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The Moorings and Sunsail, How Do They Compare?

This year Sunsail is celebrating 50 years in the charter business. It’s a remarkable run. As you know, Sunsail is a sister company to The Moorings and both ...
On April 16, 2024 / By George Day
Destination 0
Destination Camden Maine

Article by Tom Babbitt. Photo by Dale Bruce Let’s start with full disclosure. Camden has been our home and home port for over 30 years, during which time we’ve also ...
On April 10, 2024 / By Administrator
Dock Talk 0
Quick! Man-Overboard!

Falling overboard from a cruising boat is extremely rare, but it does happen and those of us on the boat need to be prepared to act quickly and ...
On April 10, 2024 / By George Day
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The Simple, Refreshing Greyhound Gives a Splash of Spring

Sometimes the simplest solutions are the best solutions. That’s certainly the case with the classic Greyhound cocktail that prides itself, since its titular invention in the 1930s, as ...
On April 9, 2024 / By George Day
Boat Reviews 0
Tartan Announces New 335 Couple’s Classic Cruiser

I spent many, many days in my early years sailing and racing aboard a Tartan 27. In those days, our family of five plus a crew would sail ...
On April 9, 2024 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Offshore Sailing School Announces Return to Fort Myers Beach, Florida

Offshore Sailing School President and CEO, Doris Colgate, is pleased to announce sailing lessons and courses will resume at the Pink Shell Beach Resort & Marina on Fort ...
On April 9, 2024 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
Safe Eye-Ball Navigation in the Dark

Being able to con your way in close quarters on moonless nights or seeing an object ahead of you offshore when it is as dark as the inside ...
On April 9, 2024 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
X-Yachts X-49 Gets Reimagined, Redesigned

The 49-foot X-49 slot in the builder’s line of performance cruising boats has long defined the X-Pure concept that has made X-Yachts one of the leading builders in ...
On April 9, 2024 / By George Day
Dock Talk 0
George Town, Exumas, Still a Favorite Destination

George Town, at the southern end of the Exuma Chain in the Bahamas, is one of the most popular cruising destinations in all of the Bahamas. Every winter, ...
On April 9, 2024 / By George Day
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Cruisers Rescue Frantic Castaways off French Coast

Yachting Monthly recently ran an instructive yarn about a skipper and crew delivering a boat in the South of France when they saw ahead of them three swimmers ...
On March 27, 2024 / By George Day

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