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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!
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©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 »
Chillin’
The weather gods have been kind to San Francisco Bay this winter. Besides a few blustery days and the odd raindrop or two it’s been pretty pleasant sailing all winter when there’s been enough wind to sail. More »
We Have a Winner
"I’m feeling lucky that I won a shirt! Headed from Santa Rosa to Aptos we stopped in at St. Francis Yacht Club for a quick visit. As usual, I grabbed Latitude 38 for some good reading and daydreaming. More »
Active Weekend at Berkeley YC
Checking out the weekend events in our annual Northern California YRA racing calendar, we that noticed this Sunday has just three events on the schedule and all three are at Berkeley Yacht Club! More »
‘Maserati’ Smashes Tea Route Record
It’s no surprise. We expected this. They’d been on target right out of the gate. And we were rooting for them.
Maserati crossed the ‘finish line’ under the Queen Elizabeth II bridge in London, just a few hours ago. More »
Garbage Patch Cleanup Starts Here
The Ocean Cleanup Project, founded by Boyan Slat in the Netherlands in 2013, started as an idea to remove plastic from the world’s oceans and is now becoming a reality on the shores of Alameda. More »
Fujin Capsizes, Crew Rescued
It’s been a wild ride this week in the RORC Caribbean 600. Seattle’s Greg Slyngstad was racing his Bieker 53 Fujin in the complex 600-mile tour of 11 islands when his catamaran capsized on Monday night close to Saba Island. More »
Bummer Balloons or Fun MOB Drill?
A reader sent us a snippet the other day about finding plastic ‘decorations’ on the water. As any sailor knows, trash in our waters is a nagging problem. Even though most longtime Bay Area residents recognize that our local waters have dramatically improved over the last three decades, there’s still plenty of trash to be found on any given day of sailing. More »
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