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Cutting-Edge Facility for US Sailing Team and Bay-Area Community to Open At Treasure Island Sailing Center

The US holds the record for the most medals won in Olympic sailing but you wouldn’t appreciate that fact if you looked at the results from the last ...
On April 12, 2018 / By George Day
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EPIRBs Can Save Your Life: Here’s the Latest on What’s Out there

Since the introduction of Emergency Position Indicating Beacons, the satellite based SOS signaling devices have saved thousands of lives at sea. The technology continues to improve and modern ...
On April 4, 2018 / By George Day
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Pirate Attack Near Yemen Foiled By Navy

Although the waters around the Gulf of Aden and the bottom of the Red Sea have long been known for occasional attacks of shipping and cruisers, there have ...
On April 4, 2018 / By George Day
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Eight Bells For Paul Elvstrom, The Flying Dane

Although he has not raced competitively for two decades, Paul Elvstrom remains one of the greatest sailors, particularly in dinghies and Olympic class boats, that ever lived. A ...
On April 4, 2018 / By George Day
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Cruising off the Beaten Path in SE Alaska: Baranof Island

Canada’s Bluewater Cruising Association publishes a great magazine and website called Currents. Recently, member Beth Cooper, sailing her Saga 43 Sarah Jean II, contributed a series of articles ...
On April 4, 2018 / By George Day
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Eight of the World’s Classic Schooners to Gather for Superyacht Cup. See Photos

We once lived aboard our boat in Palma, Mallorca in Spain’s Balearic islands and can vouch that is it one of the Med’s most beautiful islands. It is ...
On April 4, 2018 / By George Day
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John Harrison Clockmaker Built First Marine Chronometer

British clockmaker John Harrison (1693-1776), the man who built the first marine chronometer to measure longitude, was born 325 years ago this week. Harrison was raised in Foulby in Yorkshire, the son of a ...
On April 4, 2018 / By George Day
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Lost at Sea. Volvo Sailor John Fisher

This report appears on the CNN website. “The world of sailing is in mourning after a crewman in the Volvo Ocean Race was washed overboard and is presumed lost at ...
On March 28, 2018 / By Administrator
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The Joys and Trials of Cruising to Japan

One of the lest accessible cruising grounds for Europeans and Americans, the Japanese islands hold a special allure just because they are so far off the beaten cruising ...
On March 28, 2018 / By George Day
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How One Family Went from New Boat Owners to Blue Water Sailors

Many dream of sailing away as a family on their own boat. Some actually do it. In the British magazine Yachting Monthly, an English family tells the story ...
On March 28, 2018 / By George Day