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That Little Boat is Going to Cross the Atlantic?

In 2011 Matt Kent, bosun of the tall ship Niagara, was picking old oakum out of the deck in Erie, Pennsylvania, when he had an epiphany. “I wonder, ...
On January 26, 2017 / By Administrator
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New Zealand Sailor Alan Langdon Charged by Police

Sailor Alan Langdon, who sailed across the Tasman Sea from New Zealand to Australia with his six-year-old daughter, Que, is now facing criminal charges. A major search operation ...
On January 26, 2017 / By Administrator
Charter Chatter 0
Close to Home Charters

Previously published in BWS by Zuzana Prochazka. So you want a boating getaway but don’t want the travel headaches including long flights, currency issues, minimum charter time commitments and ...
On January 26, 2017 / By Administrator
Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Offshore Preparation for Medical Situations

Previously published in BWS by Bill Biewenga. Six months before we were scheduled to take Moondance across the North Atlantic, we began to assign tasks and areas of ...
On January 26, 2017 / By Administrator
Boat Reviews 0
CNB 76

The new 76-foot cruising sloop from France’s CNB in Bordeaux, provides superb sailing performance in a luxury yacht that will turn heads. Previously published in BWS. Newport, Rhode ...
On January 26, 2017 / By Administrator
Dock Talk 0
The Scourge of Fiberglass: Tackling Osmosis

Eventually all yachties have to tackle problems with the layup material of their freedom machines, whether it be rot, rust or osmosis. It is just the nature of ...
On January 19, 2017 / By Administrator
Mindbender 0
Mindbender

When would you use a Bahamian moor? Thanks to last week’s winner, John Robbins, for the correct answer to the question: In restricted visibility what sound signal should ...
On January 19, 2017 / By Administrator
Dock Talk 0
Deaf Sailor Gavin Reid Honored for Daring Rescue During Yacht Race

It wasn’t until Gavin Reid was pulling himself up a 75-foot yacht mast in the dark in the middle of Pacific Ocean that he actually stopped to think ...
On January 19, 2017 / By Administrator
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Myanmar’s Mergui Archipelago: Sailing Through One of Earth’s Last Paradises

There are few places on Earth that rival the untamed wilderness and primal seclusion of Myanmar’s Mergui Archipelago. Captain Thomas Bruning knows this all too well. Since leaving ...
On January 19, 2017 / By Administrator
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Sea Kidnappings Rise Despite Plummeting Global Piracy

More crew were kidnapped at sea in 2016 than in any of the previous 10 years, despite global piracy reaching its lowest levels since 1998, the ICC International ...
On January 19, 2017 / By Administrator

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