Latitude 38 July Issue Out Now
Welcome to the height of summer sailing in the Northern Hemisphere! Long days and brisk breezes are keeping our sails and our hearts full. Whether you’re regularly sailing on the water or from your armchair, we hope you feel the fair winds blowing through the pages of Latitude 38’s July issue. Here’s a peek at what’s inside.
First the Pacific Puddle Jump — Then Our College Graduation
In 2024, three college friends and I quit our jobs and poured our savings into a sailboat with the goal of crossing the Pacific Ocean. Ranging from age 22 to 26, Jack, Lauren, Teddy, and I found Open Range, a 1989 Beneteau, and restored her in Santa Cruz over the winter. What had started as a shared dream during college turned into a serious commitment. From the start we’d agreed that the California and Baja coasts would be our main shakedown sail. California proved to be a good training ground, and Baja taught us valuable lessons in coastal cruising.
Sea Stories From the Master Mariners Regatta
Spring on San Francisco Bay can be as windy as — but less predictable than — summer. On Saturday, May 24, sailors in the Master Mariners Regatta recorded wind into the 30s, and even an apparent wind gust of 40 during the afternoon’s last leg across the Slot. Sea Quest, Roxy, and Viking each finished the day with a tale to share.
The Strange Journey of Fair Seas
Every boat with a few miles under the keel has a story to tell — of storms endured, long passages made, or dreams realized. The Formosa 51 Fair Seas has likely known its share of those sorts of tales. But the unique part of its story seems to have happened after the boat was hauled out of the water — never to return — more than 30 years ago.
And of course we’ve included our regular monthly columns:
Letters: Brigadoon in the MMR; Vessel Research Tips; I Know That Boat!; Sailing Doesn’t Have To Be Expensive. Join Us, and Don’t Spend a Lot of Money; plus a mail sack full of more readers’ letters and comments.
Sightings: And Away They Go! — the 2025 Transpac; Passage Making on OPBs; Bowwoman; The Mysterious Contessa; and other stories.
Max Ebb: “In Praise of Raster”
Racing Sheet: The last blast of spring was a blast indeed. Here we include California Offshore Race Week, the Delta Ditch Run, the YRA Duxship, the SSS and YRA Farallones races, the Elvstrom-Zellerbach, the PICYA Lipton Cup, and HMBYC’s Laser Team Regatta, plus Race Notes and Box Scores.
Changes in Latitudes: With reports this month on Lochinvar’s glitchy cruise to Mexico; Mistral’s successful completion of a Pacific crossing after the owner’s first one was cut short by COVID; Arctic Tern’s voyage of remembrance; Fairwyn’s quick ride north; and an interesting collection of Cruise Notes.
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