Current News
Beyond The World Series
There is more green on the baseball field in Turtle Bay than in the rest of Baja — minus the Cabo golf courses — combined.
© 2014
Don’t think baseball season will end in late October with the San Francisco Giants winning their third World Series in five years. More »
Amsterdam Not So Open-Minded After All
You can pay to rent privately-owned boats in colorful Amsterdam, but not through ‘boat Airbnb’ hopefuls such as GoBoat.
latitude/Richard
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a common misconception that anything goes in Amsterdam. More »
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a common misconception that anything goes in Amsterdam. More »
Another Hurricane Headed for Baja?
Passage Weather’s model for next Tuesday shows Simon hitting the Middle Reach area of Baja as a reasonably strong tropical storm.
Passage Weather
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Depending on whose long-range forecast you want to believe, Simon, another tropical storm about to become a hurricane, is circuitously headed toward Baja California Sur, which has already been ravaged by hurricane Odile. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC Depending on whose long-range forecast you want to believe, Simon, another tropical storm about to become a hurricane, is circuitously headed toward Baja California Sur, which has already been ravaged by hurricane Odile. More »
Paperwork Review for Baja Ha-Ha
While reminding everyone that the Baja Ha-Ha does not do TIPs or Nautical Visas for anyone, we’ll try to review the process one more time to answer common questions. (The Dona Jenkins Maritime Document Service in San Diego, 619-223-2279, will do TIPs for $150.) More »
Do the Ha-Ha Aboard Profligate?
Profligate about to round Cabo Falso.
latitude/Richard
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Almost everybody who does the Baja Ha-Ha aboard the 63-ft catamaran mothership Profligate is a repeat, but this year one cabin has opened up. More »
©2014 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Almost everybody who does the Baja Ha-Ha aboard the 63-ft catamaran mothership Profligate is a repeat, but this year one cabin has opened up. More »
Pacific Cup Trimaran Abandoned on Return to California
Transit of Venus was looking good as she approached Honolulu a couple of months ago. Sadly, she is now holed and adrift in mid-ocean.
© 2014 Leslie Richter / www.rockskipper.com
Transit of Venus, Rick Waltonsmith’s Corsair 37 trimaran was abandoned Thursday on her way back to the Bay Area from Hawaii following a severe impact with an unknown object last Wednesday. More »
Do It Now, Not at the Last Minute
A big surge in last-minute Baja Ha-Ha entries has brought the total to just shy of 170, making it the largest Ha-Ha in the last three years. Considering the fact that we here at Latitude told it like it really was during last year’s boat impoundment fiasco in Mexico, we’re both gratified and more than a little surprised at the number of entries. More »
The Missing (Tourist Visa) Link & Cabo News
This could be you — heading south under sail to the sunny latitudes of Mexico. But before you set sail, be sure to go online and get your visa.
latitude/JR
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re going to go to Mexico by boat, you need to get a special nautical tourist visa online. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC If you’re going to go to Mexico by boat, you need to get a special nautical tourist visa online. More »
Post-Odile Baja Ha-Ha
This is what the beach on the Pacific side of Cabo looked like the day AFTER hurricane Odile came through. The two in the photo are the ‘Texas Bowhunter’ and his girl, who handled the situation well and made a great report about it. More »
Paperwork for Heading to Mexico
Get on your paperwork, then get on your boat, then get on your board. Leave the wetsuit at home.
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The news on the Mexican paperwork front is very promising. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The news on the Mexican paperwork front is very promising. More »
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