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L’Hydroptère Record Attempt

June 24, 2015
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 »

Lending Club 2 a Thrilling Ride

June 22, 2015
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

June 19, 2015
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 »

Gunboat 55 Hull #1 Found, Again

Rainmaker, still floating after five months in the nasty North Atlantic. We wonder how high she would float if someone got a couple of bilge pumps in her. © 2015 Captain Reinhard Peer, aboard the Hapag-Lloyd containership Chicago Express Rainmaker, the first of the hot-selling Gunboat 55 catamarans, has been found again, this time five months after she was dismasted and abandoned by her crew off the East Coast. More »

Old Ironsides, New Ironsides

June 15, 2015
Smoke on the water: In this painting by Michel Felice Corne (1752-1845), USS Constitution (left) and HMS Guerriere pound each other in the opening days of the War of 1812. Constitution’s victory was the first major defeat of a British warship by an American one. More »

Which Way for Hurricane Carlos?

Depending on what source you refer to, current/former Hurricane Carlos, currently paralleling the coast of mainland Mexico about 100 miles off Lazaro Cardenas with 70 knots of wind, is: 1) Going to head further out to sea and pretty much be a non-issue; 2) Gather more steam and head toward Cabo Corrientes and threaten Banderas Bay; 3) Going to be less of an issue all the time right where she is. More »

Golden Rule Ready to Launch

June 12, 2015
As reported in the March 2013 issue of Latitude 38, a group of dedicated volunteers has been working tirelessly over the past few years restoring the historic ketch Golden Rule to better-than-new condition. More »

Summer Hurricanes & Winter Rain

What NOAA thinks Carlos will look like in the next few days.  NOAA
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC The National Hurricane Center reports that Tropical Storm Carlos, now well off the coast of Acapulco, is about to develop into a hurricane and head northwest. More »