As jets rumble overhead and contrails fleck the sky like brushstrokes, Fleet Week (2023), the Bay Area's largest annual boating event, roars to life.
California is home to great training resources for anyone who wants to pursue a professional sailing and maritime career. Cal Maritime Academy is right off San Pablo Bay in Vallejo, and graduates new classes of merchant marines every year.
Rick Elkins shares snippets of his travel in Europe, including sighting a mysterious vessel in Italy.
"Thanks to all you salts!" wrote Terry Jackson, who found a Golden Ticket in an issue of 'Latitude 38' in September.
