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Hydrovane is your best crew member: an independent self-steering windvane and emergency rudder/steering system … ready to go!

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June is here, and along with it, the 588th edition of Latitude 38 sailing magazine. This month’s mashup of words, photos, stories and letters includes a feature story on a mashed-up catamaran owned by a sailor who started sailing a decade ago in the Baja Ha-Ha, and who has since rescued a hurricane-damaged catamaran. He’s just finished sailing it to the Marquesas in ...

“Nobody panics when things go ‘according to plan’ even if the plan is horrifying,” says Heath Ledger’s Joker in The Dark Knight. “Introduce a little anarchy. Upset the established order, and everything becomes chaos. I’m an agent of chaos.”

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This week we’re joined by Gerry Gragg to chat about his lifetime of sailing, with stories near and far from the Bay Area. Gerry is a Latitude 38 Ambassador who has been a fan of the magazine for over 30 years, and credits it with shaping his sailing career.