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  Heaving to in Heavy Weather

  As good luck would have it, I’ve never had to heave-to at sea due to storm conditions for the simple reasons that either the storms have been blowing ...

  On June 12, 2019 / By George Day
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  Cuba Closed to Cruisers Again

  On Tuesday of this week, the U.S. Treasury Department announced that it was restricting travel to Cuba for American citizens and specifically mentioned that it was prohibiting travel ...

  On June 4, 2019 / By George Day
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  To Catch a Fish

  Whenever we are going somewhere in open water on our boat we always have a fishing line trolling off the stern. We’re fish eaters so foraging in this ...

  On May 22, 2019 / By George Day
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  Should Cruisers Carry Guns?

  I grew up learning to shoot and have hunted a bit with rifles and shotguns. And we have cruised in some of the world’s least developed areas, countries ...

  On May 15, 2019 / By George Day
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  Days at Sea

  I don’t know about you, but there are times in this busy, highly connected information age we live in, that I get the sense that we are collectively ...

  On May 8, 2019 / By George Day
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  You Could Win a Brand New Excess Catamaran from Beneteau

  I am just back from the huge multihull show in the south of France, where I had a chance to catch up on all that is new and ...

  On May 1, 2019 / By George Day
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  A Bevy of Multihulls on Display in France

  The largest multihull (“multicoque” in French) boat show in Europe if not the the world got underway yesterday, Wednesday April 24, in the Marina at the resort community ...

  On April 24, 2019 / By George Day
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  Leopard 50P – a True Blue Water Cruiser Cat

  I had the good fortune to spend a “day at the office” sailing the new Lagoon 50P in the trade-wind-swept waters off Ft. Lauderdale on Tuesday. The sun ...

  On April 19, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
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  Should Sailors Be Certified?

  Other than attending a summer sailing program when I was 10 and 11, I have never been to a sailing school or taken courses for any sort of ...

  On April 10, 2019 / By George Day
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  Sailing North From the Caribbean

  As the winter turns to spring, all the folks who have been cruising in the Caribbean this winter are pondering their plans and many are plotting courses north ...

  On April 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks