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This Time She’ll Go Nonstop
Remember Donna Lange? On March 29, 2007 this Oregon-raised, US Virgin Islands-based sailor made nautical history with the completion of a solo circumnavigation, westabout with stops, via the ...
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Big Breeze Helps Send VOR Crews Out of Cape Town on Leg 2
Sailors are hardly the breed to complain about too much breeze but up to 35 knots for the Leg 2 opening circuits around Table Bay followed by warnings ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
The wind is blowing out of the northwest and is predicted to shift to the north, then northeast. It this shift veering or backing? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who ...
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Sail Over Underwater Mountain Passes with Care!
Here’s another great navigation tip from our friend Capt. John from skippertips.com… Sail over underwater canyons, mountains and valleys? You may not know that these massive areas exist ...
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Cruising Green 0
30 Days on the Bay with the Ocean Research Project
In case you thought a leisurely, month-long sail from Norfolk to Annapolis in Chesapeake summer sounds like fun, let’s examine Exhibit A: Matt Rutherford, who spent 30 days ...
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Loick Peyron Wins La Route Du Rhum in Record Time
Thirty two years after the first of his seven attempts, French ocean racing star Loick Peyron won the mythical Route du Rhum-Destination Guadeloupe on Monday morning when he crossed ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
A smaller headsail sail flown from an inner forestay 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 ...
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Students to Build Sailboat, Track its Voyage in Pacific Ocean
An exercise in boatbuilding is giving a group of Coos Bay, Oregon seventh-graders a lesson in engineering, design, oceanography and more. Sunset Middle School received a 5-foot, unmanned ...
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Oceans of Hope Yacht Arrives in New York City During Unique Global Voyage
Oceans of Hope, the 67-foot yacht undertaking the first circumnavigation with a working crew of people with multiple sclerosis (MS), has arrived in New York City, USA, on the ...
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250 Kilos of Cocaine Seized from UK-Bound Yacht
A UK-bound yacht carrying an estimated 250 kilos of cocaine has been intercepted in the Caribbean, following a joint operation involving the National Crime Agency (NCA), Metropolitan Police ...
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