Start the Weekend With the June Issue of ‘Latitude 38’
As May draws to a close we bring you the June issue of Latitude 38. This month we share tales of the Great Vallejo Race, the Singlehanded Transpacific Race, and the 60-ft C³ (“C cubed”). We also have a host of stories from sailors about sailor’y stuff such as former Latitude team member Heather Breaux ‘s take on getting her captain’s license; S.F. Sea Scouts at SailGP; an update on the life and demise of Nereus; and stacks more stories. Here’s a preview.
Was This the Greatest Vallejo Race Ever?
The brass at the Vallejo Yacht Club pulled out all the stops to put together what may have been the greatest Great Vallejo Race in history. If you like sailing, dancing, feasting, or watching fellow sailors performing acts that are likely to go viral on YouTube the next day, Vallejo was the place to be on May 4–5.
Performance Art — the Creation of C³
One of the most unique boats to sail the Bay in recent years is Charles Ray’s 60-ft C³ (“C cubed”), part catboat, part “Batboat,” part performance art. It’s not hard to imagine the Caped Crusader himself might be on the tiller as the boat hisses by.
In fact, C³ is the latest collaboration of two artistic minds: Charles Ray, a world-renowned sculptor, and Bay Area designer Tom Wylie, who has certainly turned out his share of beautiful, functional sailing craft over the years.
Yes — it’s true, I received my US Coast Guard 50-ton master’s inland license just a few weeks ago, making me a newly minted captain. Hold the applause, thanks. I’m not saying you have to call me Cap, but I am saying that you could, if you wanted to.
To any landlubbers reading this, you might be tempted to put me up on a pedestal for my many accomplishments: She’s only 30? She only started sailing a few years ago? She’s a professional writer, too, with a dozen published articles in Latitude 38? My, however does she do it all? Well, I did “it” because I ran out of other options.
The June issue includes your favorite monthly columns:
Letters: Sellers Beware the Not So Classy Classifieds; Researching My Grandfather’s Epic Legacy; My Best Kelpie Memories; What’s the Best Transpac Halfway Package?; and a mail sack full of readers’ letters and comments.
Sightings: She’s a Captain; Del Rey Yacht Club Intro to Yacht Racing; On Board Nereus for 18 Years; Richmond Sailors Chart Marine Hazards; and more.
Max Ebb: “Tides and Details”
Racing Sheet: It’s a mélange of regattas for us this month, with Sailing League, the Area G Sears Cup Qualifier and the S.F. Bay J/105 Women Skipper Invitational at StFYC; the YRA Lightship Race; a skipper overboard in the YRA In the Bay Series; SCYC’s Moore 24 Roadmaster and Laser NorCals; SDYC’s Orca Bowl; and the Newport to Ensenada Race from the Ensenada perspective; plus lots of Race Notes and Box Scores.
World of Chartering: This month we hear from Corinthian YC member Greg Winters about his cruise, with five friends, through the French West Indies. Over 21 days across three trips, they enjoyed diving into the local sailing and shore scenes — and learning about the islands’ tumultuous history.
Changes in Latitudes: With reports this month on Arcturus’s cruise from Alaska to the South Pacific; the differences in Iliohale’s South Seas trip from her owners’ last one on a different boat; Coyote’s return to Mexico to fulfill a lifelong dream; Terrapin’s slightly interrupted Pacific Puddle Jump; and a footlocker full of Cruise Notes.
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