Current News
Plastiki Assisted, Not Rescued
Despite what the mainstream media — who consistently display their ignorance of all things nautical — would have you believe, the crew on the 60-ft eco-cat Plastiki were not rescued off the coast of Australia this weekend. More »
Who Turned the Lights Out?
“Fog? No worries. It’s Friday night and we’re out on the water!” Come fog, rain or shine, beer can racing is an ideal antidote for the stresses of the workaday world. More »
The Sun Puts on a Show
During our recent trip to Tahiti, few cruisers we spoke to were keeping up with the mind-numbing headlines back home. But they all seemed to know about the imminent solar eclipse which would be best viewed from French Polynesia — and elsewhere along a narrow track stretching from the Cook Islands to southern Patagonia. More »
Plastiki Nears Sydney
Expedition leader David de Rothschild hopes the Plastiki Expedition will encourage people to really think about their plastic usage.
© 2010 Plastiki Expedition
It’s been a while since we’ve checked in with the crew of Plastiki, the 60-ft eco-catamaran made from 12,500 plastic soda bottles that sailed out the Golden Gate on March 20 on the first leg of its mission to raise awareness about plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. More »
More on Panama Murder
The attack on Danish-born American sailor Bo Kjaer-Olsen last month in Panama — which led to his death — left many who’ve enjoyed trouble-free cruising in that Central American country wondering what might have motivated Kjaer-Olsen’s five assailants. More »
Ramos’ Arctic Loop Prohibited
Imagine how you’d feel if you’d spent five years and a small fortune in pursuit of becoming the first person to solo circumnavigate the North Pole, only to be turned back midway by inflexible bureaucrats. More »
Getting Kids Off the Couch
“Look ma, I’m sailing!” A new recruit blasts across the Paradise Cay lagoon, adjacent to Tiburon YC.
© Yolanda Lopez
With schools out for summer, parents are faced with an age-old question: How should their little darlings fill all that free time? More »
Happy Ending: Catalyst Righted on North Coast
We’re happy to report that the PDQ 32 catamaran Catalyst, which flipped last week in heavy weather and eventually drifted, upside down, into a reef-fringed North Coast ‘doghole’, has been successfully rescued and righted. More »
Flipped Cat Lies in Doghole as Storm Approaches
Looking relatively unscathed after her offshore ordeal, Catalyst now idles in a tiny North Coast doghole.
© 2010 Greg Yarman
When longtime ‘Lectronic Latitude devotee Greg Yarman read about the offshore evacuation of Catalyst Wednesday — a 32-ft cat that flipped while en route from Crescent City to Alameda — he felt certain that the overturned boat would wash up somewhere along the rugged North Coast where he lives. More »
Harker Thanks Everyone for Their Concern
Solo circumnavigator Mike Harker of the Manhattan Beach-based Hunter 49 Wanderlust 3 reports that he’s recovering nicely from the terrible beating he received from two thieves who boarded his boat in Simpson Lagoon in the middle of St. More »
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