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  • 1 week ago | latitude38.com | Monica Grant |John Arndt |San Francisco Bay

    Friend of Latitude John “Woody” Skoriak was kept busy at the Master Mariners Wooden Boat Show on Sunday, inspecting and judging the 30 or so classic wooden boats that lined the docks at Corinthian Yacht Club. Woody was one of three Bay Area sailors who had the honor of walking the docks, taking photos, chatting with owners and crew, and making check marks on their detailed scoresheets.

  • 1 month ago | latitude38.com | John Arndt |San Francisco Bay |John Arne Riise |Monica Grant

    The Associated Press has reported that the president has directed “his government” to reopen Alcatraz. We’re not sure why they call it “his” government and not “our” government, but either way, it could be that we’re all sailing around a future federal prison. Alcatraz was closed in 1963 and is now a major Bay Area tourist attraction that reportedly generates $60 million for the National Park Service from the 1.6 million tourists that visit the island annually.

  • 1 month ago | latitude38.com | Monica Grant |John Arndt |San Francisco Bay |Tony Gilbert

    Latitude 38’s May issue is out now and ready for your reading pleasure. This month we cruise through the generations with stories about junior sailors, historic vessels, and good times in between. Take a look at the preview:A Young Sailor with a Mature PassionWe often hear sailors saying, “Start ’em young,” or, “I wish I’d started when I was that age.” Driving down the road one day, we saw our neighbor coming up the hill.

  • 2 months ago | latitude38.com | John Arndt |San Francisco Bay |Monica Grant |Christine Weaver

    It’s an old cliché, but each year we anticipate the arrival of March with curiosity — will it really come in like a lion? The answer on Saturday, March 1, this year was, “Yeah, like, duh, fer sure!” A storm front was on its way, pushing westerly wind into the 30-knot range ahead of it, far exceeding the forecast for mid-teens.

  • 2 months ago | latitude38.com | Martha Blanchfield |San Francisco Bay |John Arndt |David Chamberlain

    This is not Yellow Bluff. The yellow buoys being scattered around the Bay and the world are real and will add to the information available to sailors and ocean adventurers everywhere. As cited in E&E News, a proposal from the White House Office of Management and Budget seeks to drastically reorganize NOAA and plunder most of its climate research programs in fiscal 2026, with a possible budget reduction of 38% from $4.8 billion in 2025 to $3.47 billion in 2026.

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