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Nereida Closes the Loop
Around 11 a.m. GMT on May 6, Jeanne Socrates officially completed a full circuit around the globe aboard her Najad 380 Nereida. "We sailed over our track down to Cape Town from Lanzarote, made on December 2, 2009," she wrote last week. More »
“A Lot of Unpleasant Situations”
We’ve gotten considerable impassioned telephone and email response to our Wednesday ‘Lectronic titled ‘Is The Hangman’s Noose the New Symbol of Puerto Escondido?’ Puerto Escondido is the very popular cruiser center on the east coast of Baja that is also home to Loreto Fest, the largest cruiser gathering in the Sea of Cortez. More »
Washington Bans Copper Bottom Paint
On May 4, Washington governor Chris Gregoire sounded the death knell for copper-based bottom paint in her state by signing into law a ban on the use of the product on recreational boats under 65 feet — the first state to do so. More »
Is the Hangman’s Noose the New Symbol of Puerto Escondido?
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re told that the air and water temperatures aren’t the only things that have been heating up at cruiser favorite Puerto Escondido on Baja. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re told that the air and water temperatures aren’t the only things that have been heating up at cruiser favorite Puerto Escondido on Baja. More »
Bill Garden Passes Away
Renowned yacht designer and naval architect William ‘Bill’ Garden passed away on April 29 near Sydney, B.C. He was 92.
A Canadian by birth, Garden lived in Seattle until the late ’60s, when he moved back to B.C. More »
Bar Pilots . . . or Bar Pirates?
"The pilots who steer the big ships in and out of the Bay have been green-lighted for a rate hike that could have them making upward of $432,000 a year by 2015," reported Phil Matier and Andrew Ross in the May 7 San Francisco Chronicle / S.F. More »
Wanted: Olson 30 Boom
Latitude 38 needs an Olson 30 boom in good condition ASAP. Contact Richard if you have one to spare. More »
Bubble Barrier at Georgiana Slough
Reader and Baja Ha-Ha vet Randy Garrett, who keeps his Beneteau First 42 R3 at Oxbow Marina in the Delta, called to let us know that a salmon barrier had been erected at the head of Georgiana Slough. More »
The Aussies are Coming!
We were up in the Harbormaster’s Office at Marina Bay in Richmond last week, where we bumped into Phil Howe, an old friend and yacht broker. Phil had a big smile on his face because he’d just sold a Beneteau 40.7 to a buyer from Melbourne, Australia. More »
Forty-Six Ha-Ha Entries After Just Two Days
Come November 4, you could be freezing your ass off in California, or you could be on the beach in Cabo with a couple hundred of your best new sailing friends. More »
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