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VOR Sailors See Disturbing Amounts of Pollution in Asia

Bouwe Bekking, skipper of Team Brunel, is not impressed with what he has seen in Asian waters. His focus is the amount of garbage witnessed during the Volvo ...
On January 21, 2015 / By Administrator
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Gemini & Catalina: Two American Boat Building Dynasties Join Forces

I would imagine many of our readers at one time or another have thought about the possibility of building a boat. I would further imagine that those who ...
On January 20, 2015 / By Administrator
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Life After Cruising and the Habits That Stick

Here’s a nice article from Spinsheet.com on returning home from an extended cruise… In all the reading I’ve done about living the cruising dream, I haven’t often read ...
On January 15, 2015 / By Administrator
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A Performance Cruiser Like No Other

The last thing anyone thinks when looking at single-handed sailors in the Vendée Globe non-stop round the world race is that this might be comfortable and relaxing. However, ...
On January 14, 2015 / By Administrator
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Mindbender

Using two fixed objects to take a bearing is called what? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will be selected at random from the ...
On January 14, 2015 / By Administrator
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Rescuing Ben Ainslie from a boat? Stranger Things Have Happened at Sea

It was great to see Ben Ainslie sailing past Necker Island as he enjoyed his honeymoon with his delightful new wife Georgie Thompson. Seeing as Ben is one ...
On January 14, 2015 / By Administrator
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Indonesians Help Shipwrecked Couple on Remote Tropical Island

An Australian yachtsman who lost a treasured boat at sea has described his rescue off a remote Indonesian tropical island as a “sweet and sour experience”. Shaun Sims, ...
On January 14, 2015 / By Administrator
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Ocean Cruising Club Announces 2014 Awards Winners

The Ocean Cruising Club (The OCC) has announced the recipients of the OCC Awards for 2014. Each year the OCC recognizes the achievements of ordinary individuals doing extraordinary ...
On January 13, 2015 / By Administrator
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A Cruising Guide to the ABCs 2.0 Now Available

FreeCruisingGuides.com announced the release of the 2nd (English) edition of A Cruising Guide to the ABCs by Frank Virgintino. It is downloadable now as a PDF at www.freecruisingguides.com. ...
On January 8, 2015 / By Administrator
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VOR UPDATE: Tough Leg 3 is Underway

“No one wants to be the first or the last to gybe.” Andrew Cape jokes through the Inmarsat iSat phone from the middle of the Arabian Sea. Team ...
On January 8, 2015 / By Administrator

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