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For the Hungry Crew 0
Spring Asparagus Salad with Feta

(Food and Wine) – Its springtime and that means there is plenty of asparagus at the market. This recipe mixes fresh and blanched asparagus with peas, pea shoots ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Tropical Storm Risk Website

Above we have an article on the potential for severe hurricanes this year in the world’s seas. Here is a website to help you track tropical storms worldwide ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Know Your Safety Acronyms

There are so many acronyms for, well, just about everything. Ones that you should be comfortably familiar with are those connected to safety gear for yourself and your ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Boat Reviews 0
New Excess 11 Cruising Cat

It has been two years since Groupe Beneteau introduced the new Excess line of cruising cats to their portfolio of sail and powerboat brands. The concept was from ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Residents’ Concerns Regarding Quarantined Sailors in the USVI

(The New York Times) – While organizations such as the Salty Dawg Sailing Association are helping sailors leave safely from the Virgin Islands there are still a large ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Warming Oceans Leads To Greater Risk Of Hurricanes

(gCaptain) – Forecasters are concerned that this year there will be an increased risk of stronger hurricanes due to record high temperatures in the world’s seas. The entire ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Beneteau Reacts to the Worldwide Slowdown

Its no secret that the sailing industry has been hit by the coronavirus crisis. Beneteau, one of the world’s largest boat manufacturers gives an update as to what ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Monaco Says Thank You

(Business Insider) – There have been ‘feel good’ news stories lately of people gathering together to clap for first responders, health care workers and all those on the ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Rescue Amid a Pandemic

(sosailize.net) – Two sailors had to be rescued from their catamaran after it ran aground on Bougainville Reef, a remote dive site in the northern Coral Sea off ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Atlantic Hurricane Season Looming

With only a month before the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are predicting that 2020 will be well above average ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks

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