Meet Our Latest Golden Ticket Winner, David Littlejohn

June is a lucky month for some; among those is David Littlejohn who found a Golden Ticket inside his June issue of Latitude 38.

David’s sailing life began in the mid-’70s. During his student days at UC Berkeley, he and his friends would rent boats from Cass’ [Gidley] Rental Marina in Sausalito. “I didn’t know how to sail,” David says, “but enjoyed the experience. Later, I joined Cal Sailing Club and actually learned how to sail on Lido 14s and Pearson Ensigns.”

Though he was once an avid racer, these days you’re more likely find David singlehanding on the Bay or outside the Gate aboard his Wyliecat 30, Slippery Slope, which he bought during the pandemic. “I really like how it handles,” he says, and adds that he sails to “get away from everything else and focus on the wind and the water.”

David is a member of the Richmond Yacht Club, which he says is an excellent location from which to get out on the Bay, and boasts a total of seven Wylie Cats. It’s also where he picked up his June issue — from the harbormaster’s office — with its Golden Ticket inside.

While sailing close to home is the norm, David has had his share of offshore voyages, including three Pacific Cups. But his most memorable sailing trip, he tells us, was sailing with his friend Bob on the Call of the Sea’s Seaward from Newport to Cabo, with skipper Jay Grant and the boat’s cook, Monica Grant. “It was my first time on a large sailing vessel. The small towns, marine life, and desert scenery were a nice change from winter in the San Francisco Bay.”

David has chosen a blue Latitude 38 cap, which is in the mail. And if you don’t have your June issue yet, or don’t know where to get one, you can find your nearest distributor here.