Current News
One of the Biggest Sailboat Sales Ever
The folks at KKMI in Richmond are understandably proud to announce they have have sold Adele, the spectacular 180-ft Hoek ketch, to Northern California owners. The new owners wish to remain anonymous, but we do know they started out with an Express 37 and then moved up to the Swan 112 Song of The Sea. More »
A Little Lube’ll Do Ya
As any female diesel mechanic will tell you, proper lubrication is critical for good sex – but no less critical for proper engine maintenance. When it comes to engines, lots of clean lube oil is the main thing, but don’t forget the little stuff like waterproof silicone grease – such as seen in today’s Photo of the Day. More »
Passports Now Required
It’s official – as of Monday, October 1, passports are now required for any American citizen traveling by air out of the country, including Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. The new rules were supposed to have gone into effect in January but massive delays at processing centers prompted officials to postpone enforcement until later in the year. More »
Speaking of Ellison . . .
Prop planes soaring through the afternoon sunset. Note the two painted with the ‘Oracle’ logo.
Ellen Hoke
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s just another party held by billionaire Larry Ellison, fourth richest man in America. More »
© Latitude 38 Media, LLC It’s a bird, it’s a plane…no, it’s just another party held by billionaire Larry Ellison, fourth richest man in America. More »
Folding Boat – and We Do Mean Folding
Boelter’s boat ‘underway’ on the Elbe. The origami creation is part of an ongoing exhibit by the artist.
© 2007 Latitude 38 Publishing Co., Inc.
German artist Frank Boelter was fooling around with a milk carton at breakfast one morning when all of a sudden (so the report goes) it occurred to him that you could build a boat out of this stuff. More »
Call for Volunteer Bottoms
KKMI is working with Janssen Pharmaceutica to develop a greener bottom paint, and are inviting Bay Area boaters to help in the effort by volunteering their own bottoms for a one-year study. More »
Saving The Turtle Eggs
Kati and the marines collect the turtle eggs at Punta Mita.
© Karen Milleson
"On September 3, a friend told me that he’d seen turtles on the beach to the east of the panga harbor at Punta Mita, Banderas Bay," writes young Kati Milleson, who lives in the El Faro condo project nearby. More »
International Talk Like A Pirate Day!
Shiver me timbers, put down yer grog and cackle fruit, it’s ‘Talk Like a Pirate Day!’
Be sure to tell the cockswains, squiffies and powder monkies; maybe grab yer doubloons and head out for a bumboo or two. More »
Be sure to tell the cockswains, squiffies and powder monkies; maybe grab yer doubloons and head out for a bumboo or two. More »
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