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Pacific Offshore Academy
While the boats in this year’s TransPac are clawing away from the California Coast, the Pacific Cup YC will be hosting the first installment of its biennial seminar schedule — the "Pacific Offshore Academy" — with a revamped, more user-friendly format. More »
The June/July Haulout in Tropical Mexico
This board will boogie no more.
latitude/Nick
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The chopped-up and stabbed boogie board can mean only one thing — it’s haulout time for Latitude‘s Surfin’ 63 catamaran Profligate. More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC The chopped-up and stabbed boogie board can mean only one thing — it’s haulout time for Latitude‘s Surfin’ 63 catamaran Profligate. More »
Taj, Ha-Ha Entry #51
Peter Brown spent 10 years building Taj and he did a beautiful job.
© Peter Brown
As of this morning, the total number of paid entries for this fall’s Baja Ha-Ha, the 18th or ‘Barely Legal’ edition, had reached 91. More »
Politics as Usual
In last month’s Sightings, we expanded on a May 11 ‘Lectronic Latitude report on Washington’s ban on copper bottom paint and that California was close to passing a similar law in SB 623. More »
Hurricane Beatriz Fizzles
About to board our Alaskan Airlines flight yesterday morning from San Francisco to Puerto Vallarta, where we would pick up Profligate for a Baja Bash, we got the news the flight was postponed indefinitely. More »
“Honey, I Think We Have a Problem”
An estimated 10,000 bees crammed themselves in and around Windsome Winch’s main last week.
© Mary Kraybill
It’s not uncommon for sailors to come down to their boat after a prolonged absence only to find a bird’s nest tucked into the main — usually after raising the sail. More »
How Will You Celebrate Summer Sailstice?
How will you spend the Summer Sailstice weekend? Don’t even try to top Loick Peyron’s two-day plan.
© 2011 B. Stichelbaut / BPCE
As many grade-school scholars know, the summer solstice in the northern hemisphere occurs when our old friend Mr. More »
Which is the ‘Failing State’?
Northern California’s Louis Kruk sailed to Mexico about four years ago with his sweetheart Laura Willerton aboard their Beneteau 42 Cirque. They only intended to cruise Mexico for about four months, but they enjoyed it so much they’ve been doing it every winter since. More »
2010 Boating Stats Released
The U.S. Coast Guard have released their recreational boating statistics for 2010, which is always an illuminating read. For example, take a guess which month had the highest percentage of fatal accidents. More »
SPECIAL REPORT: AC 45 Cartwheel
The AC34s were showing off for the media yesterday before one of them performed a perfect pitchpole (check out the vid below)!
© Oracle Racing / Guilain Grenier
A pair of sleek AC 45 cats demonstrated their eye-popping speed and agility yesterday, as a huge contingent of both local and international press looked on from the decks of the replica schooner America. More »
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