Latitude 38 June Issue Out Now
June is here, and along with it, the 588th edition of Latitude 38 sailing magazine. This month’s mashup of words, photos, stories and letters includes a feature story on a mashed-up catamaran owned by a sailor who started sailing a decade ago in the Baja Ha-Ha, and who has since rescued a hurricane-damaged catamaran. He’s just finished sailing it to the Marquesas in the Pacific Puddle Jump. We also cover what’s going on at San Francisco Marina, a boat re-power project while on the hook, Nicole Breault and the She-Wolves, a gentle delivery from Baja to Ensenada, and much more. Here’s a preview:
‘She-Wolves’ Prepare for NYYC’s Women’s International Championship
Nicole Breault and an all-star team of Bay Area women sailors will head to Newport, Rhode Island, this September to compete in the inaugural New York Yacht Club (NYYC) Women’s International Championship. Representing the St. Francis Yacht Club, Nicole and her self-styled She-Wolves team will be up against 19 other teams from 14 countries racing the IC37 sailboats supplied by the host club.
A Gentle Bash to Ensenada — Dispatches From the V-Berth
“The weather is the boss. When it’s good, we go; when it’s bad, we stop.” That’s what Arnstein Mustad said to me and Carla Deykin on April 6, the night before we departed Marina La Cruz de Huanacaxtle in Nayarit, Mexico. This was my third delivery with Arnstein, so I had a pretty good idea what he meant. As a delivery skipper, Arnstein has sailed more than 250,000 ocean miles, and these are not pleasure cruises. Arnstein is Icelandic for Eagle Stone, but as we progressed, I wondered what was Icelandic for “I only stop for fuel.”
Going Dutch — Huub’s Pacific Puddle Jump
Experience, it is said, is a harsh teacher: You get the test first and the lesson afterward. That was certainly how Huub van der Mark came to sailing and cruising. A bit over a decade ago, in his late 20s, he moved from the Netherlands to New York to study acting. Instead, he got exposed to sailing, and became almost instantly enamored with the romantic notion of sailing over far horizons. He jumped in with both feet, crewing on other people’s boats in the Baja Ha-Ha and Pacific Puddle Jump. One thing led to another, and just 10 years after he’d first stepped onto a boat, knowing nothing, he did this year’s Pacific Puddle Jump on his own 38-ft catamaran — singlehanded. Here’s his story of that journey.
Plus this month’s regular columns:
Letters: The Adventurous Good Old Days; Will Ferry Plans Be Foiled?; Seasonal Weirdness = Fun; A Sailor’s Protracted Battle Against Inflated Tax Assessments; and stacks more readers’ letters.
Sightings: Forty Years of Running Aground at San Francisco Marina; Cayard’s Winning Ways Continue; Summer Sailstice 2026; An Epic E27 Shakedown to Hawaii; and many other stories.
Max Ebb: “Closing the Gap”
Racing Sheet: The Racing Season is in full swing on San Francisco Bay (at least for boats that aren’t blocked into the San Francisco Marina West Harbor). This month’s edition of Racing Sheet covers the ever-popular Great Vallejo Race, and the Moore 24 fleet racing in Santa Cruz. Then, we head south and to the world of match racing, where a Long Beach local is victorious at the Ficker Cup, and a 23-year-old Australian rising star registers a shock win at the 61st Congressional Cup. Finally, we wrap up with some of the best women skippers on the Bay duking it out in the J/105 fleet, and the LYSA Spring Regatta sailed in boisterous conditions.
Changes in Latitudes: With reports this month from Ondina’s fun encounters with fellow cruisers; Nirvana’s post-Ha-Ha adventures; Simpatico’s cruise on the Coast of Joy; and some fun and interesting Cruise Notes.
Plus, see all the latest in sailboats and sailboat gear for sale in Classy Classifieds.
Our drivers were out yesterday, delivering the June issue to Bay Area locations. Pick up your copy from your nearest distributor.
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