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Spaghetti Patch
Most boats lose a little speed as they age. It might be older sails, but often times it’s the amount of stuff that collects onboard. As we were getting Profligate ready to set sail on the 19th Baja Ha-Ha, we decided to see if we had any lines we no longer needed. More »
Aegean Final Report: “Inadequate Lookout”
Divers Russell Moore and Ed Harris discovered the remains of Aegean at the crash site in May.
© Russell Moore
West Coast sailors were delivered a one-two punch this spring when two tragic accidents just two weeks apart took a total of nine lives. More »
Liz Clark Breaks Her Neck
Imagine an Olympic downhill ski racer falling down and breaking a leg on a bunny hill. That’s probably how Liz Clark of the Santa Barbara-based Cal 40 Swell, who has been cruising French Polynesia for years now, feels right now. More »
Bounty Sinks off Cape Hatteras
The Bounty sank 90 miles off Cape Hatteras this morning. Two crew, including the captain, are reported missing, while 14 other crewmembers were rescued by the Coast Guard.
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UPDATE: Claudene Christian’s body was recovered. More »
Paul Put Seasilk Aground at Mag Bay
Seasilk must be the report we received earlier in the week of a boat having gone aground on Baja.
Seasilk
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Seasilk, the beautiful blue-hulled Hylas 46 owned by Craig Blasingame and Sue Steven of Coronado, was blown ashore at Mag Bay on the Pacific Coast of southern Baja on the morning of October 16 by the hurricane-force winds of Paul. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Seasilk, the beautiful blue-hulled Hylas 46 owned by Craig Blasingame and Sue Steven of Coronado, was blown ashore at Mag Bay on the Pacific Coast of southern Baja on the morning of October 16 by the hurricane-force winds of Paul. More »
Boeing 777 Rescues Sailboat
Okay, so the headline might be a bit fantastic but the story is very real. On October 3, Australian Glenn Ey, 44, set off singlehanded from Pittwater, just north of Sydney, on a cruise of the eastern coast of Oz aboard his Cavalier 36 Streaker. More »
Jeanne Socrates Does It Again
Jeanne Socrates left Victoria, BC, Monday morning aboard Nereida bound for…Victoria, BC.
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You just can’t keep Jeanne Socrates down. The irrepressible Brit left Victoria, B.C. Monday morning aboard her Najad 380 Nereida on her third attempt at a nonstop solo circumnavigation. More »
An Unusual Hitchhiker
"On the morning of October 17, I picked up a hitchhiker in Why, Arizona, who was on his way to Tucson," reports Greg Joder. "The man was in his 60s and very animated. More »
Casting Call
Three years have passed since then-16-year-old Jessica Watson’s record-breaking nonstop solo circumnavigation, and casting has begun for a film based on her journey. Her achievement didn’t land her in the record books as the youngest solo circumnavigator because most no longer recognize age-based sailing records, but the media certainly made up for any official snubs she may have suffered. More »
Webb Chiles Sneak Peek
Webb Chiles, the ultimate Zen sailor.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC A man in his early 70s losing his vision in one eye but planning to do a circumnavigation on a Moore 24 ultralight? More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC A man in his early 70s losing his vision in one eye but planning to do a circumnavigation on a Moore 24 ultralight? More »
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