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It’s Boat Show Week
Sailors from all over the Bay Area and beyond are clearing their calendars this week in order to make the most of the annual Strictly Sail Pacific boat show (April 12-15) at Oakland’s Jack London Square. More »
April Sailing Fools
The full-throttle sailing times keep on coming in the Caribbean for locals and visitors alike, including many sailors from Northern California and elsewhere on the West Coast. First there was the St. More »
Socrates and Rutherford Updates
Solitude is what many sailors seek when they take to the water, but some seek it more than others. Jeanne Socrates, the British granny who is making her way to Victoria, B.C. More »
Cruiser/Pilot Missing in Palau
Longtime Changes in Latitude contributor and former Monterey resident Frank Ohlinger went missing off Palau on Sunday after the plane he was piloting lost its GPS at night. Ohlinger had been hired by Palauan authorities to fly two officials to the site of a burning Chinese fishing vessel suspected of poaching giant clams in the Ngeruangel Atoll marine preserve. More »
Stricken Clipper Sailors Rescued
Thanks to a well-coordinated effort by several US Coast Guard resources, two injured crew were safely transported Sunday from the Clipper Round the World Race vessel Geraldton Western Australia to the cutter Bertholf. More »
SPECIAL REPORT: Clipper Fleet Injuries
Earlier today, the yacht Singapore passed beneath the Golden Gate after her 28-day crossing from Qingdao. Far behind her, sisterships were blasted by near hurricane-strength gusts.
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If you thought conditions were blustery on San Francisco Bay today, be glad you weren’t several hundred miles offshore where 60-knot gusts hammered the back end of the Clipper Round the World Race fleet. More »
Where to Charter in the Caribbean?
People often ask us where they ought to charter when going to the Caribbean for the first time. We usually recommend the British Virgins Islands, as it is to bareboat chartering what Vegas is to gambling. More »
Sailors Rescued off Morro Bay
Two sailors were rescued by the Coast Guard in the early morning hours yesterday after their 34-ft sailboat was rolled and dismasted near the entrance to Morro Bay. Paul Bloch and Ken Price told KSBY News that they were on their way to the Bay from Marina del Rey when a "rogue wave" hit them around 12 a.m., More »
Taking the ‘Whoop’ Out of Whoopee!
We don’t normally report on medical issues, but notes from a couple of sailors currently traveling in Mexico have put whooping cough into the spotlight. They report that they became very ill with this highly contagious bacterial disease (also termed pertussis), as have others within the sailing community. More »
Clipper Fleet to Arrive in Days
The current leader, Gold Coast Australia, could come in as early as Friday afternoon.
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©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Early spring can be relatively quiet on San Francisco Bay. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Early spring can be relatively quiet on San Francisco Bay. More »
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