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Strictly Sail Miami Has Started: Check Out the Schedule of Seminars and Get a Discounted Ticket

Strictly Sail Miami started today at 10 a.m. and closes Monday, February 16 at 6 p.m. There is plenty to see and do at this year’s show, and the ...
On February 12, 2015 / By Administrator
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Cruising Cuba: Will this be the year?

Cruising Compass has received some great cruising stories and images from Cuba and will be sharing them over the coming weeks. Here’s the first installment… Every winter, European ...
On February 12, 2015 / By Administrator
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VOR UPDATE: Leg 4 Begins and the Fleet Splits

Team Brunel skipper Bouwe Bekking sits in front of the nav desk, face warm with the glow from the illuminated screen. “New Zealand is down here,” he gestures, ...
On February 11, 2015 / By Administrator
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Sail On Ted Irwin

Renowned yacht designer and builder Ted Irwin (left) passed away in Little Rock, Arkansas on Saturday, February 7 after a long battle with cancer. Irwin is a legend in ...
On February 11, 2015 / By Administrator
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How Much of a Danger Are Shipping Containers Lost at Sea?

When you are offshore and looking at empty water stretching all around, the odds of running into something barely visible seem very slim. Yet the hazard is common ...
On February 11, 2015 / By Administrator
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American’s Wonder — Can I actually sail to Cuba now?

Can we go now? That’s the question every American Skipper has been asking since the President announced talks on normalization with Cuba on December 17th, and the internet ...
On February 5, 2015 / By Administrator
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Colin Firth to Set Sail with Biopic of Doomed Yachtsman Donald Crowhurst

It’s a tale of ambition, adventure, madness and tragedy that seems tailor-made for the big screen: the true story of Donald Crowhurst, whose attempt to circumnavigate the world ...
On February 5, 2015 / By Administrator
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Crew of Catamaran Flyin’ Hawaiian Rescued Off Monterey, California

As reported on Saturday by Latitude38.com, the five-person crew of the 65-ft catamaran Flyin’ Hawaiian was airlifted to safety Saturday morning, after the homebuilt vessel began taking on water roughly 120 miles west ...
On February 4, 2015 / By Administrator
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Crew of Gunboat 55 Rainmaker Rescued Off North Carolina

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued five people Friday from a luxury sailboat belonging to prominent Pinterest investor Brian Cohen after the sailboat’s carbon fiber mast broke off approximately ...
On February 4, 2015 / By Administrator
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Sean McCarter Wins CCA’s Rod Stephens Trophy, Skip Novak Takes Blue Water Medal

The Cruising Club of America has selected Captain Sean McCarter (left) to receive its 2014 Rod Stephens Trophy for Outstanding Seamanship and Skip Novak (right) has been selected ...
On February 4, 2015 / By Administrator