Happy Monday, Latitude Nation. Here in the Bay Area, we’re already making plans for next weekend. This coming Saturday, July 21, Angel Island will be hosting movie night, showing the Disney/Pixar feature Coco. More »

When describing summer sailing on San Francisco Bay, sailing instructors often compare it to ski areas with the ‘black diamond’ trails along the windy Cityfront, the ‘blue squares’ perhaps over between Angel Island and Belvedere and Sausalito, and the ‘Green Circles’ in the Oakland estuary or in the lee of Angel Island or Tiburon. More »

The four divisions of Pacific Cup Monday starters scored a beautiful day for a sail on the Bay, but made sure it was short-lived by dashing for the Gate and pointing southwest as they latched onto the reaching conditions to propel them west. More »

As noted in the story above, the day you start a race can have a big impact on how you finish. You ready the factors that you can control. You prepare your boat, crew, meals, and strategy, and fine-tune everything for the 2070-mile race to Hawaii. More »

It’s a busy time of year for the Pacific. With so many sailing events leaving the West Coast, the sea life might be sensing an invasion from their landbound descendants.   The Pacific Puddle Jumpers left the West Coast earlier in the spring, while the Singlehanded TransPac racers are beginning to arrive in Hanalei Bay. More »

The 2018 hurricane season has just begun, and there already appears to be a significant hurricane heading to the West Indies. On its current projected course, Hurricane Beryl is headed for Dominica, which was devastated last fall by Hurricane Maria. More »

If one of your favorite sailing ditties is "What do you do with a drunken sailor…" you should know the Coast Guard has an answer. The Coast Guard wants everyone to know that USCG units throughout Northern California, alongside other law enforcement agencies, are scheduled to increase boating safety patrols Friday through Sunday in support of Operation Dry Water, a nationwide effort to increase enforcement of boating-under-the-influence laws. More »

For 41 years, Latitude 38 has religiously delivered our monthly magazine on the first of each month. Except when we don’t. This is one of those months. Through no fault of our own, the first is on a Sunday, so we’d rather be sailing than driving magazines all over the place. More »

We take our hats off to the many readers who manage to get down to the waterfront to pick up the latest issue of Latitude 38. We’ve also been sending some hats (or T-shirts) to lucky readers who’ve come across our ‘Lucky Day’ flyer, which — like a Golden Ticket — we occasionally tuck into a few copies of the magazine. More »

This past weekend saw full-on sailing with plenty of options for everyone. Despite the Bay Area’s notorious reputation for heavy summer winds and fog, last weekend presented a full spectrum of conditions. More »