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Sunny Pacific Sail Show
Yes, we know it was a beautiful weekend for sailing and Opening Day. We watched enviously as boats sailed past our booth at the Craneway building while we exhibited at the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show, but we also had a fabulous time chatting with an endless parade of visitors during the busy four-day show. More »
Opening Day
It’s a busy weekend for sailors in the Bay Area. You’ll find most of our staff at our booth at the Pacific Sail & Power Boat Show, where we’ll be schmoozing and showing off our new swag, the Latitude 38 hoodie. More »
Living Aboard in the Bay Area
Whether because of the high cost of housing, dreams of sailing away, or a close-to-nature, live-lightly ethos, numerous Bay Area residents find themselves fortunate enough to live aboard sailboats in the Bay Area. More »
Beat This!
We’d never seen it before, but in April’s Sightings, we featured a story about love on the water. Robert Bauman and Claudia Allison sent in the following photo of their track from a carefully plotted Valentine’s Day sail a few years ago. More »
Major Eye Candy Alert
A visual treat from Day 2 of racing in Les Voiles de St. Barth.
© Christophe Jouany
The ninth Les Voiles de St. Barth has enjoyed two days of spectacular racing, with photo galleries and videos posted on the event’s website, www.lesvoilesdesaintbarth.com. More »
Happy 406 Day
It’s not 4/20 yet, but it is 4/06.
The United States Coast Guard will not be celebrating the former, but they are celebrating the latter. April 6 is known to the Coasties as 406 MHz Day, calling attention to the importance of emergency position indicating radio beacons (known to sailors far and wide as EPIRBs). More »
News Flash: US Sailing to Open Olympic Sailing Center on Treasure Island
What if there was one place where sailors and all of the specialists who support the sport could gather in one place to prepare for the Olympics, kind of like the US Ski Team has in Park City, Utah? More »
Summer Camp
What if you went to camp on the water and not on the land? Most summer camps involve hiking in the woods, bows and arrows, arts and crafts, and other shoreside activities. More »
Have You Seen This Boat?
Jim Cotton sent us this postcard, a little the worse for wear after passing through the hands of the Postal Service. You’ll want to add a .net to the email address shown to make it work. More »
Photo Quiz
Today’s mystery ship. Click on the photo to enlarge it. Thanks to Jeff Berman for sharing it.
© Jeffrey Berman
This tall ship was spotted in the San Francisco Bay Area on Friday. More »
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