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Letting the World Know They’ve Circumnavigated
Quite a few Latitude 38 readers have circumnavigated, but to the best of our knowledge, Charlie and Cathie Simon of Nuevo Vallarta and Spokane — but who got their sailing chops on San Francisco Bay — are the first to have had their achievement announced on the big electronic billboard at New York City’s Times Square. More »
Near-Hurricane Winds Ravage Yacht Race
If you think it was windy on San Francisco Bay, you should have been in Mobile Bay, Alabama. During the 57th running of the Dauphin Island Race, an unexpected storm packing near-hurricane-force winds came up so suddenly that some of the roughly 150 competing boats didn’t even have time to reef. More »
They’ve Been Around
Charlie and Cathy, back in St. Lucia where they started their circumnavigation 15 months ago.
Celebrate
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Charlie and Cathy Simon of the Spokane- and Puerto Vallarta-based Taswell 58 Celebrate report they have completed the 2014-2015 ARC Round the World Rally. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC Charlie and Cathy Simon of the Spokane- and Puerto Vallarta-based Taswell 58 Celebrate report they have completed the 2014-2015 ARC Round the World Rally. More »
Record Run to Bermuda
Sailing at an average speed of 27 knots, the San Francisco-based CEO of Lending Club, Renaud Laplanche, with co-skipper Ryan Breymaier and the crew of the 105-ft trimaran Lending Club 2, set a new record for the 635-mile course from Castle Hill Lighthouse in Newport, RI, to Kitchen Shoal Beacon in Bermuda. More »
Maserati Heads for Bay, Shanghai
The famous VOR70 Maserati isn’t the driest boat ever built, but she gets the job done. Look for her sailing north off the California coast in the coming days.
Maserati
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Did you see the Maserati at the guest dock?" More »
©Latitude 38 Media, LLC "Did you see the Maserati at the guest dock?" More »
Big Numbers
The stylish and fast new Perini Navi Perseus 3 stretches her long legs.
© 2015 Perini Navi
Perini Navi, the Italian company that built the 289-ft Maltese Falcon for Belvedere’s Tom Perkins, is the leader in large sailing yachts. More »
Perfect Sailing for Voiles
Monsters at the start, with Comanche in the distance and Ramber 88 up close. They both won.
© 2015 Christophe Jouany
Competitors couldn’t have asked for more ideal sailing conditions — 15 to 20 knots, 5-foot seas — for the first of four Voiles de St. More »
Father & Son Rescued off Ft. Bragg
When you’re sailing offshore in a small sailboat, the sight of an enormous commercial vessel passing close by might make you nervous. But in this case it was a godsend.
At roughly 8:30 a.m. More »
In Admiration of Old and Simple Ways
The Paul Johnson-designed gaff ketch Sequel of Bermuda at the dock in St. Barth.
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©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re big fans of simplicity, so when we saw the ‘autopilot’ on Sequel, Stevie Hollis’ Bermuda-based 34-ft Venus ketch, at the water dock in St. More »
©2015Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re big fans of simplicity, so when we saw the ‘autopilot’ on Sequel, Stevie Hollis’ Bermuda-based 34-ft Venus ketch, at the water dock in St. More »
Caribbean Center of Sailing World this Week
This shot is from Comanche’s only big race to date, the Rolex Sydney Hobart. She’s expected to be sailing like this in next week’s Voiles, except the air will be warm and the water ultramarine blue. More »
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