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Hard to Find (What Is This Thing?)
Bob Adams of the Ericson 35 Escape wrote, "Have you seen one of these before?"
Know where to find one of these? Know what this whatchamacallit even is? Bob Adams would sure like to know. More »
Last Call at the Bar
Last call in this case is March 30, and the ‘bars’ in question are the harbor entrance bars to Crescent City Harbor, Humboldt Bay, Noyo River and Morro Bay.
Coast Guard assets in Humboldt Bay during heavy surf in January 2016. More »
Keeping Sailing a ‘SafeSport’
Unlike in some other sports, we haven’t heard of any reports of sexual harassment or assault at sanctioned sailboat races. But better safe than sorry. On March 7, Matthew Hill, the race administration director of US Sailing, sent the following email to the race officials the national organization certifies:
"This is to bring you up to speed on SafeSport training, which you may have already heard about. More »
Spring Is Coming
How do we know? Besides all of the allergy sneezing, a quick look at the Northern California Racing Calendar shows nine separate events scheduled for Saturday and five more on Sunday.
When we looked at the weather earlier in the week, it looked like the gods were reserving the weekend for sailors. More »
Save Yourself First
A few weeks ago we reported on an unfortunate incident near the entrance to the Oakland Estuary. On the very blustery Sunday of February 11, the Harbor 25 pictured below simply ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time. More »
That Sinking Feeling
These are good days to own a sailboat. Adding to concerns that sea level rise will inundate much of the shoreline, there is mounting concern that, at the same time, the shoreline is sinking into the sea. More »
Westpoint Harbor Update
Latitude 38 reader and Westpoint Harbor supporter Bob Wilson wrote to remind us about the next BCDC meeting concerning West Point Harbor. "Thank you again for helping to inform your readers of the overreach of the BCDC. More »
She’s Got Your Back
San Francisco Bay and the Gulf of the Farallones offer spectacular and exciting sailing. But occasionally things get too exciting. All boaters venturing out into these waters should take every precaution to be well informed about conditions, well prepared in their vessel and gear, and well skilled in seamanship. More »
New Alameda Cruising Opportunity
One thing experienced cruisers know is that once you reach port your mobility can be limited to walking, public transit or cab services. But, if you were to cruise Alameda and find a guest slip at one of the many marinas there or have reciprocal privileges at one of the six Alameda yacht clubs, you’d be able to cruise the island with a new option: Lime Bike. More »
See You at Our Crew Party Tonight
We want you to come to our Crew List Party tonight!
latitude/Chris
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Golden Gate Yacht Club on the San Francisco Marina has once again offered their beautiful clubhouse for Latitude 38’s Spring Crew List Party, tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Golden Gate Yacht Club on the San Francisco Marina has once again offered their beautiful clubhouse for Latitude 38’s Spring Crew List Party, tonight from 6 to 9 p.m. More »
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