Current News
The Greatest Spectacle in Sailing?
Drumbeg, a Dubois/Vitters 140 enters the harbor at Gustavia, giving a graphic depiction of the size of Bucket boats. By the way, those aren’t small boats in the background. For example, the big ketch in the upper left is the 154-ft Mari-Cha III, which like a lot of big yachts, just showed up to be part of the scene. More »
The Floating Red Light District
From morning to night, top sailors are arriving from all over the world to get ready to — work! And play, at the Bucket.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC When boats have masts over about 100 feet, they are required to show red lights at the top of their mast(s). More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC When boats have masts over about 100 feet, they are required to show red lights at the top of their mast(s). More »
Spring Storm Scours the Bay
More than 15 boats either sank or wound up on shore after Saturday night’s storm.
© 2011 Tim Sell
If you were anywhere near the Bay Area on Saturday, it probably didn’t escape your notice that we experienced some unsettled weather. More »
Nereida Leaves Ushuaia
Indefatigable Jeanne Socrates, 68, spent two months getting Nereida once again ready for sea.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After two busy months holed up in Ushuaia, Argentina effecting repairs — but mostly waiting for replacement parts to arrive from Europe — to her Najad 380 Nereida, Jeanne Socrates finally made her way down the Beagle Channel early this week, bound for the Falkland Islands. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC After two busy months holed up in Ushuaia, Argentina effecting repairs — but mostly waiting for replacement parts to arrive from Europe — to her Najad 380 Nereida, Jeanne Socrates finally made her way down the Beagle Channel early this week, bound for the Falkland Islands. More »
The Price of Diesel
A couple of mariners — they have a trawler — who plan to return to Central America and Panama on their boat are hoping to get an update on the price of fuel — diesel and gas — in Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. More »
The Richmond-based Eros in St. Barth
Yesterday we saw a big schooner anchored a couple of hundred yards from ‘ti Profligate in the Gustavia anchorage. "Could that be Bill and Grace Bodle’s Richmond-based 103-ft Eros?" we wondered to ourselves. More »
From Latitude 38 to Latitude 90
"Greetings from the South Pole," writes a dedicated reader who asked to remain anonymous. "I was hoping to have a picture taken of our yacht club with your mag, but we didn’t have a meeting this month. More »
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Tsunami Engulfs Japan, Threatens California
Moving at the speed of a jetliner, a tsunami in the western Pacific can reach the west coast of North America in less than 10 hours.
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Aftershocks continue today across Japan, as the death toll continues to climb in the aftermath of yesterday’s 8.9 magnitude earthquake. More »
Sausalito Boater Drowns
As we waited for the tsunami at Schoonmaker beach this morning, we heard several reports from locals that the body of a Sausalito boater was found yesterday afternoon floating near Clipper Yacht Harbor 1. More »
The Loss of Four Devils
The CNB 77 Four Devils as seen off St. Martin. Shortly after sailing across the Atlantic, she quickly and inexplicably went to the bottom.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "There’s water over the floorboards." More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "There’s water over the floorboards." More »
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