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The Vic-Maui Race Aboard Kraken
Kraken is a Beneteau First 40.7 from West Vancouver, British Columbia participating in the The Victoria to Maui International Race. The 2016 Vic-Maui fleet , a 2300 nautical mile offshore race ...
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What Happens During a Helicopter Evacuation at Sea
Nigel Richards recounts his experience with a medical emergency offshore. I had been looking for a crew spot for an ocean crossing for a few weeks. An off-chance ...
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Tool Buying Guide for the Cruising Sailor
Boat ownership requires a bevy of tools that would make Bob Vila jealous. We suggest keeping your most-used tools in their very own “fix-it” bag. While the tools ...
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Couple Rescued from Burning Sailboat
A couple were forced to leap from a burning yacht after its engine erupted into flames off the coast near Poole in Dorset, U.K.. They were able to ...
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Veteran Yachtsman Rescued at Sea After Accident off the Coast of Australia
A 73-year-old sailor in the process of delivering a yacht from Queensland to Darwin has had to be rescued by the Royal Australian Navy less than 60 miles ...
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Pokémon Go and Boating: Three Tips from BoatUS
The reality-game-meets-exercise app currently taking the nation by storm, “Pokémon Go,” now has 21 million users every day – reportedly the most successful mobile game ever in the ...
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Skipper’s Story: Zest is Dismasted off Spain
En route to the Canary Islands Rupert Holmes’s yacht Zest was dismasted by a rogue wave in a gale 130 miles off the Spanish coast. He tells his ...
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Sailing Cat Acts as Deaf Owner’s ‘Ears at Sea’
Auckland sailor Paul Thompson can’t always hear everything around him while at sea. That’s where his cat comes in. A six-month-old ginger Maine Coon, Strauss von Skattebol of ...
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Space Saving Gadgets for Every Galley
If you have limited kitchen space, it’s often easy to give up on cooking — especially if you don’t have enough room to store the tools and gadgets ...
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Sailor Found Dead Aboard Grounded Sloop
Recently, the South Pacific cruising community was stunned to learn that one of its own, singlehander Lewis Schooler, 64, had been found dead aboard the San Diego-based Hylas ...
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