Meet Chris Childers’ Homegrown Crew

Chris Childers, executive director of Rocking the Boat in San Francisco, has taught hundreds of kids to sail on San Francisco Bay. He wrote to tell us that he’s now starting fresh with some homegrown crew. Chris said, “My 2-year-old son Louis has enjoyed looking at the photos of all kinds of boats in the pages of the latest Latitude. He is really interested in the ads for the outboards — good copy on that one.

“But his favorite of all this past issue was the caption contest with the poor fellow falling off during launch. Louis can’t stop checking on this guy to see ‘Man fall down. Uh oh!’ Don’t know if it would have won the caption contest, but it’s a late entry regardless.”

“Thanks, Latitude!”

Chris, thanks for sending in the photo and note. It’s great to see you’re bringing kids up right. Learning to enjoy a good read and going sailing will make his life better. – Ed.

If, like Chris’s son Louis, your crew isn’t quite ready to sail, come to the Latitude 38 Crew List Party in Sausalito this Thursday. You’ll meet an assortment of sailors willing and able to get on board. And if you’re looking for good bedtime stories, you can pick up a magazine here.