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Sailing Acrobats to Visit the Bay
Franck and Delphine wowed the crowds at Seattle’s Elliot Bay Marina recently.
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As reported earlier, a unique troupe of sailing acrobats will arrive in San Francisco Bay any day now, and will perform their amazing aerial acts — suspended from their rigging of their 40-ft sloop — in a variety of Bay locations. More »
Talk and Heal Like a Pirate
It’s been a very rough year for the cruising community in the Puerto Escondido area of Baja. For one thing, personality and other conflicts tore the community apart. With the two main combatants now gone, one to Cuernavaca and the other to San Diego, things began to simmer down. More »
Prime Cruising Time in Southern California
There are still a few places in Southern California that are clean, quiet and beautiful, as well as free of gangs, graffiti, pollution and corrupt politicians. Cherry Cove, just around the corner from Two Harbors, is one of them. More »
Boat Work is a Family Affair
The western view from the Port of Toledo Boat Yard is breathtaking.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Latitude editors aren’t out every weekend enjoying their boats on the water, though it may seem like it by reading our reports on the Big Boat Series or weekending at China Camp or cruising Southern California. More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Latitude editors aren’t out every weekend enjoying their boats on the water, though it may seem like it by reading our reports on the Big Boat Series or weekending at China Camp or cruising Southern California. More »
Another Cruiser Death in Gulf of Aden
According to multiple international news sources, French cruiser Christian Colombo, 55, was killed and his body tossed overboard late last week during an altercation with pirates in the Gulf of Aden. More »
Labor Day Fun
Dozens of boats had an extra long weekend by playing hooky on Friday afternoon.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC By the sheer number of boats we saw on the water as we made our way to China Camp on Friday afternoon, it was clear that hundreds of Bay Area sailors took full advantage of the beautiful weather we enjoyed over the long Labor Day weekend. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC By the sheer number of boats we saw on the water as we made our way to China Camp on Friday afternoon, it was clear that hundreds of Bay Area sailors took full advantage of the beautiful weather we enjoyed over the long Labor Day weekend. More »
The Ha-Ha and Hurricanes
From time to time people ask us about the dates of the Baja Ha-Ha and whether or not they conflict with hurricane season in the Eastern Pacific — i.e., Mexico. It’s a good question, one that’s a little bit more complicated than it might seem at first glance. More »
Own a Piece of Cinematic History
"Seriously for sale. Must be sold! All offers considered!" So reads a listing for the "original" HMS Bounty on an Internet sales site. Wow, could we have fun with that. Unfortunately, the $4 million-price tag is a bit beyond the depth of our novelty boat slush fund. More »
Goodnight, Irene
A couple anchored their big Hunter Maybe Tomorrow off Norfolk, Virginia, on Friday night when conditions on Chesapeake Bay worsened. They and their cat were rescued when the boat washed ashore Saturday morning. More »
Baby Onboard
On Wednesday, we challenged readers to supply a caption or explanation for this bizarre photo submitted by Bruce Adornato. We received dozens of hilarious captions, many of them of a scatalogical nature (which never fails to crack up this crew), but Robertta Edwards won a Latitude 38 hat with this this little bon mot: “Hmm, wonder what he used for bait.” More »
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