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Cartography Lessons Learned Searching for the Best Charts of Cuba
Written for Panbo.com by Ben Ellison. Pardon my photography, but the point is that many detailed, up-to-date, and well-crafted official paper charts of Cuba do exist. Unfortunately, they’re ...
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Safety-At-Sea Video Library Now Available Online
Available for the first time to all sailors, this 10-video library brings to you over two hours of safety-at-sea strategies, techniques, and tips developed by some of the ...
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IDEC SPORT Crossed Indian Ocean at the Incredible Average Speed of 35.08 Knots
The IDEC SPORT maxi-trimaran crossed the longitude of Cape Leeuwin 17 days, 6 hours and 59 minutes after leaving Ushant. This means they were almost 16 hours and ...
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An Incident of Piracy off the Coast of Nicaragua
A yacht owner and friend were sailing a 39 foot monohull from Bocas del Toro, Panama to Belize. Passing 30-40 miles off the shallow coast of Nicaragua, it had ...
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Into the Storm: The True Story of a Harrowing Ocean Rescue
One terrible night in 2015, two giant ships sailed into a hurricane—a new breed of superstorm that, thanks to climate change, had defied all expectations and would soon ...
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The Salty Dawg Rally to Cuba
The Salty Dawg Sailing Association has announced a new rally for this coming Spring – a Rally to Cuba. The Rally is structured for American vessels and citizens, ...
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Vendée Globe Boat Has Extensive Damage From Collision, Possibly With a Shipping Container
French yachtsman Thomas Ruyant has no idea how his yacht managed to make it back to Bluff Harbour, New Zealand. Ruyant’s badly damaged yacht Le Souffle de Nord, ...
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Delicious Cocktails for the Festive Season
The sun’s over the yardarm somewhere, as the saying goes, and it’s time for a drink. But then that dreaded question arises: what’ll you have? Never fear, our ...
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A New Scam in Marigot Bay St. Lucia
It was a particularly windy day on Saturday, December 10, 2016. After a strong burst a cruiser looked topside to check if anyone was dragging, and noticed a ...
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Video: Sailing Yacht A Sea Trials
The 469 ft Sailing Yacht A is being built in Kiel, Germany for Andrey Melnichenko and undergoing sea trials. The people standing at the base of the mast ...
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