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3 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
The 34th Delta Ditch Run from Point Richmond to Stockton is on this Saturday, June 7. Are you signed up? This iconic Bay Area sailing race attracts dozens of crews. This year’s registrations stand at 95 boats. Not a record, but still, that’s a lot of people and sails to watch on the Bay. Often starting in what appear as calm conditions, the past events have had their share of excitement.
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3 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
This week we chat with Sarah Kraft about juggling sailing with running a business. Sarah is a Hobie 16 world champion and WASZP sailor who’s the co-founder and CEO of Koil, the AI Reddit for Teens.
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3 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
On Monday we shared a story about the Formosa 51 Fair Seas. While the boat is now enjoying life as a centerpiece bar in The Kraken, a restaurant in Tonga, its owner is interested in learning more about its history. Reader and regular Latitude contributor John “Woody” Skoriak sent us his tip on how to find the information. “When all else fails, one of the most effective ways to gather information is through a US Coast Guard vessel documentation search.
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4 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant |John “Woody“ Skoriak
Hydrovane is your best crew member: an independent self-steering windvane and emergency rudder/steering system … ready to go! 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.
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5 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
Here’s a cute and interesting new puzzle for our sleuthing readers to solve. Well, not actually a “puzzle” as such, but a question of its origins, what it’s made of, and, for good measure, what kind of bird this item is meant to represent. Reader John Dukat presented us with the photos and the information he does have. “One of our members passed away recently, and among the donated items was this ivory carving. “At first I thought it was an albatross, then shifted over to a tropicbird.
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6 days ago | 
latitude38.com | John Arne Riise |John Arndt |Christine Weaver |Monica Grant
Receive emails when 'Lectronic Latitude is updated. SUBSCRIBEMay is the month for California Offshore Race Week (CORW) starting with the Spinnaker Cup from San Francisco Bay to Monterey Bay. The S.F. Sea Scout whaleboat 'Viking' lost her rudder during last weekend's Master Mariners Regatta. It has since been found and returned to base. The Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival invites you to step into the enchantment — and into the pages of your favorite sea-bound tales.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
May is the month for California Offshore Race Week (CORW) starting with the Spinnaker Cup from San Francisco Bay to Monterey Bay. The S.F. Sea Scout whaleboat 'Viking' lost her rudder during last weekend's Master Mariners Regatta. It has since been found and returned to base. There’s something undeniably enchanting about the sight of a wooden boat gliding across the harbor — its gleaming varnish, timeless silhouette, and the silent suggestion of a thousand stories held within its hull.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant |Christine Weaver
There’s something undeniably enchanting about the sight of a wooden boat gliding across the harbor — its gleaming varnish, timeless silhouette, and the silent suggestion of a thousand stories held within its hull. This June, the Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival invites you to step into that enchantment—and into the pages of your favorite sea-bound tales.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
As we close our office this Memorial Day, we honor and thank those who served and sacrificed for their country. However you spend your day, take a pause to remember and give thanks. © 2025 Latitude 38 Media LLC / John
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2 weeks ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
Rocking the Boat San Francisco is hosting its Spring Launch Celebration on June 7 to highlight the accomplishments of the program’s 9th and 10th grade students as they complete their first term of the inaugural boatbuilding program. The students spent the term at the facility in the historic shipyard of India Basin restoring Neptune, a 14-ft Whitehall built by students in the Bronx in 2004. The boat was shipped across the country for the students of Bayview-Hunters Point to restore.
