Browsing Category Dock Talk
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Preparing a Marina-bound Boat for a Tropical Storm
Practical Sailor has covered storm preparation on several occasions and has a list of reminders now that the 2016 storm season is on its way to becoming one ...
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No Sailors Needed: Robot Sailboats Scour the Oceans for Data
Two robotic sailboats trace lawn mower style paths across the violent surface of the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska. The boats are counting fish-haddock, to be ...
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Three Different Blue Water Cruising Seminar Series Kick Off in Newport
The nonprofit Salty Dawg Rally™ has scheduled a comprehensive series of free blue water cruising seminars to be held prior to the sailboat shows in Newport, Rhode Island ...
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Taleisin’s Tales – New Sailing Adventures From Lin Pardey
Pundits say Lin and Larry Pardey’s very first book, Cruising in Seraffyn, launched 50,000 dreams and still inspires potential voyagers. In the years since this best-selling nautical narrative ...
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The Great Inflatable PFD Debate
Safety at Sea instructor Paul Cunningham helps us to understand the differences between inflatable PFDs, and the pros and cons of manual and auto inflate models. As the ...
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Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Sailing at the Paralympic Games is one of the only sports in which athletes of many different disabilities compete against each other on equal terms. Not only does ...
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Foiling Through the Tack: Team SoftBank Japan Gets it First
Between appearances at America’s Cup World Series events — the next is Toulon, France, in September — it’s been all business for the Cup teams training in Bermuda ...
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Who Has Completed the Northwest Passage?
Worldsailing.guru has posted an interactive map and searchable table of all who have transited the Northwest Passage since 1903. Learn about which route they took and whether the ...
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How Sailing is Helping People Overcome Mental Health Crises
It is a perfect summer’s afternoon in Cornwall, England. In Falmouth marina, bobbing dinghies and gnarled fishing boats mingle with the gleaming yachts. On land, the town is ...
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Lots to See and Do at The 40th Annual Wooden Boat Festival
he Wooden Boat Festival in Port Townsend, Washington is widely regarded as the premier wooden boat event in the world, drawing boat lovers from near and far. And ...
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