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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Painter Plans World Art Tour Under Sail
The Mystique nods at its slip in Ilwaco, Washington, as Steve Van Ronk moves around the deck securing lines and sails. He is watched closely by Aleutia, a ...
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VOR UPDATE: Dongfeng Race Team Makes History in Leg 3 Win
They kept us waiting – but victory surely tasted all the sweeter for that when Dongfeng Race Team nudged gently past the finish line in Sanya, China on ...
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