General Sailing
Puddle Jumpers Disabled In Mid-Ocean
Pictured here prior to their departure from their homeport, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Randy and Dawn Ortiz spent two years in Western Caribbean waters prior to setting sail recently for French Polynesia. More »
To Do: Buy Tickets & Reserve Slip
Hangin’ out in McCovey Cove hoping that a home-run ball will come your way is always fun. But we like our combo plan better: daysail, tailgate party, inside-the-park seating, then a sleepover at South Beach. More »
Gavel Down at Nelson Marine’s Auction
It says something about the quality of the boats in a liquidation sale when the specialist marine auctioneer is more excited about a handful of ancient cars than dozens of vessels. More »
Four Storms Rock South Pacific
In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Pam, international yachts lie piled against the seawall of Vanuatu’s capital. The president claims climate change is to blame.
© UNICEF / CNN
The simultaneous development of four powerful tropical storms late last week must have left some meteorologists thinking they’d stumbled into a Hollywood doomsday thriller — or were having their worst nightmare. More »
Breaching Whale Kills Tourist
Despite the best efforts of the RIB’s crew and passengers, and emergency response personnel, the Canadian vacationer did not survive the incident.
PROFEPA
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Canadian tourist Jennifer Karren, 35, was thrown overboard Wednesday when a breaching whale collided with the large RIB (rigid-hulled inflatable) that she was riding aboard in waters off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Canadian tourist Jennifer Karren, 35, was thrown overboard Wednesday when a breaching whale collided with the large RIB (rigid-hulled inflatable) that she was riding aboard in waters off Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. More »
A Float Plan Can Save Your Life
Coast Guard search-and-rescue (SAR) personnel have told us they’re always elated when they’re able to bring stranded or injured mariners home safely. But that elation is offset by all the times that mariners in peril are never found, despite exhaustive efforts by SAR personnel. More »
Who Ya Gonna Call?
If the Polar Star hadn’t been temporarily deployed to McMurdo Station, it’s not clear how the stranded Aussie fishermen might have been rescued.
© 2015 Petty Officer 1st Class George Degener / USCG
We’ve got to hand it to the US Coast Guard. More »
Are You Too Connected?
For most sailors it used to be that part of the attraction of getting out on the water was to escape the rat race and all its trappings, such as phones, faxes, computers and buzz-killing news broadcasts. More »
Friends on the Water
Few forms in nature are more gracefully streamlined than a dolphin cutting through the water.
Hula Girl
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC As Wayne Zittel of J World Performance Sailing School points out below, sometimes unexpected encounters can be the highlight of an offshore sail. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC As Wayne Zittel of J World Performance Sailing School points out below, sometimes unexpected encounters can be the highlight of an offshore sail. More »
Mystery Revealed
We received many responses to Wednesday’s Mystery Photo quiz — some correct, some incorrect, and some creative. Among our favorites was Jeff Cook’s: "The latest idea for revamping latitude and longitude. More »
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