Created for Your Reading Pleasure — Latitude 38 August Issue Out Now
Welcome to the August issue of Latitude 38, our favorite sailing magazine. This month we bring you stories and photos from the Pacific Cup mid-ocean, 173 years of America’s Cups, wooden boats, SailGP, solar-powered sailing and much more.
Here’s a preview.
Catching the Pac Cup Mid-ocean
Writing race previews seems to tempt fate, and writing race updates in print runs the risk of making published information tragically out of date by the time you pick up a fresh copy of this magazine. Last month, we wrote about the highly anticipated Pacific Cup showdown between Glass Slipper and Rapid Transit. The boats were designed by Jim Antrim, built at Berkeley Marine Center and owned by Cree and Jim Partridge respectively. It was a unique matchup featuring all kinds of Bay Area design and boatbuilding talent, and we were frothing to see how it would turn out. What could possibly go wrong?
Brigadoon — A Klaus Family Love Affair
“My appreciation for the water started after a day exploring Red Rock in San Francisco Bay as a Boy Scout,” says Terry Klaus, caretaker of Brigadoon, the first design from L. Francis Herreshoff. Completed in 1924 by the Britt Brothers of Massachusetts, this schooner has been a member of the Klaus family for 48 years. Wooden boats are a gathering place for sport and socializing, a place to work and a place to craft for this family. Recognition of that importance might not have materialized had it not been for a young lad’s switch from Boy Scouts to Sea Scouts.
San Francisco to the Bahamas — Dreams Born on S.F. Bay
The first time I touched a cruising sailboat was in 1995, on my first trip through the San Francisco Bay Area on a cross-country road trip. I was in college and driving from New England to Los Angeles on a tight budget with a friend. To save money, sleep in a real bed, and get a few free meals, we spent nights with people we knew whenever we could.
Until that evening, I hadn’t thought much about sailboats. Boats were not a part of my upbringing. My father immigrated to the United States via a terrifying journey across the Atlantic Ocean, and he had zero interest in boats after that.
Here’s more of what’s inside:
- Letters: A Few Words About Last Month’s Cover Photo; What I’ve Learned From Chartering; Do These People Ever Age?; and many more readers’ letters.
- Sightings: Catching the Pac Cup Mid-Ocean; The Wisdom/Experience of Tony English; 173 Years of America’s Cups; and other stories.
- Feature Stories: A Klaus Family Love Affair; Spanish Mission Succeeds; San Francisco to Bahamas; The Resourceful Sailor Sails Solar.
- Max Ebb: Overdue — “I decided to pursue one of my favorite activities when I find myself in an unfamiliar club with time to kill: check out their library.”
- Racing Sheet: We visit races north, south and in between: Ullman Sails Long Beach Race Week, the Race to Alaska, YRA’s Half Moon Bay Race, Westpoint Regatta and Jr. Waterhouse, the C420 Women’s North Americans, StFYC’s Woodies Invitational and Opti Heavy Weather, and the Melges 24 Nationals in Santa Barbara.
- Changes in Latitudes: This month we report on Tieton’s Puddle Jump; Zandra’s cruise down the Kiel Canal; Part 1 of Outrun’s prep and departure for the South Seas; and a sea bag full of Cruise Notes.
- Loose Lips: A wrap-up of July’s Caption Contest(!).
- All the latest in sailboats and sailboat gear for sale, Classy Classifieds.
We appreciate all readers and all our supporters. You keep Latitude 38 in print! You can show your appreciation by supporting our advertisers who have made this issue possible.