General Sailing
Racers-Turned-Researchers Return
Having just returned from a month at sea, zigzagging the Pacific Garbage Patch, The Ocean Cleanup’s lead researcher Dr. Julie Reisser gives details of the collection process to local and international journalists. More »
Chinese-Led Team Heads for Arctic
Out of the stable and back in action the famous tri formerly named IDEC II blasts across flat water during training sessions in France. Now renamed and rebranded as Qingdao, she is currently heading for Arctic waters. More »
Resupplying Farallones Researchers
Let’s see, food? "Check." Equipment? "Check." Lagunitas IPA? "Check." A memorable shot from Another Girl’s resupply mission to Southeast Farallon Island.
© 2015 Seymour Dodds
San Francisco Bay sailor Seymour Dodds and friends ventured offshore this weekend ‘on a mission’: to resupply the researchers working on lonely Southeast Farallon Island with food, and yes, a few beers. More »
Trawling for a Cause
Racing to Hawaii in the Transpac or Pacific Cup is almost always an exhilarating and uplifting experience. But in recent years many racers have been sobered along the way by encounters with large patches of plastic garbage, and in some cases pieces of debris large enough to sink a good-sized sailboat. More »
Learning By Doing
Since we last reported on 30-year-old Justin Hoye-House in the April issue of Latitude 38, he’s come a long way — literally — having successfully singlehanded from Mexico to French Polynesia during his first year of offshore sailing. More »
Alone, Yet in the Company of Others
You don’t have to race aboard a foiling catamaran to enjoy sailing. Just ask 87-year-old Don Person, whose passion is ‘Pottering’.
© 2015 Goose Gossman
Few quotes are more overused by boating writers than Kenneth Graham’s famous line from The Wind in the Willows: "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing — absolutely nothing — half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats." More »
No California Stop for Clipper Race
The 10th edition of the Clipper Round the World Race will depart London August 30 with 12 purpose-built Clipper 70s. Sadly, there will be no California port stop this time ’round. More »
First Steps Toward Cleaning Up the Gyre
Hats off to the idealism of youth. Dutch entrepreneur Boyan Slat will leave Hawaii this week aboard Swiftsure, participating in the research phase of the wildly ambitious project that he conceived: The Ocean Cleanup. More »
Still Sailing at 100 Years Old
What did aunt Cornelia want for her 100th birthday? To go sailing with a boatload of close friends, of course. She’s seen here at the helm of the Trilogy VI cat with her son, sailmaker Barry Spanier of West Maui Sails and Canvas. More »
Hartjoy: A Solo Lap After 75,000 Miles
Even on his worst day sailor/adventurer Jeff Hartjoy is a pretty entertaining guy. So we’re sure that his free talk Wednesday night at the Corinthian YC will be both fun and thought-provoking. More »
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