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Waterspout Seen Off La Cruz
This waterspout touched down near La Cruz on Friday morning but caused no damage.
© 2010 Jim Casey
The west coast of North America is no stranger to crazy natural disasters — floods, wildfires, hurricanes and, of course, earthquakes, to name a few — but it’s not often home to waterspouts. More »
Be Careful What You Wish For
By the looks of this satellite imagery, local reservoirs should be filling up nicely. Unfortunately, so will storm drains and treatment facilities.
© NOAA
Could it be that too many snowboarders have been praying for snow? More »
Jessica Watson Rounds Cape Horn
Ella’s Pink Lady surfed her way around Cape Horn in 40 knots of wind on 12- to 15-ft seas.
© 2010 Jessica Watson
On Wednesday evening, 88 days into her attempt to become the youngest solo circumnavigator, 16-year-old Jessica Watson rounded Cape Horn. More »
Bismarck Dinius Files Suit
In the days following his acquittal last August on charges that he was the primary cause of the 2006 death of Lynn Thornton, Bismarck Dinius has tried to pick up the pieces of his life. More »
Donzi Mayhem at Sam’s
Sam’s is a popular watering hole for boaters and landlubbers alike – with the former often putting on a show for the latter.
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©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Our esteemed publisher has a favorite expression: "If you’ve got to eat shit, you may as well take big bites." More »
©2010 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Our esteemed publisher has a favorite expression: "If you’ve got to eat shit, you may as well take big bites." More »
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!
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©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 »
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