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We’re Weathered but Wiser: First Time Cruisers Learn Hard Lessons
Living the dream of cruising around the world in their own sailboat, a British couple discover that the life at sea is not all rum drink with umbrellas ...
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Vestas 11th Hour Racing Arrives in Brazil under Jury Rig. Watch Vodeo
Leg 7 of the Volvo Ocean Race from New Zealand to Brazil was one of the roughest legs in the history of the race. One sailor, John Fisher, ...
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Global Warming Is Changing Atlantic Currents And Will Alter Weather Dramatically
While the fossil fuel industry and it’s minions in government continue to deny climate change and global warming, the evidence is becoming ever clearer that the planet is ...
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Sail with the Salty Dawgs from the Caribbean to the East Coast
You are invited to join the Salty Dawg Spring Rally that leaves Antigua and the BVI on May 15 ….. and other islands, too. Destination: the US East ...
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Volvo Ocean Race Update: Vestas and Scallywag Down But Not Out
The seventh leg of the Volvo Ocean Race from New Zealand to Brazil via Cape Horn turned out to be one of the toughest legs even in this ...
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Help Researchers Gather Info on Injuries at Sea
If you spend enough time at sea, you know that if it’s gonna happen, it’s gonna happen out there, Kitty. I have seen crew break an arm, get ...
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Pods of Right Whales Are Returning to New England Waters
It has not been a good year for the right whales that ply the waters of the US Northeast and the Canadian Maritimes. As the Atlantic warms, the ...
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Cutting-Edge Facility for US Sailing Team and Bay-Area Community to Open At Treasure Island Sailing Center
The US holds the record for the most medals won in Olympic sailing but you wouldn’t appreciate that fact if you looked at the results from the last ...
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EPIRBs Can Save Your Life: Here’s the Latest on What’s Out there
Since the introduction of Emergency Position Indicating Beacons, the satellite based SOS signaling devices have saved thousands of lives at sea. The technology continues to improve and modern ...
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Pirate Attack Near Yemen Foiled By Navy
Although the waters around the Gulf of Aden and the bottom of the Red Sea have long been known for occasional attacks of shipping and cruisers, there have ...
