Latitudes & Attitudes TV Episode 57: Chicago-Mackinac Part 1
The Chicago-Mackinac race is the oldest freshwater sailboat race in the world. And at 330 miles, it’s also one of the longest. We’ll get to know four of the skippers…
Latitudes & Attitudes Newport Show
New Publisher Erik Kyle and new Associate Publisher David Levesque meet with founder Bob Bitchin to talk about the future of Latitudes & Attitudes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awAPgb51_MI
Virtual Cruising: Parlay Revival
Life is hectic, and with a wife and a bunch of young kids, things are always changing. One of the few remaining constants in my life has been our Sunday…
Let’s Talk Safety!
We were sailing in the 2019 Transpacific Race from San Pedro (CA) to Honolulu (HI) aboard Jim Pucket’s Amazing Grace, monitoring the VHF radio (Channel 16) early in the…
A Case for Trailer Sailing
The friends arrived from Maryland, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania to Janes Island State Park in Crisfield, Maryland, on the eastern shore of the Chesapeake. The boats included…
The (Unwritten) Rules of Sailing: Newbie Sailing Lessons with Frankie Krutsch
I, Mary Martha Frances Krutsch, do solemnly swear that I know absolutely nothing about sailing. It’s a cruel irony, right? A twenty-five-something who has lived a majority of her…
Cruising Hobbies Underway
While I was working in corporate America, raising a family, and planning to sail away one day, I never found time for a hobby. I always felt that a creative…
Winning the Jackpot
Several years ago – around 1995, to be exact – I was in Annapolis, Maryland, and decided to take a boat ride from the harbor out to Thomas Point…
Sailing on a Budget
Have you ever dreamed of buying a sailboat and setting off for distant shores and tropical waters? My wife, Lisa, and I have been sailing for over thirty years around…
Staircase to Paradise
What do you say when you leave one group of islands that have registered top of the A-List, only to discover the next group far surpasses? Having departed the…