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Lending Club 2’s Astonishing Feat
The Lending Club 2 crew picked their ideal weather window and sailed past Point Fermin in San Pedro to start their L.A.-Honolulu record attempt on Wednesday.
© 2015 Jeremy Leonard / Sail Revolution
Can a sailboat really cross the 2,215 miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu in less than four days? More »
The Diesel Engine Dilemma
‘ti Profligate has two Yanmar 56-hp engines, both with over 10,000 hours. Yet they are still running strong and don’t burn oil.
latitude/Richard
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Should diesel engines be operated differently when they get older? More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Should diesel engines be operated differently when they get older? More »
Category 1 Hurricane to Hit CA Next Week?
One weather model predicts a tropical storm hitting Ensenada and maybe Southern California next Friday. We’ll bet a nickel it doesn’t.
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We’re not sure where Mark Michelson got the accompanying weather map, which he says "depicts a Category 4/5 hurricane that had turned the corner down around Cabo. More »
What’s Up With Cabo Fuel Prices?
Lying at the tip of the Baja Peninsula, Cabo San Lucas is a logical stop for cruisers when heading both south and north. But a new fuel dock charge there has some sailors fuming. More »
Free Use of 45-ft Cat in the Caribbean?
Virgin Gorda would make a nice stop on the way to Antigua.
BVI Tourism
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nine years, the Wanderer’s Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate is exiting her yacht management program in the British Virgin Islands on July 27. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nine years, the Wanderer’s Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate is exiting her yacht management program in the British Virgin Islands on July 27. More »
L’Hydroptère Record Attempt
Smokin’! L’Hydroptère sprints west in her attempt to break the outright L.A.-to-Honolulu record.
LHydroptère/Scuttlebutt
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the most prestigious passage records in the sport of sailing is being challenged this week: The 60-ft foiling trimaran L’Hydroptère sprinted west from San Pedro’s Point Fermin Monday in an attempt to break the 2,215-mile L.A.-to-Honolulu More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC One of the most prestigious passage records in the sport of sailing is being challenged this week: The 60-ft foiling trimaran L’Hydroptère sprinted west from San Pedro’s Point Fermin Monday in an attempt to break the 2,215-mile L.A.-to-Honolulu More »
Lending Club 2 a Thrilling Ride
Lending Club 2 prepares for a fun sail in San Francisco.
© 2015 Ronnie Simpson
With the America’s Cup packing up shop and moving to Bermuda, there’s been a distinct lack of big, fast multihulls sailing the Bay on a regular basis. More »
Lane Shift Ahead
As of Monday, CalTrans had cleared the main channel of the old and new east spans of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge between piers G and H. This is the main channel span closest to the east side of Yerba Buena Island. More »
After Nine Years, a Shitty Welcome Back
A file photo of Capt. Greg King and Coco Kai owner Jennifer Sanders.
Coco Kai
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It would have been nice if Capt. Greg King of Jennifer Sanders’ 64-ft staysail schooner Coco Kai could have had a pleasant last leg from Cabo San Lucas to Long Beach to wrap up a circumnavigation that started with the 2006 Baja Ha-Ha. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It would have been nice if Capt. Greg King of Jennifer Sanders’ 64-ft staysail schooner Coco Kai could have had a pleasant last leg from Cabo San Lucas to Long Beach to wrap up a circumnavigation that started with the 2006 Baja Ha-Ha. More »
Carlos, the Chihuahua of Mexican Hurricanes
Everyone can be thankful that Carlos will apparently arrive off Cabo Corrientes as a depression rather than a major hurricane. But all marine and coastal interests still need to be vigilant. More »
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