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Fossett’s Plane Found
Sailor/adventurer Steve Fossett’s fate has been a mystery for nearly a year.
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Nearly 11 months to the day since adventurer Steve Fossett disappeared, the remains of the single engine plane he was flying at the time have been found in the Eastern Sierra’s Minaret Range near Mammoth Lakes. More »
Come On Down, The Weather Is Fine
Life on the hook was as good as it gets in Southern California at Cherry Cove yesterday. This location will, however, be jammed this weekend for the wild Buccaneer’s Day celebrations. More »
Seattle Sailor Dies in Tragic Nighttime Collision
In a case painfully reminiscent of the Lynn Thornton tragedy on Clear Lake, a 37-year-old female sailor was killed Saturday evening after being struck by a speeding powerboat on Seattle’s Lake Washington. More »
October Latitude Hits the Streets
Finally! Something worth reading.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just when you thought there was nothing left worth reading out there. . . the October issue of Latitude 38 has hit the streets. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Just when you thought there was nothing left worth reading out there. . . the October issue of Latitude 38 has hit the streets. More »
Massive Turnout for Maltese Falcon
The long view from the San Francisco’s Sea Cliff area gives you an idea of how tall Falcon’s rig is, and how enormous the spectator fleet was.
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©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Maltese Falcon – the power and the glory. More »
©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Maltese Falcon – the power and the glory. More »
All Things Falcon
There was a nice front page story in The Chronicle today announcing that Tom Perkins’ 289-ft mega sailing yacht Maltese Falcon will come under the Gate Saturday at 2 p.m. Reporter Carl Nolte got some of the information from us, and we feel it’s important to make one clarification. More »
Jury Selection Begins in Deleon Trial
Jury selection began this week in the trial of Skylar Deleon, the alleged ‘mastermind’ behind the 2004 disappearance of Newport Beach-based cruisers Tom and Jackie Hawks. Prosecutors contend that Deleon, along with two accomplices, lured the Hawkses into a test sail of the 55-ft trawler, Well Deserved, they had for sale. More »
Sailing the Patch
Dr. Curtis Ebbesmeyer and Dr. Jim Graham are oceanographers and drift analysis experts. Although they’re based in Seattle, they work on — and are interested in — all sorts of things that go adrift at sea, from lost buoys and abandoned ships all the way down to sneakers and rubber duckies. More »
Falcon Still on for Saturday at 2 p.m.
For those of you tracking the progress of Maltese Falcon on www.symaltesefalcon.com, you’ve already noticed that Tom Perkins’ megayacht pulled into Drakes Bay this morning around 6 a.m. Rest assured, Falcon is still scheduled to make her grand entrance to the Bay at 2 p.m. More »
Strong Quake Jolts Mexican Coast
The coastal region of west-central Mexico was rocked yesterday evening by a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, centered offshore, approximately 130 miles SW of Manzanillo, in the state of Jalisco.
Fears that the undersea temblor would generate unusual wave action caused officials to issue a tsunami warning, but no abnormal conditions have been reported, and, according to on-site reporters, no major damage occurred ashore. More »
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