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  Dog Days

  Perhaps the most enthusiastic sailor aboard our last cruising boat, a Jeanneau 45.2, was our young yellow Labrador Badger. He started sailing as a puppy and loved everything ...

  On August 14, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Hunkering Down for the Storm

  The forecast from the French Met service in New Caledonia, South Pacific, was for a deep low to form to the north of the island that would develop ...

  On August 7, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Eight Bells for Cruising Legend Larry Pardey

  This week we lost an old friend and a man, in partnership with his wife Lin, who inspired literally a generation of dreamers to live out their dreams ...

  On July 31, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Beneteau & Jeanneau to Close U.S. Factory

  Boy, that was a hard headline to write. But it is true. Groupe Beneteau announced that the company was in the process of putting their large boat building ...

  On July 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  A Weather Eye

  On Tuesday of this week a mighty line of thunder squalls rolled through Newport, RI, where we live. The sky grew incredibly dark, then the boomers began, first ...

  On July 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Air Conditioning Aboard Without a Genset?

  As we glide into the hot, humid and hazy days of summer, the thought of putting air conditioning aboard our boat comes up in conversation more and more ...

  On July 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Covid-19 and World of Boating

  Earlier this week, this notice appeared at the top of the Newport International Boat Show’s website. 2020 Newport International Boat Show Cancellation
It is with a heavy heart that ...

  On July 2, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Preparing for a Transoceanic Passage

  Not many boats are sailing across oceans this summer as we all still deal with Covid-19 and the many restrictions still in place worldwide. But that is not ...

  On June 26, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Time to Shake Out the Reef?

  Early this morning as I walked the dogs by Newport (RI) harbor, I was struck by how empty of boats it is. It’s the middle of June and ...

  On June 19, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Lost Legends: Patrick Childress and Brion Toss

  I am sad to report that this week we lost two old friends who are legends in the sailing and cruising worlds. Patrick Childress (pictured at top) succumbed ...

  On June 12, 2020 / By Sandy Parks