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Ha-Ha Recap: Reporter’s Notebook
Having completed Baja Ha-Ha XIX on Saturday evening, we’ve just arrived back at Baja Ha-Ha World Headquarters. As we layer up and try to adjust to the 35-degree temperature drop between Cabo San Lucas and the Bay Area, we’ll share a few final notes and photos from the last days of this year’s San Diego-to-Cabo cruisers’ rally. More »
The Mystery of Beautiful Sunrises
Jack and Linda Buday captured this beautiful sunrise on October 20 from their Marina Village-based Hunter 40 Mind Designs. The Bay has never been a stranger to gorgeous skies at sunrise and sunset, but it seems to us that, lately, sunrises in particular have been especially photo-worthy. More »
Practice Makes Near Perfect
On the same weekend for 19 of the last 20 years, the Poobah has ventured into a San Diego Costco to provision Profligate, the Ha-Ha mothership. And each year members of the crew would take a stab at guessing the final total. More »
Socrates Makes Emergency Stop in Bay
Sausalito diver Tim Sell kindly set up a buoy retrieval system that Socrates couldn’t miss in the dark.
© 2012 Tim Sell
It’s unusual for someone who’s attempting to set a nonstop solo circumnavigation record to make a pit stop along the way, but that’s just what Jeanne Socrates did late last week. More »
Apple’s Venus
Normally Latitude 38 is all about sailing, but since the late Steve Jobs was so local, and was certainly the greatest entreprenuer of the Baby Boomer generation, we present the first views of the 250-ft boat he was having built in The Netherlands. More »
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.
© 2012 Inverclyde Views
UPDATE: Claudene Christian’s body was recovered. 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 »
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