Current News
America’s Cup – Onward Through the Fog
What almost appeared yesterday to be a ‘final decision’ now looks like the bell for just one more round of America’s Cup legal boxing.
Earlier this month, the New York Appeals Court ruled that BMW Oracle Racing and its home yacht club, Golden Gate YC, would be instated as the Challengers of Record for AC33, and that the ‘paper’ club, Spain’s CNEV — which was hastily created after the last Cup race to insure the event would stay in Valencia — was out. More »
New Ocean Racing Recommendations
On Monday evening, five members of Coast Guard Sector San Francisco met with representatives of the YRA and any local yacht club or other organization that runs ocean races. The subject matter: making ocean racing safer. More »
Pre-Season Safety Check
John Thompson and CG Auxiliary officer Rick Saber check the expiration dates on John’s flare gun ammo.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC John Thompson’s Tanzer sloop may only be 22 feet long, but she’s fitted out with all the safety gear that would be found on a boat twice her size. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC John Thompson’s Tanzer sloop may only be 22 feet long, but she’s fitted out with all the safety gear that would be found on a boat twice her size. More »
Moby Dick in Richardson Bay
The ‘ick meter’ was cranked up several notches last week when, on the same day the big wind storm rolled through, a dead gray whale made its smelly way around Richardson Bay. More »
Some Like It Cold
All the snow on Misty suggests that it’s still a little early in the season to go sailing in Alaska.
© 2009 Paul May
"Greetings from 61ºN," writes Paul May of the Vancouver 32 pilothouse Accomplice. More »
Dinius Trial Date Closing In
Regular ‘Lectronic and Latitude 38 readers know that we’ve steadfastly supported Bismarck Dinius in his fight against vehicular manslaughter charges stemming from the 2006 death of Lynn Thornton. On April 29 of that year, Dinius had sailed in the Konocti Cup on Clear Lake aboard a Catalina 22. More »
Guzzwell Talk Draws a Crowd
John Guzzwell (left) and Clifford Cain both circumnavigated aboard Trekka.
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©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a pretty amazing evening when many of your heroes gather to celebrate one of their heroes. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a pretty amazing evening when many of your heroes gather to celebrate one of their heroes. More »
High Winds Wreak Havoc
How about that wind yesterday? Officially, it hit 45 knots at Angel Island and SFO recorded gusts to 60. Although the wind will return to a more typical 15-25 today, small craft advisories remain in effect up and down the coast through Thursday afternoon. More »
Old Guys Rule!
John crosses the finish line of the ’98 Singlehanded TransPac at age 68, aboard Endangered Species.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not that we have anything against youth, but we’re strong believers that old salts with boatloads of knowledge and experience should be revered. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Not that we have anything against youth, but we’re strong believers that old salts with boatloads of knowledge and experience should be revered. More »
A Salute to Captain Richard Phillips
Like the rest of the world, we’d like to salute Captain Richard Phillips of the cargo ship Maersk Alabama, for the selflessness and courage he demonstrated by giving himself up to Somalia pirates so his crew could go free. More »
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