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  What Will Become of NOAA?

  We don’t tend to get into politics in this column since our mission is to entertain and inform cruising sailors about all things to do with the cruising ...

  On February 12, 2025 / By George Day
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  J/Boats Introduces the New and Formidable J/40

  J/Boats of Newport, RI, recently launched the new J/40, which is a sistership to the J/45 that was launched two years ago. It is always news when J/Boats ...

  On February 2, 2025 / By George Day
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  Significant New Designs Introduced at BOOT Dusseldorf 2025

  The huge marine exhibition and boat show that is running this week in Dusseldorf, Germany may be the largest indoor boat show in the world. As this is ...

  On January 22, 2025 / By George Day
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  Frenchman Charlie Dalin Wins the Vendee Globe Race

  At dawn on Tuesday morning, January 14, 2025, French solo sailor Charlie Dalin crossed the finish line off Les Sables d’Lonne, France to win the Vendee Globe non-stop ...

  On January 15, 2025 / By George Day
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  How a Perfectly Good Sailboat Was Needlessly Abandoned at Sea

  Back on December 12, an incident occurred 150 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras that raises, once again, the question of what it means to abandon a perfectly good ...

  On January 8, 2025 / By George Day
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  2024 DAME Design Awards Announced a METS Trade Show

  The huge METS Trade show is running this week in Amsterdam. The largest marine show dedicated to marine gear and equipment, it attracts leading companies from around the ...

  On November 20, 2024 / By George Day
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  Cruising Community? There Are Apps for That

  Communications between seafarers has always been a challenge. There is a barrel-post box in Post Office Bay on the island of Floreana in the Galapagos Islands that was ...

  On November 7, 2024 / By George Day
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  South With the Geese

  It’s that time of year when the big north-to-south migrations get underway, birds and snow birds alike. On the West Coast, the Baja Haha will set sail from ...

  On October 23, 2024 / By George Day
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  Sailing Can Changes the Lives of Autistic Children

  At the beginning of every Annapolis sailboat show since it was launched in 1970, 54 years ago, Harken has hosted a press event during which they introduce new ...

  On October 16, 2024 / By George Day
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  Hurricane Milton to Strike Massive Blow to Tampa Bay Area

  This will not be news to anyone, but it is worth highlighting as the third major weather event of the 2024 hurricane season: Beryl, Helene and now Milton. ...

  On October 8, 2024 / By George Day