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Joyon & Crew Restart Record Attempt
The crew of IDEC Sport waved farewell this morning as they relaunched their attempt to be the fastest to sail around the world.
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At 08:19:00 UTC in the first glimmer of dawn light this morning, IDEC Sport crossed the start line off Ushant (Ouessant) Island in the English Channel. More »
It Was a Beauty of a Blast
Greig and Leslie Olson’s Napa-based Brown Searunner 31 trimaran Doggone heads out toward the center of Banderas Bay during the light-air first race of the Blast. The Olsons have done the SoCal Ta-Ta, the Ha-Ha, and the Blast, completing a trifecta. More »
Imprisoned Cruiser in Legal Limbo
On Thursday, the government of Tonga officially requested extradition of American cruiser Dean Jay Fletcher, 54, to stand trial in that island nation’s capital, Nuku’alofa, for the alleged murder of his Canadian wife Patricia Linne Kearney last summer. More »
Skin So Soft Bugs the Bugs
For decades, Avon Skin So Soft Bath Oil has been touted as an excellent ‘underground’ insect repellent by many of those who have used it in the tropics and in forested areas. More »
The Case of the Missing AIS Returns
Footloose didn’t have any problem with her AIS at night, but when she turned on her tricolor, boats started to disappear.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC AIS — Automatic Identifcation System — is one of the greatest safety inventions for the modern mariner. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC AIS — Automatic Identifcation System — is one of the greatest safety inventions for the modern mariner. More »
Yes or No on Watermakers?
Unlike Profligate, ‘ti Profligate in the Caribbean does not have a watermaker. So when the latter is taken to the water dock in St. Barth, Doña de Mallorca overcompensates by filling every container on the boat with water. More »
Bay Ship Buys Svendsen’s
There has been plenty of unsettling news lately concerning the Alameda Marina complex, but Bay Ship’s acquisition of Svendsen’s is largely seen as positive.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC In most corners of the sailing world, a boatyard changing hands would not be particularly earthshaking news. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC In most corners of the sailing world, a boatyard changing hands would not be particularly earthshaking news. More »
Emergency Cruiser Blood Drive
An urgent request for type A-negative blood was broadcast to the Banderas Bay cruising fleet via VHF on Sunday, November 26, by Dick Markie, harbormaster at Paradise Village Marina.
The blood was desperately needed for Liz Barrow, wife of former Vallarta YC Commodore Andy Barrow. More »
Atlantic Chock-a-Block with Yachts
Most of the boats coming across the Atlantic in November-December rallies are cruising boats, such as the Lagoon 450 Spirit, the first of the ARC+ boats to finish. They made it in 13 days and change, although it’s unclear how much they motored. More »
Avoid the Baja Ha-Ha
The Grand Poobah might be biased, of course, but to his way of thinking, the Baja Ha-Ha is "all about" small boats on a big, blue, warm ocean and cruisers making all kinds of new friends. More »
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