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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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  The North Atlantic in November

  As we are assembling and writing this week’s edition of Cruising Compass we’ve been keeping an eye on the progress of La Vagabonde as they sail east across ...

  On November 22, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Harnesses and Grog Offshore

  Over the years and many tens of thousands of miles offshore, I have sailed with a wide variety of skippers and more often than not been the skipper ...

  On November 15, 2019 / By Sandy Parks