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Youth Introduced to Sailing at SSP

April 15, 2013
“Put yer backs into it, ye scurvy urchins!” The Seaward crew instructed Bay Area youth on how to raise sail aboard the schooner. latitude/John A.
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC There was more going on at Strictly Sail Pacific this weekend than just sailors looking for good deals on gear and boats. More »

Ad: Special Price on 120W Panels

April 12, 2013
John & Lynn Ringseis outfitted their BVI-based Leopard 43 Moonshine with our panels. © 2013 Southbound Solar Southbound Solar specializes in solar solutions for sailors — say that three times fast! More »

Learning the Multihull Ropes

April 10, 2013
Sailors, like everyone, are resistant to change. When it was announced that the America’s Cup would be sailed in multihulls, monohull lovers the world over voiced their outrage. But after seeing these fantastic machines do things that once only seemed possible in science fiction, many Luddites are changing their minds and becoming interested in sailing in their own multihulls. More »

Delta Doo Dah DIY Registration Open

April 8, 2013
Everyone is welcome to joing the Delta Doo Dah DIY, so grab all your scurvy dog friends and make plans today! latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Delta Doo Dah has taken a twist this year. More »

Train with Team Artemis

No, you won’t win a ride on Artemis’s AC72, but you will get to breakfast with the team and ride along on . . . © Sander van der Borch / Artemis Racing America’s Cup fans take note! More »

A MOD 70 at the America’s Cup

April 3, 2013
A MOD70 will be coming to the Bay in time for this summer’s America’s Cup racing. © Yvan Zedda MultiOneDesign After Oracle’s AC72 flipped last October, we wrote a long and partially tongue-in-cheek editorial that the ultra-high-tech but untested AC72s should be immediately replaced — at Larry Ellison’s expense — with the much-less-expensive, ocean-tested, soft-sailed MOD 70 trimarans, which are darn near as fast as the AC72s. More »

The World’s Greatest Sailing Spectacle

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 »
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Swimming with Dolphins and More

March 29, 2013
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 »