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Dad Arrested, Kids Home, Boat Returned
It’s almost always better to think long-term rather than short-term. Someone should have told Christopher Maffei that. But it appears that Maffei allowed emotions to run ramshackle over reason when he allegedly snatched his two toddlers — Brooklynn, 3, and Devin, 2 — from their mother’s home, stole a Hunter 41 from Ballena Isle Marina, and tried to make his escape down the coast last week. More »
Near Miss?
"Please enjoy the attached video of our Franchman Alain Thébault‘s 60-ft foiler l’Hydroptère, the latest flying speed freak on the San Francisco Bay," writes Fredrik Hakanson. "The video was shot from the Blue & Gold ferry Bay Monarch last Friday. More »
‘Unleashed’ Being Tracked by USCG
Unleashed, seen here in a file photo, is a white Hunter 41 with dark blue canvas. She was last spotted about 50 miles off Pillar Point. Investigators believe the thief also kidnapped his two children from their mother. More »
SPECIAL EDITION: Possible Child Abduction on ‘Unleashed’
Yesterday we reported that Unleashed, a Hunter 41 in Club Nautique’s charter program, was stolen from Ballena Isle Marina Tuesday evening. Marianne Armand, Marketing Manager for Club Nautique, now says the police have identified the main suspect as a man who allegedly abducted his children from their mother. More »
l’Hydroptere Sets Bay Record
l’Hydroptere set the San Francisco Bay speed sailing record on Friday.
© Erik Simonson / l’Hydroptere
The long Labor Day weekend was filled with exciting sailing news, but arguably the most thrilling of all was Alain Thébault’s 60-ft foiling trimaran l’Hydroptère DCNS‘s setting the nautical mile speed sailing record in San Francisco Bay. More »
Red Sky at Morning, Sailors Take Warning
Saturday’s dawn was spectacular in San Diego.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Last Saturday we awoke at 6 a.m. aboard Profligate at an end-tie at Driscoll’s Boat Yard in San Diego. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Last Saturday we awoke at 6 a.m. aboard Profligate at an end-tie at Driscoll’s Boat Yard in San Diego. More »
Boat Stolen from Ballena Isle
Club Nautique’s Hunter 41 Unleashed was apparently stolen from Ballena Isle Marina last night. Please keep an eye out for her.
© Club Nautique
Marianne Armand of Club Nautique reports that one of their fleet — the Hunter 41 Unleashed — was apparently stolen out of Ballena Isle Marina within the last 24 hours. More »
Bikes, Moons and Boats
Bikes can be a great addition to a cruising boat — if you have room. They immediately quadruple or more your walking range, and keep you from being at the mercy of taxi drivers. More »
Latitude Engineering
Sailors are a notoriously innovative bunch. There are few other applications where the use of duct tape and bailing wire seems to work quite as well — or last as long — as on a sailboat. More »
“The Best Thing I Ever Did”
When we showed up at the California YC in Marina del Rey with Profigate a couple of weeks ago to give a presentation, we were assigned the guest dock, which just happened to be about five slips down from the 72-ft Deerfoot II. More »
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