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  A Warming Planet Affects Our Sailing Plans

  NOAA reports that 2023 was the warmest year on record and may well be the warmest year in the last 100,000 years. The El Niño that has been ...

  On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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  Our 900th Issue!

  When we launched Cruising Compass 17 years ago, we were only the second e-newsletter published in the sailing market. Sailing Scuttlebutt was first. Over the years we have ...

  On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Oceanvolt Electric Sail-drive Wins Dame Award

  This week, the world’s largest boating and marine B-to-B trade show, called METS, is taking place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. One of the highlights of the show ...

  On November 16, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Salty Dawg Caribbean Rally Underway

  This fall the Salty Dawgs have nearly 100 cruising boats signed up to sail in the rally to the Caribbean and Bahamas from Hampton, VA and Newport, RI. ...

  On November 2, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  At the Annapolis Sailboat Show last week, I had the good fortune to have lunch with my old friend Jimmy Cornell and Cruising World’s Senior Editor Theresa Nicholson. ...

  On October 19, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Hallberg-Rassy Launches Aft-Cockpit 40-Footer

  This year, the classic Swedish builder of high-end cruising boats launched a new 40-foot cruiser to their line. Historically, HR has had smaller boats in their line but ...

  On October 12, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Multihull Extravaganza at Annapolis Sailboat Show

  The Annapolis Sailboat Show opens its doors on October 12 and runs through the 15th. As always, this is the largest all-sail show in North America and it ...

  On October 5, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Kirsten Neuschäfer: Sailing’s Newest Rock Star

  The following report was written by Tom Babbitt, a long-time Maine resident, yacht broker and veteran cruiser following last Friday’s celebration of Kristin’s remarkable achievement winning the 2022 ...

  On September 25, 2023 / By George Day
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  To Catch a Fish

  We were cruising up the Red Sea and heading north along the coast of Eritrea when we heard our friends Duncan and Lilly, who were 20 miles ahead ...

  On September 22, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Salty Dawgs are Heading South with the Geese. Are you?

  The geese are beginning to wing their way south, so it must be time to get ready for this year’s Salty Dawg Sailing Association’s Fall Caribbean Rally and ...

  On September 15, 2023 / By Sandy Parks