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Note to ‘Classy’ Advertisers

February 14, 2014
Sellers make note: If you want your ad to appear in March edition, you have to submit it by 5 p.m. Saturday. latitude/Annie
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re planning to submit a Classy Classified for the March issue of Latitude 38, be aware that the deadline is this Saturday. More »

Busman’s Holiday in the Ol’ Carib

February 7, 2014
Blasting along the Sir Francis Drake Channel with a bone in her teeth, the lovely Liberty Star, illustrates that along with modern racer-cruisers, bareboats and megayachts, you can still find traditional sailing craft in Eastern Caribbean waters. More »

The Overflowing Bucket; the ‘ti and You

There are a lot of great regattas in the Caribbean, and depending on the criteria, many could vie for the title of ‘the best’. But if the criteria is a ‘spectacle of huge sailing yachts’, none in the Caribbean, let alone the world, can compare with the St. More »

Mindboggling Worldwide Currents

February 5, 2014
We warn you that studying the flow of currents all over the planet can be transfixing. © Earth Wind Map We recently reported on the development of the Earth Wind Map, which is one of the most fascinating depictions of natural phenomena that we’ve ever seen. More »
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More Impounded Boats “Liberated” in Mexico

Jonathan Cervantes, the very helpful harbormaster at Cruise Port Marina in Ensenada, reports that all but about "nine or 10" of the 42 mostly foreign-owned boats that were impounded at his marina since late November have now been "liberated." More »

Thirty More Foreign Yachts “Liberated” in Mexico

February 3, 2014
The marina at Coral Hotel and Marina just a few miles north of downtown Ensenada. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Following the liberation of all 53 impounded boats at Marina Riviera Nayarit in La Cruz last Thursday, we’ve been told that approximately 30 out of 50 boats impounded at Marina Coral in Ensenada were released a day or so later. More »
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Boat Show Seminars Educate & Entertain

January 22, 2014
Since you’re reading ‘Lectronic Latitude, we’d guess that you respect our staff’s slant on nautical issues. If that’s so, we’ll remind you that both Managing Editor Andy Turpin and Associate Publisher John Arndt will be presenting seminars this week. More »

Making a Hard Bimini Out of an Impoundment

January 20, 2014
The Wanderer and Dona de Mallorca are heeding the advice ‘if you’ve got lemons, make lemonade.’ In our case, Latitude 38’s 63-ft catamaran Profligate remains impounded by AGACE, so we’re using the going-on-six-weeks-now impoundment to have a hard bimini made for the cockpit. More »
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Bismark Dinius’ Federal Lawsuit Settled

We are thrilled to report that a Federal lawsuit brought by sailor Bismarck Dinius, now 45, has been settled in his favor.  Regular readers will recall the bizarre case of sailor Lynn Thornton’s tragic death during a nighttime sail on Clear Lake on April 29, 2006. More »