This week we chat with Vivian Matuk and Delores Chan about the Dockwalker program. Vivian is the Environmental Boating Program Manager for California State Parks and the California Coastal Commission, and Delores is the Environmental Engagement Program Project Manager for The Bay Foundation. More »

  Welcome to Latitude 38’s Good Jibes! In this podcast, we’re bringing you the world of sailing through the eyes of the West Coast Sailor. Each week, you’ll hear stories and tips from the West Coast sailing community on cruising, racing and just plain sailing. More »

This week we chat with Ocean Genome Atlas Project (OGAP) co-founder and board chair Peter Molnar about building a high-resolution genomic atlas of the oceans. Peter is on a mission to produce a global genomic atlas of the world’s oceans, providing critical information for planetary health, evolutionary and fundamental biology, and biomedicines of the future. More »

This week we chat with Chris Jester at the intersection of sailing and entrepreneurship. Chris has started not one, but FIVE sailing businesses, starting with SailTime Newport Beach. Tune in as Chris shares with Good Jibes host Ryan Foland about the French sailing trip that changed his life, how to find the type of sailing business that’s best for you, how to get to know your customer base, how to go from boat sales to boat company owner, and Chris’s fun future sailing plans with friends and family. More »

In today’s episode we catch up with with author Author Rod Scher to discuss what we can learn from some of the most fascinating and tragic shipwrecks in history. Rod has published several books including an annotation of Richard Henry Dana’s Two Years Before the Mast, Sailing by Starlight: The Remarkable Voyage of Globe Star in 2022, and Ship of Lost Souls: The Tragic Wreck of the Steamship Valencia in 2024. More »

This week’s we chat with accomplished Bay Area sailor John Sweeney about the latest in AI sailing and AI lawsuits. John Sweeney won this year’s Three Bridge Fiasco and has a storied history in the America’s Cup, El Toro nationals, and Baja Ha-Ha. More »

This week in Good Jibes, host Ryan Foland chats with Maddy Garcia about vikings, FJs, and joining the Latitude 38 family. Maddy is Latitude‘s new sales and marketing manager, and brings along her true viking blood and an energizing passion for getting more people on the water. More »

In this week’s episode of Good Jibes, we bring you two stories from the Latitude 38’s February 2026 issue and one throwback story from the February 2006 issue. Hear “Will AI Win the Pacific Cup? More »

Welcome to Good Jibes where you can experience the world of sailing through the eyes of the West Coast Sailor. Featuring stories and tips from West Coast sailors on topics from our sailing community about cruising, racing, adventure, exploration or just plain sailing. More »

This week’s guest is Kevin Wasbauer of Shearwater Sailing. Kevin joins us to chat about providing sailing trips on Monterey Bay and offshore adventures across the Pacific Ocean. He has competed in hundreds of regattas on the world stage and sailed tens of thousands of miles on yachts small and large, and launched Shearwater Sailing in the summer of 2021. More »