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Boat-to-Boat Lobster Bakes Resume in Remote Maine Anchorage
After her application for a mobile vendor license was swiftly processed by state health inspectors and a temporary permit issued, Reilly Harvey said Friday she was bound once ...
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Plan for New Mooring Field in Key Largo, FL Scuttled
Concerns from on-shore residents seem to have scuttled Monroe County’s preferred site for a new Upper Keys mooring field. “There is no Plan B,” County Mayor Sylvia Murphy ...
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Inspiring “Green Horn Kids” Gain Valuable Big-Boat Experience
Tom Caulfield started the Green Horn Kids program as a way to introduce his son to big-boat racing. Last month, with a crew of six boys, ages 8-10 ...
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Sailboat Sinks Near Nantucket Harbor After Collision
The 40-foot wooden sailboat that sank near the entrance to Nantucket Harbor Friday morning after colliding with another vessel was raised from the bottom Sunday by barge and ...
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National Coastwatch Institution (UK) Issued Dedicated VHF Channel
The National Coastwatch Institution (NCI), an entirely voluntary organization keeping a visual watch along UK shores, has been allocated a national license by OFCOM for the use of ...
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Rescued Sailors Describe ‘Perfect Storm’
Three grateful California sailors, whose sailboat was ravaged by a “perfect storm” of high winds and seas from Hurricane Julio, arrived safely in Honolulu, Hawaii before dawn Tuesday ...
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Mindbender
In the International COLREGS, how many blasts on a horn should you give if you wish to overtake a vessel on the port side? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, ...
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Are You Sailing with “Weak Links” in Your Rigging?
Here’s another great set of tips from our friend Capt. John from skippertips.com… With the wind howling and the seas building–and hundreds of miles offshore–we had a serious ...
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New Mooring Rates at Exuma Land and Sea Park
The beautiful Exuma Land and Sea Park has increased its mooring rates. The park, which extends into both the banks and the Exuma Sound, is a strict no fishing/no ...
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China’s Pioneers: Around the world with no sleep and a new language
Are these the worst working hours in world sport? Twenty days at a time working four hours on and four hours off, crammed onto a boat with seven ...
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