General Sailing
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 »
Bolt Cutters or Dremel Tool
Here’s the situation: The lock used to keep your outboard from being stolen has corroded over the years, so when you try to turn the key, it breaks off inside the lock. More »
Foreign Boat Impoundment Story Goes Mainstream
If you’re tired of reading about the foreign boat impoundment fiasco in Mexico, you can imagine how sick we are of writing about it. But we’ll soldier on until there is a resolution. More »
Sample Letters to Officials & the Media
For the sake of American and Canadian boat owners, the country of Mexico, marine businesses and workers in Mexico, and marine businesses and workers on the west coast of the United States, we beseech you to take a few minutes to send your thoughts to Mexican and US officials, as well as the US media. More »
Ring in the New Year with Latitude 38
Whether your style of sailing finds you riding the rail or perched in a cozy corner of the cockpit, our January publications hold lots of great info for you.
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©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Northern California sailors are getting an editorial ‘twofer’ today, as both the January edition of Latitude 38 and the 2014 Racing Calendar & YRA Master Schedule are being distributed today in the Bay Area and beyond. More »
©2013 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Northern California sailors are getting an editorial ‘twofer’ today, as both the January edition of Latitude 38 and the 2014 Racing Calendar & YRA Master Schedule are being distributed today in the Bay Area and beyond. More »
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