Latitudes & Attitudes TV's Bob Bitchin reviews the Tartan 440. This model has power winches and and a lot of top draw features that make her very comfortable to live aboard and easily handled by a crew of two. Bob's test sail took place on San Francisco Bay. The boat quickly accelerated to 8 knot...

Latitudes & Attitudes TV's Bob Bitchin, reviews the Sabre 426 Another high end cruising boat on San Francisco Bay. Below, a plush roomy interior making living aboard a pleasure. Above, power winches makes light work out of raising the fully battened mainsail and trimming the headsail. In 20 knots...

Latitudes & Attitudes does a video shoot dockside aboard a classic plastic, Bob Perry Designed Tayana 37 to the music of Eric Stone.

Here's a short video showing S/V Kalliope sailing from Bellingham to Seattle, Washington the day after the tsunami. The first shot says it all. https://youtu.be/vf...

Latitudes & Attitudes TV's Bob Bitchin, reviews the Island Packet 420 cutter. IPs have a reputation of being world class cruising boats. When introduced in the mid 2000s, the IP 420 delivered bluewater capability with creature comforts and ease of handling for a crew of two. (LATV-S1:05)

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Latitudes & Attitudes does a dockside video shoot aboard a classic plastic Hans Christian 43 to the music of Eric Stone.

Here's a short video showing aerial footage of a Hans Christian 43 sailing under spinnaker along the southern California coast. https://youtu.be/W0znxVzJRbo
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Latitudes & Attitudes TV's, Bob Bitchin reviews the 32 foot C&C 99 racer/cruiser in Vancouver, Canada. Very fast and surprisingly well fitted out below with a cherry wood interior. By the way, new boats came with a 15 year warranty, so previous owners should have had no excuse to repair any probl...

Latitudes & Attitudes reviews Jolly Bear, a 50 foot custom wooden pilothouse ketch launched in 1996. This review will give you a good understanding of what such large wooden vessels offer in terms of livability below. But of course that comes with the price of big wooden boat maintenance.

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Latitudes & Attitudes TV's, Bob Bitchin travels to the Bahamas to review a new Saga 409. Saga yachts are known for their outstanding sailing capabilities combined with luxurious interiors. The 409 does not disappoint.

Here's a 2017 review by Tom Dove for SAIL Magazine. "If you want to see a dram...

Latitudes & Attitudes travels to Seattle, Washington to review "Rukh," a William Garden designed custom built Gulf 40 launched in 1976. Over built for passages to Alaska, Rukh features uncluttered decks, a low profile pilothouse for bad weather, and a snug, deep open cockpit for sunnier days.

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