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Official Problems at One Place in Mexico
For as long was we’ve been publishing Latitude 38, which is since almost the beginning of time, Puerto Madero, more recently known as Puerto Chiapas, has had a spotty reputation in the cruising community. More »
Does This Transom Make My Ass Look Fat?
We’ve seen wider beams on boats in recent years, but just under 15 feet on a 45-footer?
latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The biggest change in boat design in the last 40 years? More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The biggest change in boat design in the last 40 years? More »
Boom Boom in the Boat Yard
This is what’s called lowering the boom on the boom. We’re hoping that nobody was hurt.
Peter Johnstone
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC For the last couple of seasons, we’ve stored our Olson 30 La Gamelle at the St. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC For the last couple of seasons, we’ve stored our Olson 30 La Gamelle at the St. More »
Show Boat Abandoned off Monterey
With Strictly Sail Pacific only a week away, several new vessels have been, or are currently being, delivered to the Bay Area from distant ports. Sadly, one of them will be late to the party: a brand new Beneteau Oceanis 55 that was slated to make its West Coast debut at the show. More »
Engine Colors Help Nab Thief
When we last reported on outboard motor thefts in Alameda in 2014, the Sightings article offered a popular deterrence tip from cruisers: paint your motor a distinctive color. Turned out that was pretty good advice. More »
Post-Cyclone Relief Arrives; Sailors Among Dead
Vanuatu is not an ideal place to weather the cyclone season, but by choice or necessity some boats winter over there. Reports indicate that roughly 20 of them were driven ashore by Cyclone Pam’s massive tidal surge. More »
Bucket Tips Off Tomorrow
Friday will be the start of the three-race 19th St. Barth Bucket, which is for megayachts about 100 feet and longer, and is arguably the the most magnificent spectacle in big-boat fun racing. More »
Puerto Vallarta Pounded by Rain
Abnormally heavy rainfall pounded the Puerto Vallarta area a couple of days ago, leading to the closure of a key highway bridge, Puente Ameca, that spans the Ameca River, and separates the popular cruiser and expat destination of Nuevo Vallarta from Puerto Vallarta itself, where most yachting infrastructure and the international airport is located. More »
Nautical Remainders to Be Sold
Although it’s been nearly two years since long-established Nelson’s Marine ceased operations in Alameda, a wide variety of boats and equipment has remained behind its locked gates ever since. However, next Tuesday, March 17, it will all finally be auctioned off by International Boat and Marine Auction Services. More »
If You Come, They Will Build It
The Matthew Turner in frames and deck beams. Next comes the deck.
© 2015 John Skoriak
Ratty, the resident boat expert in Wind in the Willows, said it best: “There is absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing around in boats.” More »
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