Browsing All Posts By George Day
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Cruisier Liz Clark Living the Dream and Sharing It
This interview appears in the Los Angeles Times. “More than 10 years ago Liz Clark left Southern California aboard a 40-foot sailboat. She had recently graduated ...
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Cruising Family Rescued by Ship Off Haiti. All Well.
This tale of sinking , capsize and rescue is a cautionary tale with a happy ending. It appears on the website maritimeexecutive.com. “On Saturday, the crew of ...
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Salty Dawg Rallies to Maine and Nova Scotia Summer HIghlights
The Salty Dawg Sailing Association, best known for its Fall Rally to the Caribbean, has expanded its summer schedule this year to include rallies and rendezvous events of ...
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Scotsman’s Atempt to Row the Atlantic Ends Abruptly
A Scottish man trying to sail across the Atlantic by himself in a custom-built rowboat made landfall just days into his voyage – but in a place thousands ...
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Eight Bells for Stephen J. Pavlidis, a Prolific Cruising Author
This obituary was written by Milt Baker. Stephen J. Pavlidis, one of America’s top cruising guide authors, died May 29, 2018, in Covington, Georgia, after a long ...
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A Pilot Whale Has Died in Southern Thailand After Swallowing 17 Pounds of Plastic Waste
We all know that plastic waste accumulates in the oceans creating giant garbage gyres. It is now becoming clear that our garbage is killing off huge numbers of ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
What are you doing when you tack a sailboat with a jib or genoa without releasing the jib sheet so the sail backs on the windward side? ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Easy, Delicious Gourmet Popcorn
Who says that popcorn is not a main food group? On our boat it always has been. And, to give your popcorn snack a little style, enough so ...
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Charter Chatter 0
Kiracoulis Yacht Charters Introduces New Nautitech Open 40 to Greek Fleets
The Greek Isles form one of the world’s best sailing and cruising grounds. The sailing is fast andfun, the islands are starkly beautiful, the food and wine are ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Neel 51: Are Three Hulls Better Than Two?
When the NEEL 51 trimaran was introduced last year, it turned a lot of heads and made believers out of a lot of skeptics. The big trimaran does ...
