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Caribbean Rally Update via Webinar – June 23

Update on the SDSA Caribbean Rally to Antigua and cruising the Eastern Caribbean  Plans are well underway for the signature Salty Dawg Caribbean Rally, the run to Antigua. ...
On June 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Using Conmmunity Sailing Centers to Learn to Sail

Erin E. Williams in a Washington Post article notes how easily and affordable sailing can be if you join a community sailing center. She mentions centers across the ...
On June 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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UK Decides Not to Impose Home Rule on the BVI

(BBC News) – The UK has decided not to impose direct rule on the British Virgin Islands, despite a report finding gross failures of governance in the territory. ...
On June 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Rough Start for Race to Alaska

(komonews.com) – Several participants in the annual marine Race to Alaska had to be rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard Monday when the waters the participants were competing ...
On June 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Caribbean Coral Being Killed Off – Needs Human Intervention to Stave Off Disease

(courthousenews.com) – An outbreak of a disease that has killed up to 94% of some coral species in the Mexican Caribbean highlights the need for human interventions to ...
On June 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Advertise Open House – Latitude Yacht Brokerage

Advertise Open House – Latitude Yacht Brokerage You’re Invited to Latitude Yacht Brokerage Open House! See you June 14, 2022 4pm – 7pm (june 15 raindate) Goat Island ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Salty Dawgs Add Newport, RI Start to the Fall Caribbean Rally

The Salty Dawg Sailing Association has decided to add a start to the fall rally to the Caribbean in Newport, RI in addition to the traditional starting venue ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Kenichi Horie at 83 Becomes Oldest to Sail Solo Across the Pacific

(cnn.com) – Kenichi Horie, at age 83 has become the oldest person to sail across the Pacific Ocean in a solo nonstop voyage from San Francisco to Japan. ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Doyle Sails Partners with Sail to Shelter

What happens to a sail at the end of its life, has been a problem Doyle Sails has been working to solve for many years. However, finding an ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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Rescuing a Damaged Cargo Ship

This BBC Future article explains how cargo ships that are in trouble get rescued. Rain lashed the windows. A violent sea pounded the steel hull of the ship ...
On June 9, 2022 / By Sandy Parks