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‘Balclutha’ Is Built to Last
These days, when it seems like the washing machine you bought last week is already broken, it’s a little mind blowing that a 131-year-old sailing ship looks like she was launched yesterday. More »
Wheels on Dinghies for Mexico
Even with dinghy wheels, it was a bit of a struggle for John and Gilly of Destiny to get their dinghy up the gravel beach at Punta Mita. Without wheels, it likely would have been impossible. More »
Texas Boaters Brace for Hurricane Harvey
We were on the phone with a marine insurance company in Florida yesterday when they mentioned they’d just received a call from a client in Texas. The client went out of his way to notify the company that he was overnighting his insurance payment. More »
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The Long Way
We were walking down the dock at Schoonmaker Point Marina in Sausalito when Colin Cashmore of the Dickson 60 Avant Garde popped his head out of the fo’c’sle. He told us that he and his wife Marion had been in town just one week after a brisk sail down from Seattle. More »
Seriously? Another Navy Collision?
We still can’t believe this morning’s New York Times headline: Rescuers Seek 10 Missing Sailors After US Navy Ship and Tanker Collide. We first thought it was a follow-up about the recent collision of the USS Fitzgerald in June, but today’s Times story involved a completely different destroyer, the apparently ‘unguided’ guided-missile destroyer John S. More »
The 2017/2018 Clipper Race Starts
They won’t arrive on the West Coast of the US until April, but the 12 boats in the current edition of the Clipper Round the World Race started yesterday in Liverpool, England. More »
Baja Ha-Ha Deadline and Crew Party
If you’re dreaming of heading south this fall, one of the best ways to make it a reality is by signing up for the 2017 Baja Ha-Ha. Already 126 boats have signed up, and many more will join them by the September 15 deadline. More »
RBOC Opposes Twin Tunnels
The headline above may sound as if it should be really old news, but apparently it’s not. On August 4, Pacific Inter-Club Yacht Association commodore Linda Blue wrote: "I would like to share the following press release from Recreational Boaters of California. More »
Internet at the Islands
There is no Internet at Santa Cruz Island. If there were, we can imagine the number of boats anchored there in the summer would dramatically increase.
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©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Several entries for this year’s Baja Ha-Ha — there are currently 123 — have indicated they plan on spending some of the fall at the Channel Islands. More »
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC Several entries for this year’s Baja Ha-Ha — there are currently 123 — have indicated they plan on spending some of the fall at the Channel Islands. More »
Diamond Head Lighthouse Turns 100
The 14th District of the US Coast Guard has been commemorating the 100th anniversary of Oahu’s Diamond Head Lighthouse, "a cultural icon and landmark," this summer. Diamond Head, which is featured on the cover of Latitude 38’s August issue, has been welcoming mariners to Oahu for centuries; the light has made the welcome safer. More »
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