Current News
Singlehander Still Missing
It’s possible that Landers is at sea aboard a green Portland Pudgy dinghy like this one.
© 2009 Portland Pudgy
Despite a multi-faceted search effort, missing American singlehander Billy W. Landers has still not been found. More »
Buccaneers to Arrive at Oakland Tomorrow
The 122-ft topsail schooner Lynx will make a spectacle of herself on the Estuary tomorrow as she kicks off to a two-week stay at Jack London Square. The replica of a War of 1812-era privateer will fire her battery of "six-pounders" as she sails into port around 3 p.m. More »
Search Underway for Shipwrecked Puddle Jumper
Although beautiful, the raw, mountainous terrain of the Marquesas makes off-road hiking extremely difficult.
Interlude
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC An extensive search is currently underway on and around the Marquesan island of Nuku Hiva for singlehander Billy W. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC An extensive search is currently underway on and around the Marquesan island of Nuku Hiva for singlehander Billy W. More »
Dinius Trial to Start May 19
Carol Stambuk has never blamed Bismarck Dinius for the 2006 death of her best friend, Lynn Thornton. "He’s such a sweetheart and we’ve all supported him since Day One," she told us yesterday. More »
Latest Threat to DBW
On May 14, an important decision regarding boating in this state will be made in Sacramento. If it goes our way, recreational boating in the Golden State will remain, well, golden. More »
Bounty Mutineer Descendants Quarantined
David and Marcie strike a pose during their recent visit to the Galapagos Islands.
Nine of Cups
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "We’ve been witnesses to history here!" reports Marcie Lynn of the Denver-based Liberty 458 Nine of Cups. More »
©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC "We’ve been witnesses to history here!" reports Marcie Lynn of the Denver-based Liberty 458 Nine of Cups. More »
H1N1 (formerly Swine) Flu in Mexico
The new 20 peso note from Mexico?
Lonnie Ryan
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The H1N1 flu — politically incorrectly referred to as the ‘swine flu’ — doesn’t seem to be a problem for cruisers in Mexico yet. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The H1N1 flu — politically incorrectly referred to as the ‘swine flu’ — doesn’t seem to be a problem for cruisers in Mexico yet. More »
Princess Tai Ping Rammed in Taiwan
Princess Tai Ping, the 54-ft Chinese junk that visited the Bay Area last October, was run down by a freighter off Taiwan on Sunday. Thankfully, all 11 crew, including three Americans, survived with mostly minor injuries. More »
Bay Area Boaters Rescued off Costa Rica
Stephen Szukics (foreground) and James Winningham were looking for adventure. They found it.
© 2009 USCGC Sherman
When Stephen Szukics’ dockmates at Loch Lomond Marina in San Rafael heard that the 55-year-old was planning to take his 55-ft wooden Baglietto powerboat Black Pearl to Texas via the Panama Canal, they tried to talk him out of it. More »
Swine Flu in Mexico . . . & California & Elsewhere
It’s nice to know that the new and sometimes deadly swine flu — which is a combo of swine, avian and human flu — that started in Mexico was nice enough to not get going until the cruising season in Mexico pretty much ended. More »
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