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A Tale of Overcoming Rudder Failure during an Atlantic Crossing
When the rudder of his 39-footer broke in mid-Atlantic Patrick Marshall set up a jury rig, with the support and advice of a radio net, and sailed 1,500 ...
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Two Incidents of Armed Piracy Against Sailing Vessels near Trinidad
Ocean Cruising Club Commodore John Franklin has issued an alert to vessels sailing in waters between Trinidad and Tobago and Grenada. In the last 10 days there have ...
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Hinckley Announces Acquisition of Morris Yachts
Hinckley kicked off the New Year by announcing that Morris Yachts has become a part of The Hinckley Company family. Hinckley acquired the assets of the sailboat builder ...
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Fire Destroys Clubhouse at Annapolis Yacht Club
On the afternoon of Saturday, December 12, a fire broke out at the Main Clubhouse of the Annapolis Yacht Club. The fire was contained in the early evening. ...
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Coast Guard Hoists Man From Sailboat 60 miles off North Carolina
The Coast Guard hoisted a man after his sailboat became disabled off Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call from a man ...
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French Yachtsman is Pioneering Kite Technology for Cargo Ships
In 2014 Yves Parlier, accomplished Vendee Globe sailor and engineer, launched Beyond the Sea to develop ways of using very large kites for marine propulsion. The aim, of course, ...
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Free Cruising Guides Updates Cayman Islands Guide
The first edition of A Cruising Guide to the Cayman Islands has been updated and enhanced with current port information provided by an experienced local sailor and additional charts, as ...
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A Dozen Shipping Containers Wash off Freighter near San Francisco
More shipping containers that washed off a ship in stormy weather have been spotted floating off the coast, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. A Coast Guard plane spotted two ...
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Rio Olympic Water Polluted, Even Far Offshore
Olympic sailor Erik Heil floated a novel idea to protect himself from the sewage-infested waters he and other athletes will compete in during next year’s games: He’d wear ...
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ARC Crew Rescued 130 miles Off Cape Verde Islands
The four crew of the ARC transatlantic rally yacht Magritte have been evacuated after their cruiser began taking on water. At 1940 (UTC) last Thursday, 3 December, World Cruising ...
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