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Dongfeng Race Team Breaks Mast, Retires from VOR Leg 5

Tough decisions. It’s part and parcel of being a Volvo Ocean Race skipper. But even so, as Dongfeng Race Team announced late Tuesday night that they plan to retire from ...
On April 1, 2015 / By Administrator
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BoatUS Releases List of Top 10 Boat Names—Is yours one of them?

Big and small, power or sail, there are many different kinds of boats and so many different kinds of boat owners. But the one thing they seem to ...
On April 1, 2015 / By Administrator
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Nine Rescued from Canadian Schooner Off Massachusetts

Nine crew members from a replica pirate ship that had become disabled 58 miles east of Gloucester, Massachusetts, were rescued on Monday in a risky maneuver on rough ...
On April 1, 2015 / By Administrator
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America’s Cup Switching to Smaller Boats

The 35th America’s Cup will be contested in smaller boats than the AC62s that had been previously planned for according to a release from the America’s Cup organizers. The ...
On March 26, 2015 / By Administrator
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Want to crew in the Spring 2015 Salty Dawg Rally?

Participating boats in the Spring 2015 Salty Dawg Rally north from the Caribbean are looking for sailors of all experience levels to come along as crew. All you need to ...
On March 25, 2015 / By Administrator
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Cruising Cuba: Provisioning — Huevos Particulares

Cruising Compass is excited to have received dispatches this winter from cruiser Sissy Puedes in Cuba and will be sharing them over the coming weeks! Here’s the fifth installment… The bean vendor ...
On March 25, 2015 / By Administrator
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How to Help High Schools in Micronesia Get Books

In Micronesia, oral stories have always been a focal point of traditional culture, though books themselves have not. Many of the students on island have a deep love ...
On March 25, 2015 / By Administrator
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Pizza Delivery Boat Takes New York Slices to the High Seas

You can get pizza just about anywhere. Small towns, big cities, airports, malls. Norway, Japan, Morocco, the Galapagos Islands—name any place in the world, and you’ll find a restaurant somewhere around there ...
On March 25, 2015 / By Administrator
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A Day in the Life During the VOR

They’re some of the toughest athletes on the planet, saying goodbye to loved ones for almost a year, as they traverse the globe’s oceans. Hardened Volvo Ocean Race ...
On March 19, 2015 / By Administrator
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Opposition Grows to ‘Members Only’ Marina Proposed for Little Harbour, Abaco

Little Harbour (locally known as the Hurricane Hole), one of Abaco’s few well protected natural anchorages and mooring fields, is the proposed site for the nearby Abaco Club ...
On March 19, 2015 / By Administrator

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