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The World’s Greatest Sailing Spectacle

April 3, 2013
A full moon over the Bucket fleet at the quay in Gustavia. © Edmund Gudenas In the past we’ve called the St. Barth Bucket "the greatest sailing spectacle in the world" because of the number of great, large yachts — 11 of them over 155 feet — sailing in nearly ideal tropical conditions. More »

The April Issue is No Joke

April 1, 2013
It’s no joke, the April issue of Latitude 38 is hitting the streets today! Our annual boat show issue is packed to the gunwales with great stuff, starting with the Strictly Sail Pacific show guide tucked neatly within the pages of the magazine. More »

Bucket About to Tip

March 29, 2013
Five J Class yachts wowed crowds in an exhibition race yesterday. © St. Barth Bucket / Ingrid Abery The 18th Annual St. Barth Bucket, three races for yachts from 100 to 289 feet, starts today in building winds. More »
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Swimming with Dolphins and More

Kurt Roll of San Diego recently flew to Auckland to join Dietmar Petutschnig and Suzanne DeBose of the Las Vegas-based Lagoon 440 Carinthia for another season of cruising. For the trip, he packed a new Quadcopter equipped with a GoPro camera for ‘helicopter’ video of their sailing. More »
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Eight Bells for Rick Wood

March 27, 2013
It is with heavy hearts that many Bay Area sailors are learning of the drowning death of local sailor and boatbuilder Rick Wood. His body was reportedly found near him home in Richmond on Sunday. More »

The Floating Boat Show

One of the great things about anchoring off St. Barth is the great boats you get to see. Some are old, some are new, some are big, some are small. It takes all kinds. More »

The Spectacle will Soon Begin

March 25, 2013
Lionheart and Rainbow prepare to go out for some test sailing. latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC St. Barth has been pretty quiet for the last 10 days or so, but that all changed this morning as the St. More »

Jeanne Socrates Passing Cape Leeuwin

As of this morning, Jeanne Socrates’ Najad 380 Nereida was just passing Australia’s Cape Leeuwin. For the last few days Socrates has been dealing with 20-ft seas and gale-force winds, causing her a few headaches in the form of a destroyed wind generator, damaged radar mount and displaced windvane rudder. More »

Bumping into Jim Jessie

March 22, 2013
Jim Jessie welcomed us aboard Nalu last weekend at Clipper Cove. latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC In another installment of ‘You Never Know Who You’ll Bump into at Clipper Cove’, we ran into circumnavigator and Oakland YC Historian Jim Jessie on his classic wooden Grand Banks Alaskan 53 Nalu last weekend. More »

We All Scream for…Sailing

March 20, 2013
Yannick Odenwald tells us how he feels while sailing on his dad’s South Beach-based Catalina 42 Leluya. © 2013 Thomas Odenwald Yeah, us too, buddy! More »