Browsing All Posts By Sandy Parks
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Setting a Second Anchor
We were anchored in the mouth of the Endeavor River by the village of Cooktown –named after Captain James Cook—in northeastern Queensland, Australia and the wind was piping ...
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UP FRONT 0
Readers Offer Thoughts on Cockpit Protection Aboard Their Boats
In last week’s Just Cruising column, I posed the question of why more production cruising boats do not have hard dodgers or pilot houses as options, or even ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Sunreef 80 Eco Is World’s Most Sustainable Cruising Boat
The following design preview of this interesting new take on building a truly world-cruising, sustainable yacht comes from the design experts at Yanko Design. Designed primarily with the ...
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Cool Things to Do 0
Captain Ron
Here is a blast from the past. How many people sat through this movie when the weather was too wild to go sailing in sailing class or on ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Downwind Sailing: All About the Feel
Carolijn Brouwer walks through the skills needed to sail downwind in an article in Yachting World. She is particularly interested in sailing fast but the advice is good ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Shrimp Scampi
(Food Network) – Shrimp Scampi is a classic, timeless pasta dish that with just a few ingredients can have a rich, complex taste. For scampi you want to ...
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Protection in the Cockpit
One of the aspects of most modern cruising boats is the simple fact that the cockpits are open to the weather. That means that we are obliged to ...
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Dock Talk 0
British Woman Missing From Catamaran in the Caribbean
(BBC News) – Friends of Sarm Heslop, from Southampton, UK, have started a Missing Sarm page on Facebook in order to share information on the missing 41-year old ...
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Dock Talk 0
Clearing the Ocean Floor of DDT Waste
(LATimes) – Earler this month the research vessel Sally Ride left San Diego, CA headed for the San Pedro Basin, off the coast of Catalina Island, to survey ...
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Dock Talk 0
Age is Just a Number
(Hakai Magazine) – Scientists off the coast of Broome, Australia have been studying reef fish, viewing their eating habits, how they breed and where they sit on the ...
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