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 »
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 »
Nereida Leaves Ushuaia
Indefatigable Jeanne Socrates, 68, spent two months getting Nereida once again ready for sea.
Nereida
© 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 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 Best Time for St. Barth
This bright-eyed little rascal of a petite juene fille is a perfect symbol of the whimsical nature of Carnival in St. Barth. Despite the thousands of people, lots of drinking, and smoking of weed, kids can run free and be as safe as they would in Belvedere Park on a Saturday afternoon. More »
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