Cruise the Waterfront With Latitude 38 — and Get Paid!

Every so often we find ourselves on the lookout for someone to deliver Latitude 38 magazines to our distributors around the Bay Area. Right now, we’re looking for a sailor who’d like to take on this one-day-a-month commitment for our East Bay route. We keep saying it’s a pretty cruisy job. Well, here’s the word from Latitude editor Tim Henry, who has done the occasional delivery run, and most recently the East Bay route.

“It’s always a pleasure to pry myself away from the computer, hit the road, and deliver fresh copies of Latitude 38 to the Bay Area’s waterfront. I’m not a regular delivery guy, but when I’ve filled in on the East Bay route, dropping stacks of Latitude affords me the opportunity to explore the many nooks and crannies of the Bay’s shore that I’ve driven past a gazillion times, but rarely get out of my car and visit.

“I enjoy walking along the Richmond Riviera and admiring the boats, houses with docks, and businesses nestled in the buildings. Have you ever been to the Point San Pablo Yacht Club? How about Berkeley or Richmond YCs? Their cozy interiors are at once new and exciting, but familiar to anyone, like me, who’s grown up visiting burgee-clad clubhouses around the world.

“Hitting the road and the docks gives you a sense that you’re actually writing for people and sailors as opposed to just pounding the keyboard, hitting ‘Publish,’ and having your work dispersed into the nether regions of print and the internet. I had the same experience delivering newspapers during my college journalism days at San Francisco State, and my intern days at the (Pulitzer Prize-winning) Point Reyes Light. It’s a humble and proud tradition of local journalism.

“Readers — I can recommend doing a ‘distribution-point crawl’ through the East Bay, or anywhere in the Bay Area/West Coast where you can find an always-free copy of Latitude 38.”

What say you? Do you have one day a month to spare? Would you enjoy “hitting the road and the docks,” chatting with people along the way about sailing and boats — and getting paid for the pleasure? We would prefer sailors, or someone with at least an interest in sailing.

You can learn more here. Or, if you’re confident, skip that part and send your email to [email protected] with “Latitude Driver” in the subject line.

Please, no phone calls!