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The Wanderer’s Health Care Review
Dr. Olga is not only restoring the Wanderer to health, she’s restoring his faith in humanity, which is even more important.
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©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC There is a Mexican woman who has partially restored the Wanderer’s faith in humanity. More »
©2016Latitude 38 Media, LLC There is a Mexican woman who has partially restored the Wanderer’s faith in humanity. More »
Caribbean Cold Case Cracked
A 75-year-old former sailor from Northern California has been arrested in the case of two 25-year-olds who were killed and dumped off a boat in 1978. A resident of Paradise, CA, Silas Duane Boston was indicted last week in US District Court in Sacramento. More »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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