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01/08/2026

At 81 years old, after a lifetime of solo passages, offshore miles, and doing things the hard way (on purpose), Leonard Freedberg heard something sailors rarely want to admit exists: a quiet but unmistakable tap on the shoulder.

It didn’t come as a storm.
It came as a clearly marked rock… and a moment of reckoning.

This is a deeply honest reflection on aging, independence, judgment, and knowing when it’s time to listen — not to fear, but to experience. From solo trips to Bermuda, Maine, and everywhere in between, to the decision to make one final cruise on a beloved boat, Leonard’s story is equal parts seamanship, humility, and grace.

No heroics.
No sugarcoating.
Just the kind of truth that sticks with you long after you close the magazine.

🔗 Read more by tapping this link: https://bit.ly/4sB8rU8
📖 The full story lives inside the Jan–Feb 2026 issue.

⚓️ About the author: Leonard E. Freedberg has been writing for Lats & Atts for many years. At 82, he’s still very much kicking it. Since writing this piece, Leonard was diagnosed with GI cancer and is currently undergoing chemotherapy. We’re sending him all the fair winds and following seas.

Some stories aren’t about pushing farther.
They’re about knowing when you’ve already gone far enough.

01/06/2026

🎉 New year. Fresh salt. First Tag-A-Cruiser of the year. 🎉

And honestly… we couldn’t have picked a better way to start 2026!

Time to roll out the dock carpet for our first certified cruising badass of the year.

Meet John. After 7 years working full-time on superyachts, John decided he was done seeing the world from someone else’s deck. So he quit the job, grabbed his own wheel, and set sail aboard his 1977 Hunter 30’, Traveler — affectionately (and accurately) known around the cruising community as Party On Traveler.

Named after his grandfather’s boat — the one that sparked this whole salt-soaked addiction — Traveler was only supposed to take him on a quick Bahamas loop before heading back to Florida and back to “real life.”

Spoiler alert: that plan went straight into the bin... Right where it belonged.

Fast-forward two+ years, and John has single-handed from Florida through the Eastern Caribbean. No schedule. No corporate boss breathing down his neck. Just wind, water, and a boat that clearly didn’t get the memo about “short-term plans.”

Right now he’s posted up in Grenada, waiting on a part (because of course he is 🙃), before kicking off another season of island-hopping. One more winter in the Eastern Caribbean, then it’s ABCs ➡️ Colombia ➡️ Panama Canal ➡️ Pacific dreams.

From superyacht grind to solo sailor freedom — this is exactly the kind of New Year energy we’re here for!

Head over to IG and show John some Lats & Atts love -

Hit that like, give him a follow, and drop a ⚓️, 🍻, or a solid “fair winds” below. And if you (or your favorite floating human) deserve a Tag-A-Cruiser spotlight this year… you know what to do. Slide into our DMs.

01/05/2026

Every issue starts with a perspective.

Not a destination.
Not a checklist.

A way of seeing the water, the work, and the life that happens in between.

This is just the surface layer.

01/04/2026

Not everything in this issue is meant to be seen all at once.

Some stories unfold slowly — one spine at a time.

If you know, you know.
And if you don’t… you will.

Stay curious.

01/03/2026

Some days are for big adventures.
Some days are for small wins.

A little progress.
A little perspective.
And the quiet reminder of why we chose this life in the first place. ⚓️

No rush. No noise.
Just boats, horizons, and the promise of what’s next.

Turns out the sweet spot is somewhere between “what just broke?” and “this is why we boat.”

01/02/2026

Perspective.

“Some people see the glass half full. Others see it half empty. I see a glass that’s twice as big as it needs to be.” — George Carlin

In the Jan–Feb Issue, David slows things down and zooms out — questioning why gratitude gets rushed, why more is always dangled in front of us, and why cruisers seem to have cracked a code the rest of the world keeps ignoring.

It’s a reflection on overconsumption, simplicity, and the quiet confidence that comes from knowing when enough is enough. On choosing needs over wants. On finding wealth in fewer things — and better moments.

If this perspective resonates, the rest of the issue probably will too!
This is just the surface layer. The full perspective lives inside the Jan–Feb issue!

Grab it today!
PRINT: 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/3QuAYIT
DIGITAL: 👉🏼 https://bit.ly/4jDqXX5

01/01/2026

New year. New cruising season. Same salt-air obsession.

2026 is officially underway — and we’re doing things the Lats & Atts way!

Stories will build. Pages will connect. And if you’re paying attention, you’ll see it all come together… one spine at a time.

Welcome to the year of the Spine Series. ⚓️✨
Stick around. This one’s going to be fun!

12/31/2025

Before the clock strikes midnight…

2025, you were a ride!
Miles sailed, anchor drops survived, questionable decisions made (and repeated), and a whole lot of saltwater stories shared with this crew right here!

Thanks for riding shotgun with us through another year of life afloat — the good, the chaotic, and the “how did we end up here?” moments.

We’ll see you on the other side! 🍾⚓️

#2026

12/30/2025

Some Tuesdays bring spreadsheets. This one brings ocean crossings.

Let's Tag-A-Cruiser... or two!

Meet Rui & Liz — two solo sailors who met in the Rio Dulce, accidentally became a power couple, and then decided the logical next step was… crossing oceans together!

Rui set sail from Toronto back in 2015.
Liz shoved off from Connecticut in 2021.
They buddy-sailed their way south to Panama before deciding to move in together, sell one boat, and fully commit to life aboard It’s The Truth!

From there?
➡️ Panama Canal transit
➡️ Bow pointed north to the Sea of Cortez
➡️ Full refit in Puerto Peñasco
➡️ Offshore hop to Vancouver Island
➡️ Glacier-lined cruising through BC & Alaska
➡️ Then turned around and sailed the entire thing south again to Panama

Because why not?

After squeezing in a couple boat deliveries and a summer on land helping Liz’s mum, they’re officially back aboard, waiting on new sails… and plotting their next move like true cruisers do.

Next up:
🌊 Easter Island
🌊 Then onward into the fierce, wild beauty of Patagonia

Show Rui & Liz - Sailing It's The Truth - some Lats & Atts love👇

Give them a follow & drop a ⚓️, a 🔥, or a “you two are insane (complimentary, of course)” in the comments. And if you're looking for a new YouTube Channel to dream along with, hit them up over there too - !

And if you or your favorite floating humans deserve a shoutout, tag ’em, nudge ’em, volunteer them — or slide into our DMs so we can kick off the New Year with a fresh batch of cruising baddies for Tag-A-Cruiser Tuesday!

12/28/2025

Not your average raft-up. Not your average “crew.”

Floatchella started with a rum budget, a Bluetooth speaker, and a few boats tied together… and somehow turned into the glue holding a global cruising tribe together!

In Floatchella: The Party That Became the Glue of a Global Tribe, Brian Currier, co-founder of the Young Cruisers' Association, takes us from turquoise Exuma shallows to the Tuamotus, Grenada, and beyond — where strangers become buddy boats, parties turn into passages, and community forms long after the music dies down!

It’s not about how many boats raft up.
It’s about the vibe.
And sometimes… the chaos that gets you there!

From bilge beers and broken autopilots to two Floatchellas happening 5,200 nautical miles apart, this story proves one thing: When cruisers decide to connect, the ocean gets a whole lot smaller!

📖 Read it in the Nov–Dec issue of Latitudes & Attitudes or read more here:
👉🏼 https://bit.ly/44IpCsC

Because when the world’s most scattered tribe drops anchor together — that’s not a festival.
That’s a family reunion.

12/27/2025

Some people climb the ladder. Others quietly step off it… and buy a boat.

In From Boardrooms to Blue Horizons, Patandfrankie share what happens after you walk away from a “successful” life and sail straight into the unknown — the steep learning curves, the near-catastrophic setback, the rebuild (of both boat and belief), and the 8,000 nautical miles that followed.

This isn’t a highlight reel of sundowners and sunsets. It’s a real look at reinvention, resilience, and choosing freedom even when the ocean doesn’t play nice.

Because sometimes the boldest move isn’t climbing higher — it’s changing course entirely.

📖 Read more of their story here
👉🏼https://bit.ly/4ph1V1M
or catch the full article in the Nov–Dec issue of Latitudes & Attitudes!

Fair warning: it may cause spontaneous daydreaming, boat shopping, and a sudden distrust of boardrooms.

So tell us — could you walk away from the boardroom for the blue horizon?

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