Maritime History
Use the Map to Get Lost at Copperfield’s Books
'Latitude 38's distribution map is to help the magazine get found, so you can get lost.
Sailing-Art Mystery Solved by ‘Latitude 38’ Readers!
'Latitude' readers love solving sailing mysteries. This time they succeeded in identifying an unknown boat, in some unknown time and place.
A New Life for the Herreshoff Ketch ‘Arua’
A mahogany beauty now in new hands in Redwood City.
Captain Mary Patten of ‘Neptune’s Car’
No history of women in sailing is complete without the story of 19-year-old Mary Patten, who captained a 216-ft clipper from somewhere near Cape Horn to San Francisco in 1856.
Can You Help Identify This Mystery Sailing Art?
Can you help our reader identify this art and artist?
David Crosby — Harmony at Sea
Crosby's connection to the sea and sailing often appeared in his music, but his actual sailing life, while tightly woven and well known along the coast of California, was less well known to his worldwide fan base.
Cyril Kollock Reflects on His Grandfathers’s 110 Sailing Days
A recent 'Good Jibes' podcast with Millie Biller, about 110 sailing, led to a few beautiful old photos of another 110 sailor's life in the 1950s.
Sausalito Working Waterfront Victorious Over Housing Threat
The City of Sausalito has voted to preserve its working waterfront and shift its housing focus to another part of town.
Singer/Sailor David Crosby Sails Off on Final Voyage
Rock legend David Crosby passed yesterday, leaving behind a revered musical legacy and a long, sailing love affair with the schooner 'Mayan.'
Good Jibes #74: Alan Olson on Building Tall Ships
Hear what goes into building a tall ship, how to sail from Minnesota to the Caribbean, abandon ship, dodge hurricanes and winter, and about Alan’s five years at a Buddhist monastery.
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