Posts by Andy Turpin
2019 Puddle Jump Signups Next Week
What the heck is the Pacific Puddle Jump? It’s a long-established annual migration of cruising sailors from various ports along the West Coast of the Americas to French Polynesia — an ambitious bluewater crossing of 3,000 to 4,000 miles. More »
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Salvage, Part 2
Picking up from Part 1 on Friday. After one of their Pearson 26s went missing (along with the skipper), the staff at Club Nautique eventually found the boat hard aground at Baker Beach, just outside the Golden Gate. More »
What Are Your Favorite Sailing Apps?
These days online app stores seem to be overflowing with games that encourage players to while away endless hours chasing bad guys and acquiring digital treasure. But if you dig a little deeper, you’ll also find a wealth of extremely useful apps designed for mariners. More »
Vacation Memories Earn ‘Lat 38’ Swag
Have you vacationed lately aboard a bareboat or crewed yacht? If so, we’d love to hear a little bit about your experience.
Cruising grounds of the Eastern Caribbean are chock full of relics from the colonial era, such as Antigua’s Nelson’s Dockyard. More »
A Well-Earned SoPac Celebration
In recent weeks, roughly 200 Pacific Puddle Jumpers made landfall in the archipelagos of French Polynesia, having completed nonstop passages of 3,000 to 4,000 miles from jumping-off points in Mexico, Panama, and elsewhere along the West Coast of the Americas. More »
Snickers, the Castaway Dog, Part 1
Almost exactly 10 years ago, we told you about a couple named Jerry and Darla Merrow who spent 95 days adrift in the Pacific on their 48-ft motorsailer Darla Jean before it washed up on Fanning Island after leaving Moss Landing. More »
‘Balloon Fishing’ Challenge
As the California State Water Board knuckles down on copper loads in our waterways, the largest source and most toxic of pollutants seems to have escaped the government’s attention. Researchers have concluded that plastics are now one of the most common pollutants in our ocean waters worldwide. More »
Any Special Chartering Memories?
Years ago, when we gave our two boys and their male cousins permission to explore this cove in BC’s Desolation Sound, we had no idea they would scare the wits out of us by jumping off a 50-ft cliff. More »
Puddle Jumpers Prepare to Pounce
Are these Pacific Puddle Jumpers excited about making the crossing to Polynesia? Oh, just a wee bit. Having sailed south to Banderas Bay from Alaska, Canada and the US, these Vallarta YC Sendoff Party participants struck this pose at Paradise Village Resort. More »
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