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Mark Rudiger – Friend in Need
He’s not the type of guy who would unduly worry people with bad news, but the fact is that the great Bay Area sailor Mark ‘Rudi’ Rudiger has been battling lymphoma for several years now. More »
Salute and Her Big Stick
Salute at Puerto Venere, Italy, showing a mast too tall to slip beneath the Golden Gate.
© 2008 Bernie Barden
"Mine’s bigger than yours!" writes Bernie Barden, Docent at the San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park. "We More »
Looking for Schooner Crew
We normally don’t do ‘crew wanted’ ads for individuals, but when it comes to folks who have made circumnavigations aboard schooners they’ve restored, we make exceptions.
President of the Pacific Ocean, Merl Petersen, is looking for crew for the Great San Francisco Schooner Race in August. More »
Gulliver the Parrot Arrives in L.A.
At long last Gulliver the macaw is back home in the U.S. Gulliver and his furry pal Snickers the cocker spaniel were abandoned on Fanning Island last December when their owners lost their boat on the reef. More »
Where is Beverage Reef Anyway?
When you go cruising, Beverage Reef is actually one of the places you want to avoid.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The July issue of Latitude 38 — now available everywhere, including online — features a great interview with Sausalito’s Marc and Doreen Gounard, who built a 33-ft cat in the early ’90s for just $35,000, and have since spent four six-month seasons in Mexico and completed a 4.5-year circumnavigation with their son and daughter. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The July issue of Latitude 38 — now available everywhere, including online — features a great interview with Sausalito’s Marc and Doreen Gounard, who built a 33-ft cat in the early ’90s for just $35,000, and have since spent four six-month seasons in Mexico and completed a 4.5-year circumnavigation with their son and daughter. More »
Fourth on the Bay
Bay Area sailors couldn’t have asked for a better weekend to celebrate our country’s independence. Friday saw a nice steady breeze for most of the day, conveniently dying down in time for the fireworks. More »
The DMV as a Rogue Agency?
Since the early 1990s, the California Department of Motor Vehicles has been handling drunken boating convictions — aka BUIs — like drunken driving convictions in the sense that they’ve suspended the driver’s licenses of the offenders. More »
Don’t Blame the EPA
A 2006 U.S. District Court ruling is forcing the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a ‘discharge permit’ for every recreational boat in the U.S. — including sailboats, kayaks and rubber inner tubes. More »
Superyacht Rescues California Sailors
Matt and Judy Johnson of Antioch, along with their grandson Tyler, were rescued last Saturday after running their 40-ft Elsewhere onto the reef surrounding Aur Atoll in the Marshall Islands group. More »
Nereida Lost on Mexican Beach
Jeanne Socrates credits the 2006 Singlehanded TransPac for giving her the confidence to set off on a 15-month solo circumnavigation.
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© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re heartsick to report that Jeanne Socrates, who, after completing the 2006 Singlehanded TransPac, decided to take on the world with a 15-month solo circumnavigation, has lost her beloved UK-based Najad 361 Nereida less than 100 miles from her starting point of Zihuatanejo. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC We’re heartsick to report that Jeanne Socrates, who, after completing the 2006 Singlehanded TransPac, decided to take on the world with a 15-month solo circumnavigation, has lost her beloved UK-based Najad 361 Nereida less than 100 miles from her starting point of Zihuatanejo. More »
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