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Lost Containers Pose Real Threats at Sea

Halfway across the North Atlantic a couple of years ago aboard the Hanse 50 Maverick, not long after dark we had a collision with an object we couldn’t ...
On June 25, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Eight Bells for Rodger Martin Yacht Designer

On Monday, sailors from around the Newport, RI region gathered at Safe Harbor’s Newport Shipyard to say so long to and remember the life of yacht designer Rodger ...
On June 18, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Communicating While Cruising

One of the barriers to active cruising with children and teenagers, who are perpetually plugged into the internet, and for those who are working remotely from their boats ...
On June 11, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Hurricane Season Begins

With the beginning of hurricane season this week, it is worth noting that NOAA is predicting that 2021 will see an higher than average number of tropical storms, ...
On June 3, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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New Sails Make a Huge Difference

Most of us try to make the sails on our cruising boats last as long as possible. New sails are expensive and most of us are not racing ...
On May 28, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Kidnapping Leads to Interpol Search

Recently, Interpol announced that it was searching for a Spanish man who they believe kidnapped his two daughters, age six and one years old, from their home in ...
On May 21, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Salty Dawg Offers Full Rally Schedule for 2021

Even through the pandemic over the last year, the Salty Dawg Sailing Association found ways to run rallies for cruisers. The most impressive effort was a year ago ...
On May 14, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Can You Steer Your Boat Without a Rudder?

When I was planning to join a friend to deliver his boat across the Atlantic a few summers ago, one of our main concerns about the passage was ...
On May 7, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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Cruisers Can Become Citizen Scientists

One of the real pleasures of sailing the world’s oceans is the chance encounters with the amazing creatures that populate the seas. I’ve seen dolphin everywhere we’ve sailed, ...
On April 30, 2021 / By Sandy Parks
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No Kill Switch, Big Problems

We were anchored stern to the beach with several other cruising boats in the western anchorage in Papeete Harbor, Tahiti. We’d been invited for cocktails with our friends ...
On April 23, 2021 / By Sandy Parks

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