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Capsized by Blue Whales

Capt. CiCi Sayer is no stranger to excitement and danger. She’s done a couple of deliveries to Mexico, did the stormy Caribbean 1500 nicknamed ‘Nightmare on Night Heron‘, ...
On July 24, 2014 / By Administrator
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World ARC Reaches Halfway Point in Australia

On Wednesday, Mackay, Queensland, Australia became the latest focus of interest for sailors from around the world as the first of 23 cruising boats arrived in Mackay Marina marking ...
On July 24, 2014 / By Administrator
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Seven Seas Cruising Association’s 24th Annual Downeast Gam is Coming Up

The 24th annual Downeast Gam will kick off on Friday afternoon, August 1 with a dinghy raft-up cocktail party. The gam will be held at Dick and Kathy ...
On July 24, 2014 / By Administrator
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Australians Out of Next America’s Cup

Losing a team, (technically Hamilton Island Yacht Club, represented by Team Australia), at such an early stage doesn’t bode well however you dress it up. And when it’s ...
On July 23, 2014 / By Administrator
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Free Cruising Guide to Haiti Now Available

The most comprehensive and far reaching guide ever published regarding cruising Haiti has been released. The third edition of A Cruising Guide to Haiti by Frank Virgintino is now available ...
On July 23, 2014 / By Administrator
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USCG Returns Distressed Sailors to Harbor

U.S. Coast Guard officials said the USCG Cutter Tarpon has returned with two boaters who were in distress 133 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. Officials say the Tarpon ...
On July 23, 2014 / By Administrator
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Revealing Report on Search for American yacht Nina Released

US based Satellite telephone company Iridium Communications failed to give New Zealand rescuers details of a dramatic final message from a missing yacht Nina until the US State Department intervened, ...
On July 21, 2014 / By Administrator
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USCG Cutter Frees Sailboat Trapped in Arctic Ice

The Coast Guard cutter Healy made a detour from its science mission in the Arctic last Saturday to rescue a sailboat trapped in ice near Barrow, Alaska. The ...
On July 21, 2014 / By Administrator
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Mexico Streamlining Bureaucracy

As many visitors to the recent Progressive San Diego International Boat Show learned, several agencies of the Mexican Government have taken important steps to streamline both immigration procedures ...
On July 2, 2014 / By Administrator
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UPDATE: Japan! (Day 63)

Here’s the latest post from Matt Rutherford upon arrival in Japan after 63 days and over 6,500 miles… This expedition remained exciting to the very end. For the last ...
On July 2, 2014 / By Administrator

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