{"id":44469,"date":"2025-06-19T11:10:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T11:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/?p=44469"},"modified":"2025-06-19T12:41:54","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T12:41:54","slug":"do-you-want-to-sail-to-the-caribbean-with-the-salty-dawgs-this-fall-june-24-webinar-tells-you-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/2025\/06\/do-you-want-to-sail-to-the-caribbean-with-the-salty-dawgs-this-fall-june-24-webinar-tells-you-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Do You Want to Sail to the Caribbean with the Salty Dawgs This Fall? June 24 Webinar Tells You How"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plans are well underway for the Salty Dawg Sailing Association\u2019s 2025 Caribbean Rally. This year will mark the 15th consecutive year of sailing in company to the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

SDSA president Mike Benjamin announced, \u201cVessels can choose to depart from either Hampton, Virginia, with an anticipated departure date of November 1, 2025 (weather permitting), bound for either Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas or Antigua or from Newport, Rhode Island, bound for Antigua, with an anticipated departure date in late October. Vessels destined for Antigua will also have the option of stopping briefly in Bermuda.\u201d<\/p>\n

The passage to Antigua should take about 12 days while the passage to the Bahamas should take about 5 days.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0June 24th<\/sup>\u00a0the SDSA will present a\u00a0<\/strong>free Zoom webinar\u00a0on the Caribbean Rally presented by Salty Dawg members who have made this passage multiple times.\u00a0Participants will also have an opportunity to ask questions. To learn more about the rally and to register for the webinar click here. https:\/\/www.saltydawgsailing.org\/caribbean-rally<\/p>\n

Benefits of participating in the Caribbean Rally include:<\/p>\n

*Pre-departure education and support from the SDSA team, outside experts and sponsors.\u00a0\u00a0Learn how to prepare for and what to expect on your passage to the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

*Leadership by seasoned sailors who volunteer their time and knowledge to help cruisers realize their sailing dreams.<\/p>\n

*Twenty-four-hour tracking and SDSA shoreside emergency support services to help ensure a well-run and safe rally for all.<\/p>\n

*Emergency \u201cconcierge\u201d style 24\/7 medical support by George Washington Maritime Medical Services.<\/p>\n

*\u00a0Pre departure and daily on route weather forecasting and routing by Chris Parker at Marine Weather Center.<\/p>\n

*Position tracking map.<\/p>\n

* Pre departure and arrival social events and camaraderie.<\/p>\n

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This rally is an\u00a0opportunity for sailors to cruise-in-company, with the safety, camaraderie, and passage-preparation assistance that the SDSA provides. Meet new friends and reunite with old ones. Kids and pets are welcome. Every SDSA rally unites experienced ocean sailors with developing cruisers to broaden their blue water horizons. Independent thinkers also value the Salty Dawg\u2019s focus on the importance of each skipper\u2019s role to make the right decisions for his or her boat and crew.<\/p>\n

To register or for more information go to<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.saltydawgsailing.org\/caribbean-rally<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Salty Dawg Sailing Association is a Rhode Island-registered 501c 3 non-profit organization dedicated to fostering safe seamanship, safe passage-making, and camaraderie in the cruising community.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Plans are well underway for the Salty Dawg Sailing Association\u2019s 2025 Caribbean Rally. This year will mark the 15th consecutive year of sailing in company to the Caribbean. SDSA president Mike Benjamin announced, \u201cVessels can choose to depart from either Hampton, Virginia, with an anticipated departure date of November 1, 2025 (weather permitting), bound for either Marsh Harbor in the Bahamas or Antigua or from Newport, Rhode Island, bound for Antigua, with an anticipated departure date in late October. Vessels destined for Antigua will also have the option of stopping briefly in Bermuda.\u201d The passage to Antigua should take about 12 days while the passage to the Bahamas should take about 5 days. On\u00a0June 24th\u00a0the SDSA will present a\u00a0free Zoom webinar\u00a0on the Caribbean Rally presented by Salty Dawg members who have made this passage multiple times.\u00a0Participants will also have an opportunity to ask questions. To learn more about the rally and to register for the webinar click here. https:\/\/www.saltydawgsailing.org\/caribbean-rally Benefits of participating in the Caribbean Rally include: *Pre-departure education and support from the SDSA team, outside experts and sponsors.\u00a0\u00a0Learn how to prepare for and what to expect on your passage to the Caribbean. *Leadership by seasoned sailors who volunteer their …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":44474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44469"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44469"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44502,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44469\/revisions\/44502"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bwsailing.com\/cc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}