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We all dream of sailing off into the sunset. Well, Latitudes & Attitudes turns that particular dream into reality. Like its popular namesake magazine, Lat’s & Att’s is a real life look at sailing and cruising the Seven Seas, be it onboard a classic ketch or your own personal trawler*. As show host and colorful world sailing personality Bob Bitchin advises: “Don’t dream your life, live your dream.”
Even if you don’t have the time or the means to live the cruising dream, Latitudes & Attitudes is big fun. It’s an entertaining, sexy look at the engaging personalities, exotic places and beautiful boats that make the cruising lifestyle so compelling. If you like to socialize, party or just hang out, these salty sailors are your cup of grog. The only risk is that once you see how much fun these folks are having, you’ll want to enlist in Bob’s Navy, too!
Latitudes & Attitudes transports you into the exciting world of liveaboard cruisers, as they sail to gorgeous locales from the tropical South Pacific to the historic Mediterranean; the warm and wonderful Caribbean to the pristine shores of our own Great Lakes. Experts show you the latest in cruising sailboats and long range oceangoing trawlers, innovative new products and special tips. It’s all capped off by “Bob Bitchin’s Attitudes” wherein the fun loving captain delivers humorous, inspirational, sometimes poignant pearls of cruising wisdom he’s gleaned from more than 100,000 miles of blue water sailing.
As Bob likes to say: “The difference between an ordeal and an adventure is attitude.” It’s the kind of attitude that makes Lat’s & Att’s a Water Channel adventure you’ll cruise to every single week.
*If you still think of “trawlers” as slow, fishy-smelling, rusty hulks, adjust that thinking. Today's ocean going trawlers are tough, long range vessels with yacht-like interiors transporting happy cruisers in comfort and style across oceans far and wide. |
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Bob & Jody
Show Host, Co-Creator and Executive Producer, Bob Bitchin, has sailed for almost 30 years, logging over 100,000 blue water miles. Bob and his wife, Jody, have sailed their 68' ketch, Lost Soul, to the coolest cruising centers in the world, and are still out there, living the life. The multi-talented adventurer also created and publishes Latitudes & Attitudes, one of the world’s most popular monthly sailing magazines. In addition, Bob has created two other magazines and written a half dozen books, including Letters from the Lost Soul, a true story of the 5-year Cruise/Adventure that inspired Latitudes & Attitudes. Perhaps just as importantly, Bob is reputed to throw the best cruising parties anywhere and continues to sail whenever he can get “out there.” |
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Courtney Haas
Co-host Courtney Haas has sailed all over the Pacific with her father (Gary Haas of Eric Stone’s “Gary’s Island” fame), as well as aboard the Lost Soul. Formerly of the Fox Sports’ show, “5, 4, 3, 2, 1...,” she brings a beautiful, free spirited, can-do perspective to the program. Courtney has a natural-born entertainer’s innate ability to make everything fun. That talent, combined with her eternally optimistic sailor’s outlook on life, make her a fan favorite wherever she goes. |
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Darren O'Brien
Co-Creator & Producer/Director, Darren O'Brien, is a seasoned sailor who currently makes his home in the San Juan Islands off Washington State. A former liveaboard, he owns his own production companies as well as an advertising agency. As a national award-winning television producer, Darren created the world’s first DVD magazine devoted to boating and life “on the water.” By combining what he loves with what he does, he hopes to help others learn the joys of the cruising sailor. |
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John Kretschmer
U.S. Coast Guard-licensed Captain and renowned author, John Kretschmer, has sailed virtually every sort of boat ever made in every ocean of the world. In the process, he’s racked up more than a quarter million documented offshore miles. John is the author of a flotilla of books on the sailing life including the classics “Cape Horn to Starboard” and “Flirting with Mermaids,” and his “Used Boat Notebook” is considered the authority on the subject. John’s expertise is invaluable to the show as he reviews and test-sails new cruising boats. |
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Eric Stone
Eric Stone’s tropical “island-style party music” is integral to Latitudes & Attitudes. One of America’s most successful independent musicians, he’s played to adoring audiences worldwide. Eric’s original music is heard throughout the show, from its popular theme song to instrumental versions of his best sellers. His incredible songwriting talent and vocals embody the cruising lifestyle, resulting in compelling music that just makes you want to take up the “Sailing Life,” “Meet Me in Moloolooba,” and chow down on a “Blackened Fish Sandwich.” |
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