In our 40 years of going where the wind blows, one of our favorite courses has been where you’ve steered us. Since 1977, you’ve shared your photos and stories with our humble journalists and designers, and we’ve done our best to churn them out into this magazine we call Latitude 38. More »

Team New Zealand Announces … Something

On Tuesday, Team Emirates New Zealand announced . . . that they’ll be making an announcement soon regarding the protocol for the 36th America’s Cup. The Kiwis have hinted at what we might expect their wish list to look like. More »

Whale Wednesday: Summer of Whales

It seems like Bay Area sailors have been seeing a wealth of whales this summer. It’s always fun to catch an unexpected glimpse of a spout, a tail — and for those lucky few — a full-on breach. More »

Caption Contest

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©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’ve had this photo on our Facebook page for about a week, and have gotten over 100 quippy entries. But we wanted to give our ‘Lectronic readers a chance to weigh in, here. More »
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Boat Caught in Dramatic Capsize Identified

July 17, 2017
You might have seen the footage on the news, and you might have heard the boat incorrectly called a catamaran. But the Andrew Mulligan — which swamped and sank just below the surface of San Francisco Bay on June 21 — is a classic Master Mariners winner. More »

“State-Sized” Iceberg Breaks Off Antarctica

July 12, 2017
Did you feel the ocean ripple a little in the last 24 hours? It might have been a floating ice shelf named Larson C, which scientists confirmed broke off Antarctica on Wednesday and is now being called "one of the largest icebergs ever recorded," according to the New York Times. More »

‘Phaedo3’ and ‘Maserati’ Off to Hawaii

July 7, 2017
In what we’re calling the Main Event of this year’s Transpac, Phaedo3 and Maserati crossed the starting line yesterday and are sprinting for Honolulu — and possibly into Transpac history. There’s been endless hype about records being set (or more accurately, recent records being broken). More »