Current News
Laura Dekker Set to Finish
Sixteen-year-old Dutch sailor Laura Dekker is currently sailing from South Africa to St. Martin in the Netherland Antilles in the Caribbean on the last leg of a solo circumnavigation aboard her 38-ft Jeanneau Gin Fizz ketch Guppy. More »
Mexico News
Writing about violent crime along the Pacific Coast of Mexico is always tricky.
On the one hand, we firmly believe it’s our responsibility and obligation to report on serious crime, violent and otherwise, that occurs in areas that cruisers are likely to frequent. More »
Miracle Bottom Paint Revealed
In the January issue of Latitude 38 you’ll read about this writer’s final haulout in a four-year study on the effectiveness of the biocide Econea in bottom paint. Since the first haulout, we’ve been impressed with only one test paint — a water-based version — that consistently outperformed its fellow test paints and the copper-based control paint. More »
Magnum Completes Her Loop
After five years of adventuring, Anne, Uwe and Kara were all smiles when they arrived in California.
Magnum
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Back in 2007 when we met Uwe Dobers, Anne Crowley and their lovely 4-year-old daughter Cara in Zihuatanejo, they were headed west with the Pacific Puddle Jump migration aboard their San Francisco-based Peterson 44 Magnum, determined to keep sailing until their money ran out. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Back in 2007 when we met Uwe Dobers, Anne Crowley and their lovely 4-year-old daughter Cara in Zihuatanejo, they were headed west with the Pacific Puddle Jump migration aboard their San Francisco-based Peterson 44 Magnum, determined to keep sailing until their money ran out. More »
Corogin Rescued by Cargo Ship
Our previous report that the mast of 84-year-old Tom Corogin’s Westsail 32 TLC had "snapped" about 500 miles south of Easter Island was apparently inaccurate. Photos taken by the Chilean Navy of Corogin’s rescue on Wednesday by the Japanese 666-ft cargo ship White Kingdom show the mast in a decidedly upright position, though a spreader does appear to be dangling. More »
So Long, Compadre
It is with heavy hearts that we report the passing of former Latitude 38 Racing Editor Rob Moore, who died yesterday after a two-year battle with lung cancer. He was 58. More »
WTH?
In order to attract attention to the "Tullett Prebon London Boat Show at ExCeL", which runs from today till January 10, organizers brought in Tamara Ecclestone, she in the brownish number, and a number of other young women decked out in tuxedo-themed bathing suits and retro bathing caps that look as if they’d be ideal for lightly cleaning dirty boat bottoms. More »
Don’t Build It Up, Tear It Down
It’s bad enough that this monument to evil is the centerpiece of the Central Bay, but now it will be glorified again in a new TV drama.
latitude/Andy
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The beginning of a new year is always a time for reflection; a time when we take stock of our lives and the world around us. More »
©2012 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The beginning of a new year is always a time for reflection; a time when we take stock of our lives and the world around us. More »
NEWS FLASH! 84-Year-Old’s Horn Attempt Aborted
The mast of Tom Corogin’s Westsail 32 TLC reportedly snapped about 500 miles from Easter Island.
latitude/Richard
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were saddened to learn that 84-year-old singlehander Tom Corogin’s sixth attempt at rounding Cape Horn was quashed yesterday, when the backstay of his Westsail 32 TLC failed, roughly 500 miles from Easter Island and 1,000 miles off the Chilean coast. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We were saddened to learn that 84-year-old singlehander Tom Corogin’s sixth attempt at rounding Cape Horn was quashed yesterday, when the backstay of his Westsail 32 TLC failed, roughly 500 miles from Easter Island and 1,000 miles off the Chilean coast. More »
Bottom Paint Study Results
During the final inspection in the Econea bottom paint study, the superiority of the water-based test paint (right) couldn’t have been more clear.
latitude/LaDonna
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s hard to believe that four years have gone by since this writer and her husband joined a study to test the efficacy of bottom paints using the biocide Econea. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s hard to believe that four years have gone by since this writer and her husband joined a study to test the efficacy of bottom paints using the biocide Econea. More »
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