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Eco-Friendly Anchoring
Is this a cool photo of eco-friendly cruising or what?
Swell
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Whenever possible, I use this precision anchoring technique seen in the photo to place my anchor in a sand patch where my chain won’t damage any nearby coral," reports Liz Clark. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Whenever possible, I use this precision anchoring technique seen in the photo to place my anchor in a sand patch where my chain won’t damage any nearby coral," reports Liz Clark. More »
The Married-On-Your-Boat Club
"I am a proud member of the Latitude ‘Over 30 Club’, as I have owned my Pearson 26 for 38 years," writes William Grummel of Antioch. "But I was thinking there may be another fun ‘club’ for Latitude to start — a club for those who were married on their boat. More »
Help This Sailor Circumnavigate
If you don’t get distracted by Elizabeth, you can see that the Ostranders believe in solar power. This photo was taken aboard Journey in French Polynesia.
Journey
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you could help the lovely young cruiser in the above photo pursue her dream of sailing around the world, and it wouldn’t cost you a cent or take more effort than a few clicks of a computer mouse, would you do it? More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you could help the lovely young cruiser in the above photo pursue her dream of sailing around the world, and it wouldn’t cost you a cent or take more effort than a few clicks of a computer mouse, would you do it? More »
Looking for the Freedom 33 Wairua
"Our friend Dereck Vance here in Kerikeri, New Zealand, has not heard from his son Andrew and wife Megan for nearly one month and understandably he is curious to know where they may be," write Michel and Jane Deridder. More »
Where Are You Now?
Some of the Ha-Ha XXI boats anchored in the clear waters of the bay.
latitude/Richard
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s been just about three months since 125 boats with over 500 sailors arrived at Cabo San Lucas as part of Baja Ha-Ha XXI. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s been just about three months since 125 boats with over 500 sailors arrived at Cabo San Lucas as part of Baja Ha-Ha XXI. More »
Gunboat 55 Hull #1 Is Dismasted
A Coast Guard helo crew out of North Carolina hoists one of Rainmaker’s five stranded sailors to safety.
© Air Station Elizabeth City, N. Carolina
Rainmaker, the first of the much-heralded Nigel Irens-designed Gunboat 55 catamarans, was dismasted on January 30 in stormy conditions 200 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. More »
Built to Last 100 Years
One of the most ambitious boat-building projects in recent memory is currently taking place in Sausalito. You are welcome to drop by and check it out first hand.
Peter Strietman
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC One look at the structure of the tall ship Matthew Turner, which is now under construction in Sausalito, and you’ll know why its creators say she’s built to last at least 100 years. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC One look at the structure of the tall ship Matthew Turner, which is now under construction in Sausalito, and you’ll know why its creators say she’s built to last at least 100 years. More »
What’s Next for ‘ti Profligate?
Bequia in the Grenadines. We haven’t been there in years. Even with a drone we figure it would take us a couple of weeks to get the photos we needed.
© 2015 Bequia Tourism
The word came years later than we expected, but it’s now decision time for the publisher of Latitude 38 with regard to his Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate in the BVI Yacht Charters yacht management program in the British Virgins. More »
The Flyin’ Hawaiian Takes Flight
There’s something missing from Sausalito’s Richardson Bay anchorage: the notorious Flyin’ Hawaiian catamaran. Word around the docks is that Hot Rod Lane’s home-built creation actually made it out the Golden Gate and headed south over the weekend. More »
Where’s That Rock?
In Friday’s story, Rock On!, about John Larsen’s Westsail 42 Danika striking a pinnacle rock near Punta Mita, we gave a latitude for the rock’s position but not a longitude (we have since added it to the original story). More »
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