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  Extreme Social Distancing-Around Alone With No Electronics

  Sixty-two year old Bert ter Hart just completed sailing alone around the world in 267 days. Aboard his 42-foot boat, Seaburban, the Canadian sailed the five capes navigating ...

  On July 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Three Rescued From a Trimaran

  Third Try, a 50-foot trimaran was structurally damaged and had lost its rudder 825 miles northeast of Oahu, HI last week. The three sailors on board were attempting ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Tsunami in the Chesapeake

  (Chesapeake Bay Magazine) – This is something you don’t expect to see. Last week the Chesapeake Bay experienced a tsunami. This weather phenomenon was not caused by an ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Man Overboard in Loch Ness

  (Scottish Sun) – Four friends had gone sailing for the day in Loch Ness, Scotland but the day turned to tragedy when one of the men went to ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Checklist for Crossing Borders

  Liz Cleere and Jamie Furlong have a website called followtheboat.com where they explore their travel adventures aboard their yacht Esper, an Oyster 435 ketch. On their blog they ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Sailing in 2020-Where it is Open

  Here is an updated list of what to expect in various countries around the world during this time of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). Read More ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  A Single-Handed Single-Hander’s Long Way Home

  Garry Crothers recently celebrated his arrival in Derry, Ireland after a journey of 3,600 miles singlehanding aboard his aluminium Ovni 435 cutter Kind of Blue. Crothers suffered an ...

  On July 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  A Cold Blob in the Atlantic Ocean

  (mashable.com) – We all hear about the warming of the Atlantic Ocean and it is this warming that also provides for a “cold blob” in the middle of ...

  On July 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Singlehander’s Vessel Struck by a Whale

  (noonsite.com) – The sailing vessel Matroos encountered a pod of whales 37 miles off Horta, Azores when the boat was struck by one whale. Water was coming through ...

  On July 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Cape Cod Canal’s Bridges to be Replaced

  (South Coast Today) – The Cape Cod Canal, MA was built in 1916 with the two bridges that service the Cape being built about twenty years later. The ...

  On July 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks