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6 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
This Saturday, April 19, the YRA will host the Lightship Race as part of the 2025 Offshore Series.
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6 days ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
California sailing legend Paul Cayard, Australian-born racer Jimmy Spithill, and Susan Henn, the first known woman to compete in the America’s Cup, have been announced as the Herreshoff Marine Museum/America’s Cup Hall of Fame Class of 2025. Each sailor is recognized for their personal achievements and positive influence on the sport and in America’s Cup racing.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Newport Beach |Monica Grant
This week we chat with Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival co-chair Steve Paljieg about the festival, taking place on June 13–14 at Balboa Yacht Club.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Martha Blanchfield |Monica Grant
John Tennyson, South Beach YC Island Fever Midwinter Series chair, says that each fall, after the Wind Machine has switched off, sailors are so desperate to race that they’ll believe anything — especially the idea that there will eventually be enough wind if they just show up and wait long enough. This sure sounds like what happened February 22: sunny skies and a ripple o’ breeze to start, advancing to mild rollers, cloud cover and bluster brewing.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
This week we chat with Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival co-chair Steve Paljieg about the festival taking place on June 13-14 at Balboa Yacht Club.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Max Ebb |Monica Grant
Never quote a racing rule without first taking a look to see what the rule actually says. They change the wording from time to time, and sometimes a subtle word substitution can alter the meaning. Also, your memory of the sacred text may not be entirely accurate, especially if you first studied the racing rules several versions ago. It’s best not to be surprised.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
The Pacific Puddle Jump (PPJ) has changed captains and will now be organized by Sail Tahiti. From summer 2025, the new Pacific Puddle Jump website will offer free access to content covering everything from preparing the boat for the crossing to tips for discovering Polynesia off the beaten track. The Pacific Puddle Jump is a major transpacific sailing event created by Andy Turpin and Latitude 38.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | John Arndt |Monica Grant |Max Ebb
Following the January arrest of John Sweeney outside the Solano County courthouse, he is now headed back to court with his own lawsuit. As first reported in The Daily Muck on April 8, John Sweeney and his wife Jennifer Frost utilized AI to file a lawsuit alleging a 25-year environmental and judicial conspiracy in California. Using Grok AI and OpenAI’s ChatGPT, they produced a 34-page legal complaint to draft a lawsuit primarily created by these artificial intelligence tools.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
It appears whales are returning to the Bay in the lead-up to summer. Reader Craig Russell of SV Aquarius out of Emeryville wrote last week, “I was out sailing on Monday between Angel and Treasure in about 50 feet of water when I spotted a telltale blow of water from a whale. I saw his back only and then it was gone. I have not seen a whale in the Bay in several years, and I sail weekly.
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1 week ago | 
latitude38.com | Monica Grant
It is February in Barra de Navidad. One by one, sailors arrive from all different directions for the eighth annual Cruise-In Week. Some sail up from the south. Others sail down from the north. For several years, the Vallarta Yacht Club has rallied its members to make the trip down to Barra. Nine boats and over 30 people made the journey this year.
