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Steering Without a Rudder

In modern cruising and racing sailboats with fin keels and spade rudders, the most vulnerable part of the whole boat is the rudder. Every year during the fall ...
On February 28, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Wind Generators: Best or Pest?

In anticipation of having our Jeanneau 45.2 Lime’n in the Caribbean for the winter, where we would have steady trade winds, we took the plunge and added a ...
On February 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Passing It On

One of my favorite memories from our five year circumnavigation with our two boys Si and Tim happened one evening as we were running under a full moon ...
On February 14, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Multihull Magic in Miami

Come to my seminar on modern multihulls at the Miami International Boat Show (Virginia Key) on Friday February 13 at 11 am. Over the last 15 years, I’ve ...
On February 7, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Going Aground

I grew up sailing in Nantucket Sound which is notorious for its many sandy shoals and generally thin water. Most of the boats we sailed were shoal draft ...
On January 31, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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What Does It Cost to Go Cruising?

The dream of buying a blue water boat, cutting ties and heading over the horizon toward new and exotic landfalls is very real for a lot of us. ...
On January 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Crossing the Digital Divide

It is fun to look back and think about how much our sailing and cruising technology has changed in our lifetimes. Sextants gave way to Loran and SatNav ...
On January 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Better in the Bahamas

It is only four months since Hurricane Dorian swept through the Abaco Islands in the northern Bahamas causing terrible loss of life and property. Many boats were lost ...
On January 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Dangerous Encounters with Ships at Sea

Over the years, after lectures or seminars on offshore sailing that I have given, the most common question from the audience is “What was the scariest thing that ...
On December 20, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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Staying Connected at Sea

For most of my sailing life, HF radio in the form of single side band or Ham radio was the primary way for offshore sailors to stay in ...
On December 6, 2019 / By Sandy Parks

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