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Dufour 530: Innovative, Versatile & Fast

Dufour is one of the most venerable brands in the world sailing market and today still is one of the most popular brands of sailboats in Europe, particularly ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Marina in South Puget Sound Saved in Donation to State

(Key Peninsula News) – In some good news for South Puget Sound the Recreational Boating Association of Washington and its nonprofit RBAW Marine Parks Conservancy announced that they ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Sailboat Washes Ashore on Egyptian Coast, Sailor Missing

(Telegraph) – The family of Scotsman Colin Finnie last heard from him on December 7 as he was nearing the end of his voyage across the Indian Ocean ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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500 Year Old Anchors Discovered Off Coast of Mexico

(BBC News) – Anchors from the 16th Century have been discovered off the coast of Mexico. Archaeologists believe they may have been from ships led by the Conquistador ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Coastal Erosion Threatening the Labs That Study Erosion

(New York Times) – Marine laboratories are often at the water’s edge, so researches and their equipment is placed where their studies are. These labs were built to ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Size Does Not Matter When Going Cruising

Liveaboard Kristin Hanes first lived on a 26-foot catamaran and now on a Tayana 37, along with her husband. On her blog, thewaywardhome.com she notes the pros and ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Dismal Swamp Canal to Close for 90 Days

Those traveling the Intracoastal Waterway need to take note that the Dismal Swamp Canal closed for 90 days starting Sunday, January 5 so the U.S. Army Corps of ...
On January 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Fire Aboard: Two Sailors Rescued 288 Miles Southeast of Corpus Christi

(Caller Times) – Just after the first of the new year the Coast Guard rescued two sailors off the 37-foot sailing vessel Rhapsody. The sailors were able to ...
On January 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Rescue in the Bay of Biscay from 34-foot Sailboat

(Daily Mail) – A London barrister was on a solo passage from the Spanish port of A’coruna aboard his 34-foot sailboat Spirit of Daedulus when he encountered a ...
On January 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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58-Foot Elusive changes to HMS DIsappointment

(Evening Standard) – Andrew and Maria France purchased a Discovery 58 Elusive in January 2017. The plan was to live aboard the boat and sail around the world, ...
On January 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks

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