Browsing All Posts By George Day
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Dock Talk 0
The Bitter End Yacht Club Risen from the Ashes
In September 2017, hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean with historic force causing devastation in a swath from Guadeloupe to the Virgin Island and on to Puerto Rico. One ...
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Sail from Spain to the Caribbean on a Bali 5.4 Cat
Hank Schmitt will be a familiar name to many Cruising Compass readers. He founded and runs Offshore Passage Opportunities and the NARC Rally. He has made blue water ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Alubat Introduces the Ovni 490 Aluminum Expedition Yacht
The French builder of aluminum voyaging and expedition yachts, Alubat, announced this spring that the company was developing a new 50-foot raised-deck-saloon sloop designed by Mortain & Mavrikios. ...
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Question of the Week 0
Survey of the Week
Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. ...
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Mindbender 0
Mindbender
What do you call the northerly winds that blow on the eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean? Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...
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Boat Reviews 0
New RM-Yachts 1380: Fast Blue Water Cruiser
Now here is something a little different coming from RM-Yachts who builds their plywood and epoxy boats in La Rochelle, France. That’s right, marine plywood and epoxy construction. ...
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Dock Talk 0
How top Heave-To on Your Own Boat
Heaving-to is a time-honored seamanship skill that sailors use to stop their boats when the need arises by backwinding the headsail. Yes, having-to is not something most skippers ...
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Destination 0
Discovering Turkey’s Turquoise Coast
I’ve had the good fortune to have spent two summers cruising the southwest coast of Turkey from Kas in the east to Bodrum in the west and count ...
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Dock Talk 0
Abandoned Sloop Washes Ashore on Pensacola Beach
On May 30, Michael Barlow and his crew were delivering his new, to him, 45-foot sloop Lady Catherine II across the Gulf of Mexico from Key West to ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Anatomy of Sinking at Sea
Several weeks ago, when news emerged of the sinking of the Arcona 460 IdaLina 200 miles from the Marqueses Island in French Polynesia, the cruising community and beyond ...
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