It isn’t the Bay Bridge in the morning, but the St. Barth commute in the morning has its drawbacks, too.  latitude/Richard
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC East Blithedale in Mill Valley. The Maze in the East Bay. More »

Here is one terrific photo of a cruising boat. El Gato
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Our nomination for the Best Cruising Boat Photo so far this year goes to Eric Witt and Annie Gardner’s San Diego-based (but never been there) Catana 47 El Gato, which they bought in France a few years back. More »

At the celebration on a sunny afternoon, Emily Abbink and Paul Rangell played Italian folk music from Merlin’s cockpit. latitude/Chris
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC On Sunday, Mother Nature smiled upon Santa Cruz for the blessing, recommissioning and 40th birthday party of Merlin, Bill Lee’s ‘Fast Is Fun’ 68-ft sled. More »

 Frank Slootman was a happy man after launching, sailing and christening the new Invisible Hand for the debut season of the Pac 52 class.   latitude/John
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC With the mid-February deliver of Frank Slootman’s all-carbon rocket ship Invisible Hand to San Francisco Bay, the dream of building a West Coast Pac52 fleet has taken giant step closer to becoming a reality. More »

It’s just our opinion of course, but isn’t Sailing Yacht A ugly on a stick? (Actually three sticks.) © 2017 Karle Horn Mainstream news sources are reporting that authorities in Gibraltar seized one of the largest and most advanced super-yachts in the world over an unsettled bill. More »

When racing everyone likes to be on the right side of a lift, and the US Sailing National Sailing Programs Symposium was on the right side. The NSPS, which concluded Saturday, is where passionate sailing program instructors and leaders go to inform and energize their upcoming season. More »

For the third year in a row, Lloyd Thornburg’s St. Barth/Santa Fe/Newport Beach-based MOD70 trimaran Phaedo3 has taken elapsed-time honors in the grueling RORC Caribbean 600 race. And for the second year in a row, he and his crew, led by co-skipper Brian Thompson, held off a strong challenge from another MOD70. More »

The view of the start of the Caribbean 600, as viewed from Block House. There were 77 entries.  latitude/Richard
©2017Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re going to watch the start of a yacht race, as opposed to being on one of the boats, there isn’t a much better place than Antigua’s Block House for the start of the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s Caribbean 600. More »

Recovery efforts for an Etchells oopsy. © Jillian Humphreys This Jimmy Warfield Etchells, owned by two board members of Stockton Sailing Club, looks as if it was knocked over in one of the storms that have been pummeling California, but actually what happened is that someone drove off with the hoist still attached to the boat’s lifting harness. More »

On Tuesday, the Coast Guard issued a warning to mariners about debris in the California Delta. In this photo, marine debris surrounds a navigation daymark in the Sacramento River. © 2017 Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory Mendenhall / USCG Aids to Navigation Team Given that this is one of the rainiest winters on record in the Bay Area, no one should be surprised to see abnormally large amounts of storm-generated debris in waterways and marinas throughout the San Francisco Bay and Delta — debris that could easily damage or disable both powerboats and sailboats.  More »