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Sailors to the Rescue

September 4, 2015
In the aftermath of a devastating tropical storm last week that left many residents of the Eastern Caribbean island of Dominica homeless and its airport unusable, Caribbean sailors as well as visiting international cruisers are being asked to help bring in desperately needed supplies. More »

Three Hurricanes Threaten Pacific Islands

August 31, 2015
During the weekend, three Category 4 hurricanes roared across the North Pacific: Kilo (left), Ignacio and Jimena. Fortunately, Ignacio, which is the closest to Hawaii, has now downshifted to a Category 2, with max sustained winds of ‘only’ 105 mph. More »

September Latitudes Out Tomorrow

The September mag comes out tomorrow. Don’t miss it! latitude/Annie
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Believe it or not, we’ve been told by more than a few sailors that they are absolutely addicted to reading Latitude 38 magazine each month, and they can’t wait for the first of the month, when each new issue hits the street. More »

Lessons Learned from Boat Blaze

August 26, 2015
We do our best to keep track of the 200-plus boats that do the annual Pacific Puddle Jump, but once they move beyond French Polynesia many tend to fall off the Latitude radar. More »

Racers-Turned-Researchers Return

August 24, 2015
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

August 17, 2015
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

August 14, 2015
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

August 12, 2015
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 »