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First Transatlantic Passage on a Catamaran Happened 60 Years Ago

If you have been to a boat show or gone chartering in the islands recently, then you will know that catamarans are now the cruising boats of choice ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Family Completes 7-Year Cruising Odyssey

No one ever tells cruisers that the hardest part about sailing away on a long cruising odyssey is the actual fact of coming home at the end. But ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Hurricane Lorenzo Leaves 53 Homeless, Causes Wide Destruction in Azores

According to the Algarve Daily News (in Portugal), the massive hurricane that missed the Caribbean, the East Coast of the U.S. and Bermuda, finnally came ashore in the ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Algae, Sargasso Weed and Dead Zones. What’s Going On with Our Waterways?

Over the last year we have seen a lot of strange stuff growing in our oceans, lakes and rivers. Out in the Atlantic, there is a huge Sargasso ...
On October 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Ocean Cleanup Says its Trash-Collecting Device is Working in the Pacific Ocean

(CNN) – The Netherlands based non-profit, Ocean Cleanup has announced that its latest prototype is successfully working at picking up debris from large fishing gear to tiny microplastics ...
On October 11, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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One Man’s Journey From No Sailing Experience to Becoming a Liveaboard

Fabio Brunnazi describes his journey from knowing nothing about sailing to deciding to learn to sail and live on a sailboat. Over the past few years he and ...
On October 11, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Hitching a Ride on the USCGC Stratton

(Boating magazine) – Randy Vance spent days on board the Stratton as she went on patrol in the Arctic. He spent three days learning the ship, its mission ...
On October 11, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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CG Rescues Two Off a 37-foot Sailboat

Another boat needed rescuing off the coast of Georgia this week (see above story). The 37-foot sailboat Meander issued a mayday call to the Coast Guard after they ...
On October 11, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Coast Guard Rescues Two After Sailboat Runs Aground

(News4jax) – The Spirit of Liberty, a 51-foot sailboat lost power off the Georgia coast as the crew was bringing their boat up from West Palm last week. ...
On October 11, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Three People and a Dog Rescued Off Coast of California

In 35-knot winds and up to 20-foot seas the sailboat Misfit contacted the Coast Guard with the information that they had lost propulsion and needed rescue. Off the ...
On October 4, 2019 / By Sandy Parks

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