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Captain of Sinking Sailboat Kept His Cool as Vessel Filled With Water
If you’re looking for calm under pressure look no further than Rick Welsford — the captain of the schooner Sorca. When water started to come up through his ...
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A New Freshwater to Saltwater Adventure
Great Lakes sailors have long been a fun-loving and capable contingent in the Salty Dawg Fall Rally to the Caribbean. Some come from the U.S. side of the Great ...
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Surf’s Up: Monstrous 64-foot Wave Measured in Southern Ocean
“Southern Ocean waves are described by sailors as ‘liquid Himalayas’ and remain largely unstudied, including our ability to forecast them,” said researcher Sally Garrett of the New Zealand Defence ...
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Would You Abandon a Floating Yacht?
Food for thought from the archives of Yachting World by Elaine Bunting. Efficient rescues mean more yachts are being abandoned only to be found floating later. Should people ...
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Volvo Ocean Race: Foiling Monohulls and Multihulls to Feature in Revamp
One hull or two? That’s the debate that has raged around the future design of Volvo Ocean Race boats – should they be monohull or multihull? In the ...
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2017 Top 10 List of Boat Names
The Boat Owners Association of The United States (BoatUS), has issued it’s 2017 Top Ten Boat Names list, a tradition dating back a quarter century. The names come ...
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Top Caribbean Music Festivals You Can Reach By Sea
There’s nothing better than listening to music with the sights and sounds of the surf in the background. The Caribbean is famous for its many music festivals, from ...
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Five Things a Monohull Sailor Should Know about Multihulls
You can hardly think about chartering in 2017 without acknowledging that you may be sailing a big cruising catamaran. Even though the Pacific Northwest has been slower to ...
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Farr PH 56, Monterey Abandoned During Antigua to Bermuda Race
Allegra, the Nigel Irens-designed 78ft catamaran skippered by Adrian Keller was the second boat to finish the 2017 Antigua Bermuda Race on Tuesday 16 May 2017, taking Multihull ...
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Night Sailing – The Essential Guide for Offshore Cruisers
With a full moon and following wind, night sailing can be one of the great pleasures to be had when passagemaking; but on a dark night in a ...
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