Current News
Nereida Safe in Ushuaia
After being knocked down and having her boom snapped in half on her approach to Cape Horn last Wednesday, the indefatigable Jeanne Socrates is safe and sound in Ushuaia, Argentina. Socrates had been attempting a nonstop solo circumnavigation aboard her Najad 380 Nereida when the accident occurred. More »
Nereida Knocked Down at Cape Horn
Jeanne Socrates was uninjured in the knockdown that broke her boom and ripped her dodger enclosure from Nereida’s deck.
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©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jeanne Socrates, the 68-year-old grandma who was attempting a nonstop solo circumnavigation aboard her UK-based Najad 380 Nereida, reports that a knockdown near Cape Horn resulted in serious damage to Nereida and has effectively ended her record bid. More »
©2011 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Jeanne Socrates, the 68-year-old grandma who was attempting a nonstop solo circumnavigation aboard her UK-based Najad 380 Nereida, reports that a knockdown near Cape Horn resulted in serious damage to Nereida and has effectively ended her record bid. More »
Moonshadow Latest Circumnavigator
"At 1030 hours on January 7, my Deerfoot 2-62 Moonshadow passed under the 17th St. Bridge in Ft. Lauderdale, closing the loop on the circumnavigation I started here in November of ’94," writes George Backhus. More »
Mia II Update
In Friday’s special edition of ‘Lectronic, we wrote about the plight of Paul Smulders and Julie Newton, whose 43-ft Laurent Giles-designed woody, Mia II, went ashore about 100 miles north of Turtle Bay on December 29. More »
Corruption or ‘Grease’
Pamela Bendall of the Port Hardy, B.C.-based Kristen 46 Precious Metal had a fabulous cruise to Peru, followed by lots of wonderful inland travel and the making of many great friends. More »
Aussie Floods Wreck Dozens of Boats
Here on the West Coast of the U.S. we’re slowly drying out after enduring a string of heavy rain storms. But the clean-up process here is nothing compared to what residents of Bundaberg, Australia face. More »
Sailors’ Bodies Recovered
On December 25, two weeks after falling off his Island Packet Kachina, the body of Casey Speed, 28, was recovered. As reported previously, Speed and his wife Lucinda — who were tenants at Sausalito Yacht Harbor — were anchored in Richardson Bay when the reportedly intoxicated Speed fell overboard. More »
SPECIAL EDITION: Mia Wrecked on Baja
Mia II was a beautifully maintained all-teak work of art.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We can think of few worse ways to end 2010 than to lose your boat. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We can think of few worse ways to end 2010 than to lose your boat. More »
Impressions of Mexico
We’ve been on assignment in Mexico — lucky us — for all but three days since the start of the Ha-Ha in late October. We sailed over to Banderas Bay in early November, and in mid-December sailed down the Gold Coast as far as Barra de Navidad, which is where we are now. More »
Eight Bells for a San Francisco Legend
The San Francisco maritime community lost a living legend last week, when Harold Sommer died of complications from pneumonia on December 21. He was 85.
Harold Sommer was a mentor and an inspiration to sailors and professional mariners throughout the West. More »
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