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Warriors Wish Loses Her Keel
Ronnie is no doubt wishing for a fat shot of rum with a beer chaser right about now.
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©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC A little after two weeks and more than halfway into his passage back to San Francisco after completing the Singlehanded TransPac, Ronnie Simpson reports that the keel on Warrior’s Wish fell off Wednesday night. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC A little after two weeks and more than halfway into his passage back to San Francisco after completing the Singlehanded TransPac, Ronnie Simpson reports that the keel on Warrior’s Wish fell off Wednesday night. More »
Under Cover in Indo
Much like Charles Townsend in Charlie’s Angels, Cap’n Ted’s face is never fully visible. His is the third ass from the left in this shot of his helping to launch a small boat in Bali. More »
Trouble Ashore At Tenacatita Bay
Tenacatita Bay, the four-mile by four-mile bay on mainland Mexico’s Gold Coast between Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, and just north of Barra Navidad, has long been a favorite with cruisers. Its calm anchorage offers access to surfing, the ‘jungle ride’, the ‘aquarium’, the ruins of the McHale’s Navy movie set, the village of La Manzanilla, and all kinds of friendly vendors ashore. More »
Galilee Harbor Celebrates 30 Years
With shifty winds gusting to 30 knots, just getting to the starting line of the dinghy races was a challenge. Hans List, seen here, and others came home soaking wet.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The story of Sausalito’s Galilee Harbor should be inspirational to anyone who thinks ‘you can’t fight City Hall’. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The story of Sausalito’s Galilee Harbor should be inspirational to anyone who thinks ‘you can’t fight City Hall’. More »
Be The Windlass!
Margie shows what it takes to bring up an anchor by hand during a season of cruising in Mexico? And say, isn’t that David Crosby’s Alden schooner Mayan in the background on the left? More »
No Sun, No Fun
Yes, even though you haven’t had seen the sun in months, it still exists. This is what it looks like when the sun shines on a boat in Mexico. In fact, so much sun shines on boats in Mexico, you don’t want to skimp on the bimini. More »
In Hot Pursuit
Just about everywhere you look around San Francisco Bay, there are treasures of our rich maritime heritage. Some, though, are less obvious to the untrained eye than others.
We last saw the M-Class sloop Pursuit on the Bay in 2005, during the Sail San Francisco parade. More »
Sailboat Beaches on Oregon Coast
Around 8 a.m. Friday morning, the Oregon State Police received a report of a beached sailboat in Newport. According to the OSP, a 77-year-old retired physician from Bellevue, WA was singlehanding his 38-ft liveaboard sailboat down the coast and, after going below to sleep, his boat ran up on the beach. More »
It’s a Dog-Eat-Dog World
“Trim that sheet, you scurvy dog!” Peaches ‘mans’ her post.
© 2010 Randi Harry
When we posted the story about Bryan and Jennifer Saulsbury’s Portuguese water dog Barley, we had no idea emotions on the topic would run so high. More »
Kerry Reconsiders
After a hurricane of public outrage, Massachusetts Senator John Kerry has decided that he will pay $450,000 in sales tax to the state of Massachusetts following the purchase of his $7 million Ted Fontaine-designed 76-ft sailing yacht Isabel. More »
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