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  Mindbender

  What type of sailboat has the mast set far forward and no head sail? Send your answer to cruisingcompass@bwsailing.com. The winner, selected randomly from correct answers, will receive a Blue ...

  On August 2, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Mayday On Passage from Mo’orea to Huahine

  On July 23rd, at approximately 8pm, Danny and Belinda Govatos with four of their children aboard their 46′ Leopard catamaran hit an unmarked reef on the approaches to ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Navy Vessels Use Shipboard Signal Lamps for Text Messaging

  The signal lamp aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout flashed fast light bursts to the USS Monterey, located pierside 250 feet away. Aboard the Monterey, a guided-missile cruiser, ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Solo Sailor Lisa Blair Completes Historic Antarctic Circumnavigation

  Blair, 32, set off from Albany in Western Australia in January and is set to be named the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo. Blair was expected to ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Sound Signals in Restricted Visibility

  Fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes can make conditions that hamper visibility. Sound signals for vessels in restricted visibility, whether underway, at ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Dock Talk 0

  Handling Rough Conditions in Port

  In this Practical Boat Owner article Rupert Holmes describes the course of action he pursued – and the lessons learned – when storm conditions threatened to cause damage to ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Salty Dawg Experiences in Cuba

  Twenty three boats and one hundred and twenty four sailors participated in the epic 2017 Salty Dawg Rally to Cuba.  As a tax-exempt private educational organization, the SDSA was ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Cruising Green 0

  Youth Regatta Achieves Platinum Level Clean Regattas Certification

  Sailors for the Sea announced today that the Secor Volvo Fishers Island Sound Race is the first youth regatta in the world to achieve Platinum Level Clean Regatta ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Tech Talk 0

  How to Maintain Your Outboard

  There aren’t many things as frustrating as an outboard that refuses to start. It is likely to be when you want to take your tender back to the ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator
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  Boat Reviews 0

  Dufour Grand Large 460

  Previously published in BWS by Zuzana Prochazka. Good ideas are catching. Once you’ve had one, it’s only natural to want to leverage it. That’s why French builder, Dufour, ...

  On August 1, 2017 / By Administrator