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Recap of a Rescue in the Southern Ocean
Shane Freeman was on a voyage from Melbourne, Australia to Falmouth, England with the end goal of participating in the 2018 Golden Globe Race. Two months into the ...
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Propane Explosion Ends Circumnavigation
It was a quiet Monday evening, about one hour after sunset, when a fireball erupted from the cabin of a sailboat moored in Banks Channel in Wrightsville Beach, ...
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How to Prepare An Emergency Ditch Bag
When cruising, safety should always be at the forefront of your mind. Having a well-stocked and meticulously-planned ditch bag can be the difference between surviving to write your ...
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What to do When You’re Given a Tropical Island
When Ben and Lisa Newton sold their businesses and homes to sail through the South Pacific, they never expected to own one of the islands they dreamed about. ...
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Crazy Voyages: Sailors Who Took to Sea Without the Relevant Experience
With no sailing experience, Chay Blyth decided to compete in the 1968-69 Sunday Time’s Golden Globe Race. The 27-year-old only made it just past the Cape of Good ...
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Reef Navigation Using Satellite Images
Many atolls and reef areas have only sketchy charts or are entirely uncharted. Of course, reef navigation means a great deal of eye-ball navigation – regardless of chart ...
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10 Tips to Get the Right Boat Loan
How do you get the right boat loan for your new or previously owned dream boat? Here are 10 tips from Boat Owners Association of The United States ...
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Conrad Colman Experiences Dismasting, MOB and Fire During the Vendee Globe
Conrad Colman finished the Vendee Globe in 16th, a non-stop solo round the world yacht race. On the face of it, that doesn’t seem like a remarkable result, ...
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Cycling at Sea? Team New Zealand Gambles on America’s Cup Pedal Power
Cycling at sea conjures up images of holiday pedalos, but Team New Zealand’s sailors hope pedal power will help them win the 35th America’s Cup. The Kiwis have ...
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A Dismasting at Sea
On Monday, December 12, 2016 at approximately 7:30 p.m., Molto Bene was located at N 28 53.079, W 69 11.915. That’s about 300 nm southwest of Bermuda. We ...
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