Current News
Cosco Busan Pilot Indicted
John Cota, the pilot aboard the Cosco Busan when the ship “touched” the Bay Bridge last November, was indicted on felony charges this week.
© Jeff Berman
Federal prosecutors have indicted pilot John Cota for alledgedly lying to Coast Guard officials about prescription drugs he was taking. More »
Crashing the Party
She looks bad here, but Gitana Vela suffered relatively minor damage in her double dismasting.
© 2008 Jenny Haldeman
Anyone who was out sailing last Saturday knows that it was really windy in the afternoon. More »
Yankee – Great Earthquake Survivor
Yankee with a bone in her teeth at the Master Mariners Regatta.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco Bay is home to one of the largest, coolest and most active fleets of classic yachts anywhere in the world — the Master Mariners Benevolent Association. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC San Francisco Bay is home to one of the largest, coolest and most active fleets of classic yachts anywhere in the world — the Master Mariners Benevolent Association. More »
Snickers Arrives in Hawaii
Snickers is all smiles now that he doesn’t have to forage for his food.
© Laureli
The saga of Snickers, the boat dog abandoned on Fanning Island in December, is coming to a happy close. More »
Crackdown on Hawaii’s Commercial Cats
Remember how both Southwest Airlines and American Airlines recently had to temporarily pull many of their planes out of service because of F.A.A.-mandated safety checks? It turns out that a similar thing happened in Hawaii last summer when the Coast Guard forced 13 of 59 commercial sailing catamarans and trimarans operating out of that state temporarily out of service, primarily because of "serious safety deficiencies" with their masts. More »
Mystery Boat Aground in Baja
Hanalei on the beach at Punta San Marcial.
© 2008 Dennis Monahan
Readers Debbie and Dennis Monahan were on their annual Baja fishing trip out of Agua Verde in late February when they came upon this boat. More »
Crew Position on Profligate
The 63-ft Profligate on the hook just outside of La Paz.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After her 12th consecutive winter season in the tropics, it’s time for Profligate, Latitude‘s Surfin’ 63 catamaran, to head back to California. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC After her 12th consecutive winter season in the tropics, it’s time for Profligate, Latitude‘s Surfin’ 63 catamaran, to head back to California. More »
Were Those Masked Men Actually Mexican Navy?
"We read the April 9 ‘Lectronic item about Besame, the Southern California-based mini-megayacht that was approached by a panga full of armed and masked men off the coast of mainland Mexico recently," write Guy and Deborah Bunting, former residents of Vista who have been cruising their M&M 46 catamaran Elan in Mexico and Central America for years now. More »
Happy Birthday, Olin
Birthday boy – Olin Stephens turned 100 this past weekend.
© 2008 Webb Logg
We would like to join the rest of the sailing world in wishing happy birthday to Olin Stephens, who turned 100 yesterday (April 13). More »
Le Ponant Hostages Released
The 30 crewmembers of Le Ponant were released Friday, after seven days in captivity.
© French Ministry of Defense
The 30 crewmembers of the 288-ft French luxury yacht Le Ponant, taken hostage on April 4 by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Aden, were released Friday after the yacht’s owners paid a $2 million ransom. More »
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