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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 »
Hard to Say Goodbye to Old Friends
Have you ever had to absolutely throw away a piece of sailing gear because it was so useless? We’re not the most sentimental types, but recently it was hard for us to throw away a bit of terribly frayed 3/4-inch three-strand because . 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 »
Zen Sailing Again
The Joker competes in the Carnaval Race aboard the boat designed and built by George Olson (and friends) of Santa Cruz. The color of the water hints at just one of the reasons sailing in the Caribbean is so delightful. More »
Search for Missing Princess
The Coast Guard has asked us to reach out to our readership regarding the search for Richard Byhre, a 76-year-old sailor who did not return from his sailing trip as expected, and his dark blue 28-ft Catalina sloop Princess, homeport San Diego. More »
New Generation Claims the Record
There’s a new ocean racing sheriff in town, and it’s the young gun Lloyd Thornburg with his MOD70 Phaedo3.
© 2015 Ocean Images / Team Phaedo
As if the RORC Caribbean 600 needed any more pizzazz to elevate itself on the world racing scene, it got a huge boost when 35-years-young Lloyd Thornburg of St. More »
West Coast Sailors Go for Caribbean Honors
If Lloyd Thornburg thought his Gunboat 66 Phaedo, which has been based out of Newport Beach for nearly two years, was fast, yesterday’s ‘record’ run was an eye-opener about how fast Phaedo3, his new MOD70 trimaran, can go. More »
Team Phaedo Adds Three New Hulls
The new Phaedo3 in the trade winds off Antigua.
Team Phaedo
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The need for sailing at extreme speed under sail has apparently taken a powerful hold on Lloyd Thornburg, Latitude’s friend from Newport Beach, St. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC The need for sailing at extreme speed under sail has apparently taken a powerful hold on Lloyd Thornburg, Latitude’s friend from Newport Beach, St. More »
Are the New Charts Worse?
Navionics Gold electronic charts
© Cabela’s
It’s not unheard of for new software to be less well liked than earlier versions of the same software. We find this to be the case with Navionics, the very popular marine charting software. More »
Food, Booze, Sails & Safety Gear Aren’t Enough
You need some common sense, too.
“We’ve got plenty of food, plenty of booze, good sails and all the safety gear you could ever need, so we’re going to be OK,” Jason McGlashan told the Newport (Rhode Island) Daily News before he and his dad Reg took off from Conanicut Marina in Jamestown, Rhode Island last Friday on what they expected to be a six-to-eight-week passage to 8,600-mile-distant Port Macquarie, Australia. More »
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