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Lending Club 2’s Astonishing Feat
The Lending Club 2 crew picked their ideal weather window and sailed past Point Fermin in San Pedro to start their L.A.-Honolulu record attempt on Wednesday.
© 2015 Jeremy Leonard / Sail Revolution
Can a sailboat really cross the 2,215 miles from Los Angeles to Honolulu in less than four days? More »
Canadian Sailors Rescue Typhoon Survivor
Thai barge worker Thar Hlaing floated for four days before being rescued by Canadian cruisers George Juri and Grit Chiu. Not surprisingly, one of the first things he did after getting warm and dry was fall asleep. More »
The Diesel Engine Dilemma
‘ti Profligate has two Yanmar 56-hp engines, both with over 10,000 hours. Yet they are still running strong and don’t burn oil.
latitude/Richard
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Should diesel engines be operated differently when they get older? More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Should diesel engines be operated differently when they get older? More »
What’s Up With Cabo Fuel Prices?
Lying at the tip of the Baja Peninsula, Cabo San Lucas is a logical stop for cruisers when heading both south and north. But a new fuel dock charge there has some sailors fuming. More »
Category 1 Hurricane to Hit CA Next Week?
One weather model predicts a tropical storm hitting Ensenada and maybe Southern California next Friday. We’ll bet a nickel it doesn’t.
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We’re not sure where Mark Michelson got the accompanying weather map, which he says "depicts a Category 4/5 hurricane that had turned the corner down around Cabo. More »
Free Use of 45-ft Cat in the Caribbean?
Virgin Gorda would make a nice stop on the way to Antigua.
BVI Tourism
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nine years, the Wanderer’s Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate is exiting her yacht management program in the British Virgin Islands on July 27. More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC After nine years, the Wanderer’s Leopard 45 catamaran ‘ti Profligate is exiting her yacht management program in the British Virgin Islands on July 27. More »
L’Hydroptère Record Attempt
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 »
©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
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
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 »
©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 »
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