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Sailagram: A Snapshot of May Sailing
As we head into summer we bring you photos of spring sailing. It wasn’t all sunshine, but it was fun!
Sailagram: A Snapshot of April Sailing
And now, for your viewing pleasure, we introduce … April, a snapshot of sailing and sailors everywhere.
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.
BVI Spring Regatta
Whether you were sailing in the regatta’s only one-design division, the IC 24s, or even Bareboat B, the B.V.I. Spring Regatta was warm, breezy and just downright pleasant.© 2009 Todd VanSickle It’s tough work, if you can get it, but sometimes a Racing Editor is forced to take one for the team and travel to…
Pirate Hostage Killed in Raid
On April 4, the French-flagged 47-ft Colin Archer-designed Tanit, bound for Kenya and 500 miles off the Somali coast, was seized by Somali pirates who took the yacht’s five passengers — two couples and a three-year-old boy — hostage. The French Navy has steadfastly refused to negotiate with pirates in the past, and this morning…
Latitude’s Salute to John Guzzwell
The legendary voyager back in the day. © Guzzwell archives Whether you are a singlehander, a circumnavigator or an ‘armchair voyager’, we’d like to invite you to attend a special gathering next Thursday evening, April 16, at the Oakland YC, honoring the 50th anniversary of British Columbia sailor John Guzzwell’s historic homecoming. Why ‘historic’? Because…
More Exposure for Classy Classifieds
In the ‘good old days’, if you wanted to place a Classy Classified, you sent in your ad and payment by the 18th of the month and it would magically appear in the next month’s issue. Thanks to Al Gore, the internet has changed the way folks look for stuff to buy and sell. We…
Sizzling Sailing in the Sea of Cortez
Catamaran contrails were left by Wayne Hendrix and Carol Baggerly’s Brisbane-based Hughes 45 Capricorn Cat and Bob Smith’s Vancouver-based custom 44 Pantera sailing north up the Sea of Cortez toward Isla San Francisco. latitude/Richard©2009 Latitude 38 Media, LLC Given the fact that the Sea of Cortez is known for flukey winds, the skippers and crew…
Weekend Racing Wrap Up – Best of the ‘Fest
The Bay was busy this weekend, and not only with the nearly 50 J/boats participating in St. Francis YC’s J/Fest. © 2009 Erik Simonson The ‘main event’ in local racing this past weekend was the 2009 J/Fest Regatta, hosted by the St. Francis YC and held off a breezy and sunny Cityfront. Forty-four boats in…
Oops! We Did It Again
Though we at Latitude 38 do our very best to be perfect, we are, after all, as human as anyone. In April’s Calendar, we listed a Sailing Skills & Seamanship course offered by the USCG Auxiliary for April 8 through May 27. That’s where our crack journalistic accuracy ended. The class, taught by Flotilla 17…
A Solo Sailor’s Mexican Nightmare
Shaken yet still smiling, Sarah vows to continue her cruising life. © 2009 Sarah Andrews As reported Friday, Australian sailor Sarah Andrews, 26, became shipwrecked along the Baja coast last week after her Ericson 39 Gabrielle struck a near-shore reef. In the aftermath, Mexican residents Shari and Juan Bondy have given Sarah shelter while she…
Missing Sailor Found
San Francisco sailor Sean Haggerty, 39, was reported missing last week after he failed to arrive in San Diego on time. The unemployed Haggerty reportedly left the Bay a few weeks ago aboard his Ranger 26 Sea Hag to gunkhole his way down the coast to San Diego, where he had lined up a job.…
Take Your Daughter to Sea Day
Following in the footsteps of the successful ‘Take Your Daughter to Work Day’, Ed Killeen of the SF Examiner has dubbed the first Sunday in April as ‘Take Your Daughter to Sea Day’. "Getting kids out on the water is the absolute first step to ensure that sailing continues to grow," he writes in his…
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.