Newsletter Issue #83. All the News That Fits!
April 6, 2021
Lotsa stuff to read in this issue...
So, please scroll all the way down and don't miss a thing!
The Spring Issue is now on sale! (Summer will be out June 1)
PLEASE FORWARD THIS TO FRIENDS & FAMILY!
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Lats & Atts Spring Issue Now on Sale!
Due to the loss of our warehouse in the Bear Fire last September, all of our back issues burned. BUT ( I love that word!) some of our readers sent in their back issues, so we do have a limited supply of older back issues, and we have the issues we've printed since the fire, (#33 Winter 2020-and #34 Spring 2021!).
& keep Latitudes & Attitudes going for another 20 years!
The Summer Issue goes on sale June 1st!
In subscriber homes around May 18th!
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This great shot was taken by Sharon Brownell and husband Tommy as they cruise from Cape Charles, Virginia, to Charleston, South Carolina, aboard the Hylas 56 Distant Star. Calm is a good thing on occasion, and this was one of those occasions.
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Okay, So We Are Cruisers... But This Is Bitchin!
As we all know, racing is what brings revolutionary ideas to sailing. Well, this year's Vendee does that and more!
Bringing the ninth edition of the Vendee Globe to an incredible crescendo, eight competitors arrived back in Les Sables d'Olonne within 23 hours and 44 minutes.
With a record entry of 33 boats and an atypical sequence of weather systems, meaning the top 10 or 12 boats regrouped and restarted on three main occasions, the race went down to the wire with five boats pitching for the podium places at 36 hours from the finish.
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Share The Sail News!
Croatia Sail Now Set for May 2022
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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Croatia Share The Sail, which was originally scheduled for May 2020 and was moved to May 22-29th, 2021, and has been changed AGAIN. The pandemic means we can't do it on those dates, so we have moved it to May 2022. The event was sold out, but there may be some who cannot make the new dates - if so, we will make their berths available. There may only be a few. If interested, email Jody and we will see what cabins we have.
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Round The Horn Now Open For Reservations!
reserving Before March 26th!
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NOW OPEN for reservations!
A $300 deposit holds your space!
Reservations must be made directly thru the ship company.
We are setting up a real adventure. The date? The date has been set for March 8-12, 2022. No, not on small sailboats. We have resereved 20 cabins on a 100-cabin, small adventure cruising boat. It will be a four-day cruise starting in Punta Arenas, Chile, through the Strait of Magellan and Beagle Pass.
We will land on glaciers, go ashore with penguins, and then "Round the Horn"! This has been on our bucket list for years. Also, we are planning on including an additional few days with a land tour as well, since we're gonna be down there anyway, right?
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Side Trip Through Tierra del Fuego National Park
The cost for the land portion will be approximately $500 including transport, meals and hotels.
(This is an estimate until we can re-confirm rates after the hotels re-open!)
An optional "land-portion" will include a bus from Ushuaia, Argentina, where we finish the voyage, through the Tierra del Fuego National Park, and then back to Punta Arenas. Due to the Covid pandemic we are unable to finalize these plans, but as soon as we can verify the details, we will get them to you!
When the final plans for the side trip are confirmed, you can reserve your spot directly with us. All we need is a $50 deposit, so be sure to send Jody your email address so we can keep you updated as this comes closer to fruition. You can email jody@LatsAtts.com.
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Bob Bitchin's Books Continue the Rollout! |
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The California Bear Fire burned the offices of Latitudes & Attitudes to the ground, along with publishers Bob & Jody's home for the past 10 years. There was nothing left unburned.
So, the complete inventory of Bob Bitchin's books, all nine titles, were destroyed.
We've decided that we will reprint every one of them, but they will only be made available as high-quality, hardcover, collector editions signed by the author.
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Now Available for Pre-Order
(Due off the press April 15th to the 20th)
Starboard Attitude
This will be the first time this book as been available in hardcover, and you can now place your pre-order for your signed collector's edition.
This is a collection of articles that show what it is truly like once a person has decided to cut the dock lines and sail off into the sunset. Bob has sailed over 100,000 miles, all over the world, and still manages to get out and show sailors what it’s like with his “Share The Sail” adventures in such idyllic areas as Tahiti, Croatia, Tonga, Greece, the BVIs, and Thailand.
Sitting at a waterfront bar with other sailors, you will never hear about the beauty of a day spent at anchor in safe harbor. No, the stories that rouse men’s souls always start with something going awry, and the adventure that follows as the daemons of the misadventure turn into the true spirit of the cruising lifestyle; living a little more each time the tale is told. Order your copy now!
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BIKER TO SAILOR is now available. It is his latest book, Biker to Sailor, is now available at bobbitchin.com for $24.95. It tells the story of how this 300-pound, tattooed outlaw transformed into a world sailor, and changed his life, and thousands of others as well. Here's what has been said about this book:
“I always wondered how a tattoo-covered, bigger than life, irrepressible biker-dude decided to take up sailing and went on to start his very own cruising magazine. In his own inimitable way, Bob has filled in the blanks, telling an only in America tale.” Lin Pardey, voyager, author
“A larger-than-life storyteller does it again. Here is another book illustrating how we get just one shot at this thing called life and how possible it is to switch gears and experience radically different lifestyles, given the will to try, the desire to succeed. Bob practices what he preaches and writes about—not dreaming the life, but living the dream—and inspires by his example.” Tania Aebi, Author, World Class Sailor
“The Bitchin’ One does it again, proving that even longhaired, tattooed, bike-booted wild cards can become… well, not 'yachtsmen,' but serious bluewater sailors. How he did it himself is quite a tale!” Sally Erdle, Caribbean Compass magazine
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Now his first book, A Brotherhood of Outlaws is available! Originally written over 40 years ago, describing the outlaw motorcycle culture of the 1960s, 70s and 80s has gone to print and starts to ship about February 15th. This book is the first of the Treb Lincoln Adventure Novels.
“A Brotherhood Of Outlaws takes Zen & The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance to dangerous levels. Life among the outlaw tribes... Hilarious, warm and chilling. The most honest book to come out about the outlaws motorcycle underground of America. You won’t be able to put it down until you read it all.” - Biker Magazine
“More truthful and relevant than Hunter Thompson’s Hells Angels. Not for the squeamish reader. A fast-moving first novel with a surprise on every page. Not boring!” - Cycle News
“An insight into what the real world of the outlaw biker was like. The freedom, the feeling of brotherhood, and the way of life exposed to the outside world by one who has lived it. It makes you want to take to the streets.“ - Chopper Magazine
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PACIFIC SAIL & POWERBOAT SHOW
Has Been Cancelled
THE WOODEN BOAT SHOW
August 20-22, 2021
NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW
September 16-19, 2021
NORWALK BOAT SHOW
September 23-26, 2021
UNITED STATES POWERBOAT SHOW (Annapolis)
October 7-10, 2021
UNITED STATES SAILBOAT SHOW (Annapolis)
October 14-18, 2021
boot, World's Largest Boat Show (Düsseldorf)
January 22-30, 2022
See ad below
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