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Sailagram: A Snapshot of February Sailing
Sailing in February saw us enjoying Valentine’s Day, aka “I love sailing day,” plus some wet and wild weather and summery weather.
Sailagram: Snapshot of January Sailing
2024 is off to a racey start! Lots of winter regatta action. Catch it here as Sailagram brings the heat to an otherwise chilly month on the S.F. Bay!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of December Sailing
Happy post-holiday rush to you all, and cheers to a new year ahead with many days out on the water. Here are the last days of sailing in 2023 for your enjoyment.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of November Sailing
Holiday festivities got going in earnest this month with some Thanksgiving sailing!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of October Sailing
October was a big month: fall-themed regattas, Oktoberfest, Halloween and more!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of August Sailing
Sailors gotta sail! Check out what your community was up to last month.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of July Sailing
We’re excited to share all these excellent photos our readers have taken during the past month.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of June Sailing
Here it is, the eagerly awaited June Sailagram! Is your photo among the beautiful images shared from last month’s sailing adventures?
Unseasonal Rain
We all know how the rain falls in Spain, but in Northern California, the rain mainly falls in the winter. So it was a bit of a surprise to be awakened by the whisper of a summer shower on the cabin top during a recent visit to the Delta. A quick look out the ports…
Celebrated Circumnavigator Joins Ha-Ha
Four-time circumnavigator Scott Piper will join the Ha-Ha fleet while en route to Panama and Scotland. Pipe Dream IX© Latitude 38 Media, LLC While reviewing background info on this year’s Baja Ha-Ha entrants, William (Scott) Piper III’s stats jumped off the page at us. In fact, when we read that he’d logged more than 180,000…
Jimena Does Little Damage
While Hurricane Jimena is not dead yet, so far the news has been all good for mariners when it comes this former Category 4 hurricane that paralleled the coast of mainland Mexico a good distance offshore and then finally made landfall at Bahia Santa Maria, about 175 miles north of Cabo San Lucas. Until 24…
Winning Winning in 18-Footers
Dueling 18-footers cross tacks downwind yesterday at the St. Francis YC’s 18-ft Skiff International Regatta. © Erik Simonson With two days of racing in the books, 57-year-old Australian John Winning’s Yandoo is holding a one-point margin over Howie Hamlin’s Team Harken at the St. Francis YC’s 18-ft Skiff International Regatta. Scoring a 1-3-5-1, Winning —…
Angry Jimena Barreling Toward Baja
Batten down the hatches, Jimena is heading inshore – and she appears to be in a very bad mood. © 2009 NOAA More often than not, strong Eastern Pacific storms and hurricanes threaten the Mexican mainland and Baja Peninsula, but veer offshore or diminish in strength before inflicting much damage. It could be a different…
More ‘Stone Age’ Than Manu Rere
Hans Klaar’s 73-ft Ontong Java was a welcome sight to many Polynesians. © 2009 Glenn Tieman The name Glenn Tieman should ring a bell with regular visitors to this site and readers of Latitude 38 magazine. He’s the Southern California traditionalist who hand-built a primative Wharram catamaran, and recently sailed from Mexico to the South…
Solo Sailor Overdue in Marquesas
Family and friends are ‘waiting for Godot’ to arrive safely in the Marquesas. Godot© Latitude 38 Media, LLC Friends and family of singlehander Jim Cheshire, 63, are asking Pacific Puddle Jumpers to keep an eye out for Cheshire’s Alberg 35 Godot. Cheshire left Manta, Ecuador, on July 21 bound for the Marquesas but has not…
Dramatic Send-Off Planned for Ha-Ha 16
Although details have yet to be finalized, festivities in San Diego surrounding the annual Baja Ha-Ha cruisers’ rally are expected to reach a new level. Tenants of the Port of San Diego, in conjunction with several government agencies, are working with the Rally Committee and Latitude 38, to give the Ha-Ha — which is the…
What’s Next, Globe Toddlers?
A 13-year-old Dutch girl attempting to become the youngest-ever circumnavigator has been placed under state supervision in the Netherlands. Laura Dekker planned to leave September 1, aboard her 24-ft sailboat Guppy on a two-year, solo circumnavigation aimed at setting a Guinness world record. Judges ruled that Dekker would have faced both mental and physical risks…
The Drechslers Reach the Bay
When last we heard from Dick and Sharon Drechsler, they were prepping their Long Beach-based Catalina 470 Last Resort for a trip down the beach from Puget Sound. After a month-long exploration of the coast, including the Columbia River as far up as the Bonneville Locks, the Drechslers pulled into the Bay yesterday afternoon. Their…
Sailagram: A Snapshot of March Sailing
Spring has sprung, along with our clocks and our docklines. Sailors have been making the most of the warmer, sunny weather and enjoying the spring breezes on the Bay.