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Getting Hot Over Stoves
The first Dickinson stove the Seybolds received was all dented up. This was the second. Mind you, this is a $2,000 stove. The question is, will they get a usable stove in time to cook their Thanksgiving turkey? More »
Militants Release Abducted Sailor
After being held captive for nearly a year by Philippine militants, Norwegian sailor and business manager Kjartan Sekkingstad was released Saturday, much to the relief of family and friends. The release was reportedly spurred by the Philippine government’s ongoing military operations against Sekkingstad’s Abu Sayyaf captors. More »
Murder at a Cruiser Center in Mexico
This photo shows Marina Riviera Nayarit, just after it opened a few years back, and the town of La Cruz. With a new four-lane highway making La Cruz the gateway to Punta Mita, and construction about to begin on the town’s first multi-story waterfront hotel, La Cruz is becoming an ever more busy place. More »
More Ta-Ta Wind Would Be Nice
Santa Cruz Island was moody the first two days the Ta-Ta fleet was there. But the day the fleet left, it was sunny and bright.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Wind for the first three SoCal Ta-Ta’s — the Baja Ha-Ha-style cruisers’ rally from Santa Barbara to Catalina with stops at Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands Harbor and Paradise Cove — was mostly excellent. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Wind for the first three SoCal Ta-Ta’s — the Baja Ha-Ha-style cruisers’ rally from Santa Barbara to Catalina with stops at Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands Harbor and Paradise Cove — was mostly excellent. More »
It’s Ta-Ta Time Again
Petra Svehlove, one of the crew on Profligate, leads the 95 Ta-Ta participants in the conga line of life, a Ta-Ta tradition, before dinner at the Santa Barbara YC.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re going to kick off a weeklong cruising event in Southern California with a dinner, could there be a better place than on the beach directly below the Santa Barbara YC? More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re going to kick off a weeklong cruising event in Southern California with a dinner, could there be a better place than on the beach directly below the Santa Barbara YC? More »
San Carlos/Guaymas Boats Suffer Most from Newton
A number of boats were sunk and destroyed, and many more damaged, as hurricane and then tropical storm Newton hit southern Baja and moved on over toward San Carlos/Guaymas between Tuesday and Wednesday. More »
Hurricane Newton Takes Its Toll
There was some hurricane Newton damage to the palapas at Medano Beach at Cabo, but nothing serious.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Two of the five crew aboard a Mexican shrimp boat in the Sea of Cortez reportedly died after the vessel they were on capsized during the height of hurricane Newton early on Tuesday morning. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC Two of the five crew aboard a Mexican shrimp boat in the Sea of Cortez reportedly died after the vessel they were on capsized during the height of hurricane Newton early on Tuesday morning. More »
UPDATE: Newton Crushes Boats at Fonatur Marina
It’s always hoped that tropical storms and hurricanes lose their punch the farther north they get, but that wasn’t the case with Newton. He hit the Fonatur Marina at San Carlos hard, sinking a number of boats and tearing up docks. More »
SPECIAL REPORT: Hurricane Newton Hits Baja
As this graphic shows, the eye of Hurricane Newton was traveling up the western side of the Baja Peninsula early this morning. However, it is expected to arc toward the north tonight, then travel northeast across the Sea of Cortez and onto the Mexico mainland sometime tomorrow. More »
La Playa del Amor Reopens. Sort of.
A fantasy image constructed in Photoshop? No, while somewhat distorted by a fisheye lens, this geographical anomaly is 100% real.
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©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Marieta Islands National Park, which includes La Playa del Amor — aka Hidden Beach aka Beach of Love — and is located at the mouth of Banderas Bay some 12 miles from Puerto Vallarta, has reopened. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The Marieta Islands National Park, which includes La Playa del Amor — aka Hidden Beach aka Beach of Love — and is located at the mouth of Banderas Bay some 12 miles from Puerto Vallarta, has reopened. More »
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