Browsing Tag cruising
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Would You Abandon a Floating Yacht?
Food for thought from the archives of Yachting World by Elaine Bunting. Efficient rescues mean more yachts are being abandoned only to be found floating later. Should people ...
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Offshore Communications: Satellite or SSB?
Behan aboard Totem writes a blog with a ton of useful information for cruisers. In this post she shares her changing thoughts on offshore communication devices. At beach ...
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Passport 545
(published September 2016-boat show preview) The Passport 545 is a much decorated cruising boat with Cruising World’s Boat of the Year and Sail’s Best Boats awards to its ...
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Boat Rat's Tip of the Week 0
Guest Onboard: Family and Friends Afloat
Previously published in BWS by Heather Francis. We all want to share our onboard adventures with family and friends. Emails, photos and blogs are a great way to ...
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Five Things a Monohull Sailor Should Know about Multihulls
You can hardly think about chartering in 2017 without acknowledging that you may be sailing a big cruising catamaran. Even though the Pacific Northwest has been slower to ...
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Night Sailing – The Essential Guide for Offshore Cruisers
With a full moon and following wind, night sailing can be one of the great pleasures to be had when passagemaking; but on a dark night in a ...
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Are Your PFD’s Ready for the Boating Season?
As the northern half of the country gets ready for boating season, we look again at the hard won guidance on inflatable PFD/harnesses. It is not enough to ...
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America’s Cup 35 in Bermuda – What Cruising Yachts Need to Know
The 35th America’s Cup is just around the corner and many cruisers are considering making a stopover in Bermuda to take part in some (or all) of the ...
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The National Digital Forecast Database
Previously published in BWS by David Burch. The primary method of weather routing underway these days is based on vector wind forecasts in GRIB format displayed in echart ...
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Marlow Hunter 47
Previously published in BWS September 2016-boat show preview. The all new Marlow Hunter 47 offers her owners an aft cockpit, raised-deck saloon configuration that optimizes living space and ...
