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Hungry for the Rich
According to sharks, rich people just taste better than poor people.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Here’s a photo to give a belly laugh to those who are envious of the obscenely wealthy crowd that owns mega-yachts. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Here’s a photo to give a belly laugh to those who are envious of the obscenely wealthy crowd that owns mega-yachts. More »
Sunken Barge to Be Removed
Working together, the US Coast Guard, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Office of Spill Prevention and Response, the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, Vortex Marine Construction and the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) District are planning for the removal of the sunken 112-ft freight barge Vengeance. The More »
Outfitting Opinions
It’s that time of year when hundreds of West Coast sailors are having to make decisions — some of them quite expensive — about how to outfit their boats for Mexico and perhaps the South Pacific and beyond. More »
SoCal Ta-Ta, 12; Baja Ha-Ha, 104
The Ta-Ta starts with a free kickoff dinner for each skipper and first mate on the beach at the Santa Barbara YC. It’s also possible to reserve a slip in Santa Barbara prior to the event, but it has to be done through the Ta-Ta. More »
Singlehander’s Fate a Mystery
Most of the 204 boats registered with the Pacific Puddle Jump have now made landfall safely in the archipelagos of French Polynesia, but the fate of singlehander Richard Carr, 71, remains a mystery. More »
Cruising Great Loses Second Boat
For 12 years and 60,000 ocean miles, Jack van Ommen demonstrated that it’s almost impossible to be too old or too poor to cruise.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jack van Ommen has lost his second Naja 30 cruising boat Fleetwood after a grounding on Mink Island, Virginia, at 4 a.m. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jack van Ommen has lost his second Naja 30 cruising boat Fleetwood after a grounding on Mink Island, Virginia, at 4 a.m. More »
Change in Authority over Port Captains
There has been a change in the supervision of port captains in Mexico. This according to Tere Grossman, the longtime head of the Mexican Marina Owners Association.
Historically, the Mexican navy — and port captains — have been good to cruisers. More »
West Marine: The Voyage Continues
Yesterday, West Marine announced it had been acquired by Monomoy Capital Partners. As an alternate Silicon Valley, ‘started-in-a-garage’ story, West Marine began as ‘West Coast Ropes’, and was founded in 1968, by Randy Repass in a Sunnyvale garage after he left Fairchild Semiconductor. More »
Lookin’ Good on Lake Tahoe
Donald Mcllraith sent in this sweet shot of the crew of Blue Dream, a Melges 24, hiking out on during the Trans-Tahoe Race. We’ll have more in the August issue of Latitude 38; in the meantime, check out results here. More »
Yucca Sails On
In 2017 Yucca is celebrating both her 80th birthday and a new ‘caretaker’ to follow Hank Easom’s 53-year stewardship. Among the good news is that the new owner, Bay Area resident Mike Zolezzi, will keep her close to home and sail her from the familiar waters of the Sausalito waterfront. More »
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