General Sailing
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
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 »
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
The marina at Coral Hotel and Marina just a few miles north of downtown Ensenada.
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© 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 »
© 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 »
Boat Show Seminars Educate & Entertain
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
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 »
The Dreadful Impoundment Fiasco In Mexico Endures
Despite the fervent wishes of almost everyone, most of the 338 foreign owned boats impounded in eight Mexican marinas as a result of AGACE actions in late November are still impounded. More »
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 »
Uncertain Future for the New Ditch
From the visitor’s center at the Miraflores Locks, tourists observe the painfully slow process of ships transitting the original Panama Canal.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Considering the legendary difficulties that both the French and Americans endured while building the original Panama Canal a century ago, it’s not surprising that construction of a new set of locks — originally slated to open this summer — has fallen substantially behind schedule. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Considering the legendary difficulties that both the French and Americans endured while building the original Panama Canal a century ago, it’s not surprising that construction of a new set of locks — originally slated to open this summer — has fallen substantially behind schedule. More »
Hundreds of Foreign Boats Remain Impounded In Mexico
It’s going on six weeks now that over 300 foreign-owned boats remain impounded in Mexican marinas following a sub-agency of the Mexican IRS conducting audit/raids on at least eight marinas. Thanks to their dubious auditing techniques and lack of familiarity with Mexican and US law, the agency saw fit to impound 338 out of 1,600 boats. More »
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