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  Safe Sailing is No Accident

  In the last month, there have been four dramatic Coast Guard rescues of sailors who got into trouble miles off the North American coast. We carry these stories ...

  On January 6, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Celebrating the Solstice

  This week we celebrate the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun has reached the Tropic of ...

  On December 22, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  In This Season of Giving, Thank the Coast Guard with a Donation

  Just about every week, we run a story about sailors being rescued by the Coast Guard and these rescues are often heroic. If you have ever seen a ...

  On December 15, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Starlink Future is Here

  I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes during a Salty Dawg Caribbean Rally weather briefing Zoom meeting in early November. One ...

  On December 8, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  Antigua at Last

  After a weather window closed on the Salty Dawg Fall Caribbean Rally on November 1, the fleet of about 70 boats bound for Antigua from Hampton, VA had ...

  On December 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Journey Begins

  It’s Saturday morning November 12 and the crew of Pandora is getting ready to depart Hampton, VA for Antigua after 12 days of weather delays.  We are, from ...

  On November 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  When Orcas Attack

  As we were waiting for a weather window to open in the western Atlantic for our planned passage from Virginia to Antigua in the Caribbean, a news story ...

  On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  Fall Salty Dawg Weather Windows

  I am sailing south this fall with the Salty Dawg Fall Caribbean Rally aboard my buddy Bob Osborn’s Aerodyne 47 Pandora. Bob, as it happens, is also the ...

  On October 27, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  Notes From the Annapolis Sailboat Show 2022

  Last week, I had two full days at the United States Sailboat show in Annapolis, MD and got around to see just about all of my friends and ...

  On October 21, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  Annapolis Boat Show Bound

  With the U.S. Sailboat Show opening today (October 13) in Annapolis, MD, a lot of us are planning to be there to ogle over the new boats and, ...

  On October 13, 2022 / By Sandy Parks