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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 »
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 »
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