September Issue Out Now
Is it September already? Well, no, not till Sunday, but guess what? The new issue of Latitude 38 is out today, and, spoiler alert, it’s one of our favorite issues ever. More »
Gotcha, Green Flash!
As it hit the horizon, a huge green flash struck and shot up into the sky. I let out a loud yelp. It was my first flash on my boat.
Photos of the Day: Jack London
In 2016, the New York Times published a series of Rarely Seen Photos by Jack London. The images are grainy and sometimes eerie portals into the last century — which seems, at once, ancient and shockingly recent. More »
Caption Contest(!)
Here’s your August Caption Contest(!)
We have changed our Caption Contest(!) winning swag from a Latitude T-shirt to a hat. Be sure to check the September issue’s Loose Lips for the winner. More »
Sacrificial Sliding Hatch
Sampaguita, my Flicka 20 sailboat, was built in 1985. When I bought the boat in 2013, it had already experienced some wear and tear. One urgent issue to address was the sliding companionway hatch and the channels on the cabin top that it nested in. More »
The Weekend Report
Every time we manage to get our Columbia Challenger out on the Bay, we find ourselves echoing those famous lines by Bob Wiley, Bill Murray's character in 'What About Bob?'
‘Maiden’: A Real-Life Drama and Triumphant Sports Documentary
We teared up more than once during Maiden, which felt like an earnest Hollywood drama, combined with a triumphant sports documentary.
August Issue Out Tomorrow
Here are a few morsels from the soon-to-hit-a-newsstand-or-digital-device-near-you August issue of Latitude 38.
Punny Boat Names
Is there an unspoken tradition that some boat names have a certain amount of “punny-ness” to them?
Here’s a case in point from our recent trip to Maine:
On that same trip, we saw a lobster boat with the name Captain Mortgage written in the same font as the famed brand of rum. More »
Swashing and Buckling with Captain Blood
Captain Blood is one of those movies that is so much of a classic, you feel like you've already seen it. But alas, we had not, and on a chilly night in early November at Spaulding Marine Center, we finally sat down to watch the 1935 swashbuckling classic.
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