Browsing All Posts By Sandy Parks
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Just Cruising with George Day 0
Dramatic Rescue of Vendée Skipper by Fellow Racer
The Vendée Globe Race is not well known in North America but is a huge sporting event in Europe, particularly in France and England. The race runs every ...
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For the Hungry Crew 0
Chickpea and Cheddar Quesadillas
Thanksgiving is coming up fast and that means there is a lot of planning of meals for next week. So you want something easy and quick for now ...
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Charter Chatter 0
Booking Your Charter in 2020
The Moorings recognizes that for now it is difficult to make plans to charter and has come up with a plan of Flexible Rebooking Terms. These terms are ...
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Dock Talk 0
More Discoveries in the Great Barrier Reef
(CNN) – Scientists have discovered a new reef in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef and this one measures about 1,600 feet tall. They made the discovery while mapping the ...
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Dock Talk 0
Rescue Off Portugal
(Maritime Executive) – Three sailors from a 49 foot catamaran were rescued off the coast of Portugal by a Finnish RoRo ship, the Midas. The catamaran had capsized ...
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Dock Talk 0
Three Rescued From Capsized Trimaran
(Perth Now, AUS) – Three sailors were rescued off the coast of Garden Island in Western Australia. They were sailing their trimaran in heavy seas when the boat ...
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Dock Talk 0
Forty Five Years On Edmund Fitzgerald Crew Remembered
(Detroit Free Press) – November 10, 1975 the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald sank in heavy seas in Lake Superior. Immortalized in the haunting song written by Gordon Lightfoot the ...
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Dock Talk 0
Largest Drug Bust in BVI History
(Virgin Islands Consortium) – Last week officials in the British Virgin Islands seized cocaine valued at about $250 million dollars from the house of a BVI police officer. ...
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Catalina Yachts Announces Loss of CEO Frank W. Butler
As we were finishing up this week’s Cruising Compass, this sad news came in about the single most prolific sailboat builder in American history. Woodland Hills, CA – ...
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