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  From the Far Side of the World

  On Wednesday morning, we sent out an email blast to our readers and advertisers that tried to put a positive spin on what’s going on in the Covid-19 ...

  On March 27, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Sailing World Disrupted by Coronavirus

  We are sailing into a world that few of us have ever seen before, with events being cancelled, marinas closing and even ports and whole countries closing their ...

  On March 20, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean

  When we took off from home in Rhode Island to sail westabout around the world, we rented our house and then had to find a home for Willy ...

  On March 13, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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  Dodging Squalls or Looking for Them

  The last third of the passage from the East Coast to the Caribbean takes you through the Horse Latitudes and into the easterly trade winds and in these ...

  On March 6, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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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