Browsing Archive 2016
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Website of the Week 0
Make Your Own Soft Shackle
L-36.com is a great resource for information about soft shackles, including instructions for making your own. Watch this demonstration of making the New Improved Better Soft Shackle from L-36.com. ...
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Comanche Takes Line Honors at The Rolex Sydney to Hobart Race
The Rolex Sydney to Hobart – one of the greatest spectacles in all of yachting – is always a thriller, and the 2015 event in Australia was one ...
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Cruise Ship Carries out Mid-Atlantic Yacht Rescue
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines‘ ship Braemar came to the aid of a sailing yacht which had been adrift in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean for nearly three ...
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A Tale of Overcoming Rudder Failure during an Atlantic Crossing
When the rudder of his 39-footer broke in mid-Atlantic Patrick Marshall set up a jury rig, with the support and advice of a radio net, and sailed 1,500 ...
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Cool Things to Do 0
Free Cruising Seminars at Toronto and Seattle Boat Shows
BWS contributors John and Amanda Neal will present seminar topics at the Toronto Boat Show (January 9-11) and Seattle Boat Show (January 29-February 1) including Mastering Storm Survival, ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Dock a Boat Like a Pro – How to Use a Breast Line
Capt. John of skippertips.com introduces his valuable tips for docking when short handed. If you sail short- or single-handed there will be times when longer docking lines just ...
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Two Incidents of Armed Piracy Against Sailing Vessels near Trinidad
Ocean Cruising Club Commodore John Franklin has issued an alert to vessels sailing in waters between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. In the last 10 days there have ...
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Hinckley Announces Acquisition of Morris Yachts
Hinckley kicked off the New Year by announcing that Morris Yachts has become a part of The Hinckley Company family. Hinckley acquired the assets of the sailboat builder ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Alpha 42
They call it “re-shoring.” That’s a made up word that is supposed to describe the business of bringing manufacturing and jobs back to the shores of America from ...
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