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Thousands Feared Dead in Haiti Quake
Mainstream news outlets are full of reports today on the horrific aftermath of Haiti’s magnitude 7.0 earthquake, which occured Tuesday. Aid workers and newsmen report that perhaps as many as 100,000 people were killed by the temblor, and an untold number of buildings were destroyed, including the presidential palace, the prison, hospitals, schools and churches. More »
The Moonduster Blow-by-Blow
Read Wayne Meretsky’s detailed account of how Moonduster ended up on a reef in Fiji.
© Neria Brewerton
In the January issue of Latitude, we wrote about the unfortunate loss of Wayne Meretsky’s beautiful S&S 47 Moonduster on a Fijian reef during December’s Tropical Cyclone Mick. More »
What to Read in the Southern Hemisphere
In Friday’s ‘Lectronic, a reader asked if there was a magazine in Sydney similar to Latitude 38. Several people responded, suggesting some possibilities (and making us blush):
"The closest thing I know of to a ‘Latitude 33 South‘ would be The Coastal Passage magazine. More »
Beaucoup de Boat Shows
Get your boating mojo going with one of several boat shows, from the Bay to Bahrain!
latitude/LaDonna
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Few things get boaters more revved up about their sport that boat shows, where they can check out the latest gadgets and gizmos, ogle their dreamboats and pick the brains of experts on a wide range of nautical topics. More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Few things get boaters more revved up about their sport that boat shows, where they can check out the latest gadgets and gizmos, ogle their dreamboats and pick the brains of experts on a wide range of nautical topics. More »
If You’d Been in Their Topsiders
There were two very interesting incidents in the November-December Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) from the Canary Islands to the 2,700-mile distant St. Lucia.
The first incident took place just several days into the event, when the Brit-owned Roberts 53 Pelican lost her rig 325 miles west of the Cape Verdes. More »
Is there a Latitude 33 South?
Reader Jim Barrett posed a question we couldn’t answer. "I enjoy Latitude 38 and was wondering if you might know whether a magazine like yours is published in Sydney, Australia? There are of course similar stateside magazines, and you must at least feel flattered by them, but I’d like to know if Sydney has an equivalent." More »
BMW Oracle Arrives in Spain
Spanish Fly! BMW Oracle’s 100-ft tri was off-loaded from a cargo ship in Valencia on Monday to begin training for the 33rd America’s Cup.
© 2010 Gilles Martin-Raget / BMW Oracle Racing
With a little more than a month before the scheduled start of the 33rd America’s Cup — unless more legal wrangling forces a delay — the BMW Oracle Racing team can finally start testing in European waters. More »
Sydney Hobart Goes to the Little Guys
Neville Crichton’s R/P 100 Alfa Romeo pounds toward Hobart.
© 2010 Rolex / Daniel Forester
The largest-ever collection of custom, 100-ft maxis were no match for three Australia-based, 40-ft production boats in the ’09 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race. More »
Dehumidifier Recall
Fewer things on a boat are less sexy than a dehumidifier, but damp winters certainly justify their use. The small, passive marine air dryers sold at chandleries are just the thing to keep the mildew at bay in Southern California, but when winter presents itself in buckets of rain, a little more ‘oomph’ is needed. More »
Farewell 2009 – Our Photo Favorites
In January we were taunted by these kids, apparently because they were sailing and we were ripping around in a stinkpot photoboat.
© 2009 Peter Lyons
As we say goodbye to 2009, we thought it would be fun to take a look back through the news and nonsense that we’ve shared with you this year in ‘Lectronic. More »
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