Current News
Banderas Bay Blast
Yesterday’s second race of the Banderas Bay Blast was from La Cruz to Punta Mita. Although the wind briefly got into teens, it was mostly in the single digits. There were whales, dolphins and flat water. More »
Mexican Navy Aids Beached Singlehander
The 34-ft sloop Waltzing Matilda was lost on the rocks at Punta Camarones, Mantanchen Bay, San Blas, yesterday morning in relatively calm conditions, report several cruisers on the scene.
Waltzing Matilda on the beach at Punta Camarones. More »
High Wind Advisory
If it’s been awhile since you’ve checked on your boat’s mooring lines, your lunch break would be an excellent time to do it. The National Weather Service has issued high wind advisories along the central coast for this afternoon, with gusts predicted to hit upward of 40 knots or higher. More »
Win a Ride on an AC 45
The Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame is auctioning off the ride of a lifetime on Friday. BASHOF scored a sail for one person aboard an AC 45 with none other than Oracle Racing CEO Russell Coutts! More »
Giving Thanks for the Bay
Holiday, Silent Sun and Shrimp Louie rafted up over the weekend in Clipper Cove.
latitude/LaDonna
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As has become our ‘family tradition’, this writer and her husband avoided holiday traffic and Black Friday crowds by organizing a mini-cruiseout over the weekend, inviting any number of sailing friends to join us when their schedules allowed. More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC As has become our ‘family tradition’, this writer and her husband avoided holiday traffic and Black Friday crowds by organizing a mini-cruiseout over the weekend, inviting any number of sailing friends to join us when their schedules allowed. More »
Bits and Pieces from Mexico
14 to 1!
The peso dropped to 14.2 to against the dollar last Friday. Cruisers were even getting a whopping 14 to 1 at ATM machines. In July, the peso was 11.5 to the dollar. More »
Do You Have a Water-Exit Plan?
We’re sad to report that a liveaboard boater in the Oakland-Alameda Estuary drowned Friday night, apparently having fallen into the 55-degree water and becoming tangled in docklines or other rigging. Drinking is thought to have played a role in the tragic death. More »
Boats Break Loose in the Bay
These two sailboats were rafted together in Richardson Bay…during a storm!
© 2011 Tim Sell
Though there was some wind associated with the low pressure system that passed through the Bay Area Saturday night and yesterday, the rain seemed to dominate. More »
Actress Dies at Catalina . . . 30 Years Ago
Natalie Wood drowned 30 years ago after drinking heavily aboard Splendour with husband Robert Wagner (left), Capt. Dennis Davern (right), and Christopher Walken (not shown).
© 2011 Stever Schapiro
If you’ve ever watched the television show 48 Hours, you know that if a murder isn’t solved within 48 hours, chances rapidly go downhill that it will be ever solved. More »
Mexico – The Good and Bad
The bad news is that two dinghies and outboards went missing in Cabo right after the Ha-Ha. The losses could have been the result of a bad knot and not pulling a dinghy far enough up a beach, respectively. More »
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