General Sailing
Dinghies for Sale or Rent
"Cruisers in the Sea of Cortez have been pretty casual about securing their dinghies overnight, usually just tying them to the stern of the mothership," writes Jon Doornink of the Puerto Escondido-based Morgan Out-Island 37 Seadream. More »
Big Fun on Little Boats
Dennis Olson of Santa Rosa sent us the following report about having big fun aboard little boats on Tomales Bay.
“I think we should launch,” said Dave McEligot, the best sailor of the group. More »
The Biggest Antigua Classic in Memory
If you’re going to have a classic regatta, there are few better places than Antigua’s historic English and Falmouth Harbors.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Ira Epstein — long of Bolinas, and more recently of St. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Ira Epstein — long of Bolinas, and more recently of St. More »
Two Siblings Survive Long Swim
Two siblings are lucky to be alive today after the charter boat they were on sank out from under them. San Franciscan Dan Suski, 30, and his Seattlite sister Kate, 39, had chartered a fishing boat off the north coast of St. More »
Strangers in the Night
"At about 2:45 a.m. on April 20, Bridget woke up hearing what she thought was someone on the foredeck," reports Bruce Eastman of the Brisbane-based Alberg 35 Sojourn. The boat was berthed at the small 20-slip San Blas Marina rather than anchoring in nearby Mantanchen Bay, where there have been thefts recently on cruising boats. More »
Competition Heating Up for TransPac
Ex-Gitana 12, now named Tritium, has set her sights on breaking the very soft TransPac record.
© Yvan Zedda / Gitana 12
In a recent ‘Lectronic about Lloyd Thornburg’s Gunboat 66 Phaedo leaving the Caribbean for the July start of the TransPac, we wrote that it was too bad their only competition going to Hawaii would be a Lagoon 45 cruising cat. More »
Oracle Team USA Launches 2nd AC72
Sleek, sexy and apparently faster than its predecessor, the new #17 is the latest speed machine purpose-built to defend the America’s Cup for Oracle Team USA.
© Guilain Grenier / Oracle Team USA
Among well-funded America’s Cup teams, it’s been a longtime tradition to build at least two boats so that different design subtleties can be assessed during boat-on-boat training sessions. More »
Yeah, But Will They Use It on the Bay?
American entreprenuer James Clark founded several very successful Silicon Valley technology companies, including Silicon Graphics and Netscape, and after he did, got into sailing in a big way. After striking it big, he moved up from a Baltic 55 to the 156-ft sloop Hyperion. More »
A Mid-Ocean Proposal
During a passage of nearly 3,000 miles it’s a thrill to break up the daily routine with an equator-crossing celebration.
Hydroquest
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Novice sailor Katie Flynn undoubtedly knew in advance that her crewmates aboard the Vancouver-based Beneteau First 40 Hydroquest were planning an equator-crossing celebration while en route to French Polynesia. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Novice sailor Katie Flynn undoubtedly knew in advance that her crewmates aboard the Vancouver-based Beneteau First 40 Hydroquest were planning an equator-crossing celebration while en route to French Polynesia. More »
New Annual Fee for Documentation
If your boat is federally documented — as opposed to simply being registered in your state — expect to start paying a new $26 annual fee to renew. The fees are based on the actual costs of processing nearly a quarter million renewals annually. More »
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