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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 April Sailing
Although April still had some crazy wet weather, we were able to get out on the water a little and enjoy the variety that comes with sailing.
Sailagram: A Snapshot of March Sailing
Despite all the wet and wild weather March threw at the West Coast, our community still managed to get out and get their sails up.Â
Sailagram: A Snapshot of February Sailing
As we sail into spring we have a whole new Sailagram album full of photos from February’s outstanding (and some not-so-great) sailing days.
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More on Darla Jean
When we receive reports of boats washing up on distant shores, we do our best to verify as many facts as possible but often must rely on eyewitness reports. Unfortunately, we are sometimes given inaccurate or incomplete information, as was apparently the case with Darla Jean. In the January issue of Latitude 38, we reported…
Christmas and New Year’s in Mexico
"Frosty and Patti of Angel Fish organized a Christmas potluck for about 75 of us cruisers at the Barra Country Club Golf Course, and then Bill Lloy and Moira Taft of Fancy Free put together a New Year’s Brunch," reports Charles Lane of the San Francisco-based Tayana 37 Shamari. "The Christmas event was in particular…
“Oh My God, I’m Sinking!”
It’s never good when your ‘high water’ alarm sounds. And especially not good when it sounds while you’re singlehanding 500 miles south of Ascension Island in the South Atlantic Ocean. But that’s the situation Mike Harker of Southern California found himself in aboard Wanderlust 3, his Hunter Mariner 49, just before the end of the…
Any Ladies Looking for Sailing & Romance?
Normally, we avoid matchmaking like the plague, but every 30 years or so we give it a try. This is one of those times. In addition to sailing, Marc’s idea of fun include 10 to 15-mile hikes. latitude/Richard©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Marc Hachey, 54, of Auburn has been cruising his Peterson 44 Sea Angel…
Thomas Coville Makes a Big Comeback
Thomas Coville, who had a rough start to his own assault on Ellen MacArthur’s solo circumnavigation record and who was thought by some to be out of the running, has made a tremendous comeback in the last few days aboard his 105-ft trimaran Sodebo. A high pressure system just off South Africa forced Coville to…
Rosebud Wins Rolex Sydney Hobart
With the last of the 79 entries having finished or dropped out of the 605-mile Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race, Roger Sturgeon’s new Farr STP65 Rosebud was declared the corrected time winner. As such, he joins Ted Turner, who won the event in ’72 with American Eagle, and Jim Kilroy, who won it with Kialoa…
Sailing in the New Year in the Caribbean
The magic of St. Barth – one day you don’t know anybody, the next day you’re sailing to windward in 30 knots aboard a yacht like Altair, a spectacularly restored 130-ft gaff ketch designed and built by Fife in 1911. latitude/Richard©2008 Latitude 38 Media, LLC You know how, famously, there is no "second place" when…
AC Action in October?
With the recent court ruling establishing BMW Oracle as the Challenger of Record for the next America’s Cup, Oracle sent off 2007 with a promise of a Deed of Gift challenge for October, 2008. Now it’s up to an anticipated court order to compel Alinghi — who are appealing the New York court’s November decision…
Joyon Keeps Bombing Along
French sailing dynamo, Francis Joyon, just keeps cracking off the miles on his quest for the fastest singlehanded circumnavigation world record. As of this morning, Joyon and his 97-ft trimaran IDEC were 40 days into their assault on Ellen MacArthur’s record and some 3,400 miles ahead of where MacArthur was on her 40th day. Joyon…
Stay in the Bay till Sunday
Even though the weather has been warmer the last couple days, don’t forget we’re still in the grip of winter. The National Weather Service has issued a hazardous seas advisory for the next few days and the Coast Guard is urging mariners to stay put. The forecast calls for gale-force winds tonight and tomorrow, rising…
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?