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Revealing Report on Search for American yacht Nina Released
US based Satellite telephone company Iridium Communications failed to give New Zealand rescuers details of a dramatic final message from a missing yacht Nina until the US State Department intervened, ...
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USCG Cutter Frees Sailboat Trapped in Arctic Ice
The Coast Guard cutter Healy made a detour from its science mission in the Arctic last Saturday to rescue a sailboat trapped in ice near Barrow, Alaska. The ...
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Mexico Streamlining Bureaucracy
As many visitors to the recent Progressive San Diego International Boat Show learned, several agencies of the Mexican Government have taken important steps to streamline both immigration procedures ...
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UPDATE: Japan! (Day 63)
Here’s the latest post from Matt Rutherford upon arrival in Japan after 63 days and over 6,500 miles… This expedition remained exciting to the very end. For the last ...
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Nautical App from Imray
Imray has just launched a new book app for iPad – Imray Nautical – available to download from the App Store. Download the app for free, then buy ...
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Morgan Completes Vineyard Leg of 38th Voyage
The Charles W. Morgan safely navigated from Newport, Rhode Island, to Vineyard Haven on Wednesday, a leg of the 38th Voyage that turned out to be rougher than ...
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Boat Reviews
The First Dehler 46 is in Production
It has been just a few months since the initial plans for the new Dehler 46 were presented at the “boot 2014” in Düsseldorf. The first hull, with a ...
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Bahamas National Trust Seeks to Establish a National Park system
The Bahamas National Trust has been working with a local NGO on San Salvador, the San Salvador living Jewels, to establish a National Park system on the island ...
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Sailors Flee Croatia as EU Fees Imposed
Yachtsmen are fleeing or avoiding Croatia following draconian EU charges. Cruising Association members keeping their boats in Croatia have had to pay up to £480 for documentation since ...
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Mindbender
Mindbender
At what altitude do cirrus clouds typically form? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. A winner, who will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat, will be selected at random from the correct answers. Thanks ...
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