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September 17 is Passport Day
The San Francisco Passport Agency is hosting a special ‘Passport Day in the U.S.A.’ event on September 17 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the S.F. Passport Agency on Hawthorne Street in San Francisco. More »
The Basics for Clearing into Mexico
With the start of the 18th — ‘Barely Legal’ — Baja Ha-Ha less than six weeks away, we’re getting a few letters about clearing into Mexico. This is all covered in Latitude‘s ‘First Timers Guide to Cruising Mexico’, which Ha-Ha’ers can find in their registration packet or you can read directly from the Ha-Ha site. More »
Ka-Em-Te Makes it to Hawaii
Regular readers will remember the story of Doug Merrell and Trish Kelsoe of the Buccaneer 30 Ka-Em-Te. At the end of June, the couple, along with Doug’s sons as crew, were sailing the clipper route from Mexico, where they’d lived aboard and cruised for three years, back to Oregon so Doug could have better access to cancer treatment. More »
Sailing Acrobats to Visit the Bay
Franck and Delphine wowed the crowds at Seattle’s Elliot Bay Marina recently.
© Derek du Nann
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 »
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