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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
What is the recommended charging voltage for gel cell house batteries? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue Water Sailing hat. The ...
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Website of the Week 0
The 2017/2018 Clipper Race Starts
On August 20, the 12 boats in the 2017/2018 Clipper Around the World Race got underway from Liverpool, England. The race, which was started by Sir Robin Knox-Johnson ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Distress Signalling for Cruisers
Last November, when the 57-foot cruising catamaran Leopard flipped over in a violent micro-storm 400 miles north of the Dominican Republic, the crew was able to swim free of the ...
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Charter Chatter 0
How to Island Hop Around Greece on a Yacht Charter
We have spent a lot of time sailing in Greece and can attest that it is one of the world’s finest and most beautiful cruising grounds. Our friends ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Catalina 425 “Circumnavigation”
There is something about a tropical isle on the horizon that calls to me, as it does to just about every cruising sailor. The turquoise water of the ...
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Cruising Green 0
Sailing to the Pacific Ocean’s Trash Vortex
In his new book, Junk Raft, Marcus Eriksen discovers a sea filled with tiny particles of harmful plastic. In the summer of 1997, sea captain and surfer Charles ...
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Launches 0
Joshua class announced for the 2022 Golden Globe Race
The story of Sir Robin Knox-Johnston’s battle to stay ahead of French yachtsman Bernard Moitessier in the 1968/9 Sunday Times Golden Globe solo round the world Race is ...
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Tech Talk 0
Green Energy Afloat
In the first leg of our five-year circumnavigation, we sailed and cruised from the East Coast of the U.S. to New Zealand via the Panama Canal and the ...
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Dock Talk 0
Again? But, the USS John McCain’s Crash Only Seems Familiar
The USS John S. McCain limped into Changi Naval Base in Singapore today after a collision with a merchant vessel near the Straits of Malacca. It’s the second collision involving ...
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Dock Talk 0
Crossing the Indian Ocean single-handed – Dutch solo sailor Laura Dekker in her own words
In 2011, Laura Dekker became the youngest person to sail alone around the world. She did so without drama or fanfare and with a very high degree of ...
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