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UPDATE: Oceans of Hope Transits Panama Canal

Oceans of Hope, the 67-foot yacht undertaking the first circumnavigation with a working crew of people living with multiple sclerosis (MS), spent the weekend traveling the locks of ...
On January 28, 2015 / By Administrator
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Tall Ship Providence Topples Over in Storm

The Tall Ship Sloop Providence, Rhode Island’s Official Flagship and Tall Ship Ambassador, has suffered damage after toppling over in blizzard conditions at Newport Shipyard on Tuesday. The ...
On January 28, 2015 / By Administrator
Cruising Green 0
Become a Citizen Oceanographer: Help Scientists Close the Data Gap

Planning an open ocean cruise? If so, you are the key to helping scientists better understand the health of the world’s oceans. When we look across the limitless ...
On January 28, 2015 / By Administrator
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Mindbender

To make a distress call on your VHF using the DSC function, what channel would you use? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will ...
On January 22, 2015 / By Administrator
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A Peaceful Setting in Mexico Run By a Former Cruising Couple

If you’re searching for extreme tranquility in Mexico, in our opinion you don’t have to look farther than the Jardin del Pulpo — the Octopus’ Garden — in ...
On January 22, 2015 / By Administrator
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Family Trying to Pick Up the Pieces after Rescue from Sinking Catamaran

Arranging to fly his family home to Queensland, Australia, was not how Alf Meads was supposed to spend his Thursday. He was supposed to be in the Bahamas ...
On January 22, 2015 / By Administrator
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Divers Think They’ve Found the ‘Holy Grail of Great Lakes Shipwrecks’

In mid-1679, out there somewhere in the waters of Lake Michigan, the first full-sized sailing ship to ever hit the waters of the Great Lakes vanished, taking with it ...
On January 21, 2015 / By Administrator
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Spanish Maritime & Navigation Rate Affecting Cruisers in the Canaries

Very briefly, the majority of costs incurred by the Spanish Maritime Safety and Rescue Agency (Sociedad de Salvamento y Seguridad Marítima (SASEMAR)) were being found to be covered ...
On January 21, 2015 / By Administrator
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Coast Guard and Marine Corps Rescues Two Sailors and a Dog

U.S. Coast Guard and Marine Corps helicopter crews rescued two people and a dog Sunday from a grounded sailboat near Beaufort, North Carolina (watch video). Watchstanders at Coast ...
On January 21, 2015 / By Administrator
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A Guide to Life Rafts, Their Equipment, Storage and Deployment

Here’s the first part in a two part series on life rafts: Nationally known safety-at-sea expert Chuck Hawley gives us a comprehensive guide on life rafts, their equipment and care… ...
On January 21, 2015 / By Administrator

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