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The Salty Dawg Sailing Association Announces 2025 Rally Across the Atlantic to the Azores Islands
July 5, 2024 — Today, the Salty Dawg Sailing Associatiion’s president Bob Osborn made the announcement and said, “The rally will have starting locations in St. Martin in ...
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Gori Propellors Still Performing After 50 Years
As the Danish company Gori, which makes Gori Propellors, approaches its 50th anniversary, it’s worth taking a few moments to reflect on just how much the invention of ...
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The Bitter End Yacht Club Risen from the Ashes
In September 2017, hurricane Irma struck the Caribbean with historic force causing devastation in a swath from Guadeloupe to the Virgin Island and on to Puerto Rico. One ...
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Sail from Spain to the Caribbean on a Bali 5.4 Cat
Hank Schmitt will be a familiar name to many Cruising Compass readers. He founded and runs Offshore Passage Opportunities and the NARC Rally. He has made blue water ...
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Boat Reviews 0
Alubat Introduces the Ovni 490 Aluminum Expedition Yacht
The French builder of aluminum voyaging and expedition yachts, Alubat, announced this spring that the company was developing a new 50-foot raised-deck-saloon sloop designed by Mortain & Mavrikios. ...
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Survey of the Week
Before reading on, please take a moment to fill out this week’s survey so we can share your knowledge and experiences with the Cruising Compass family. Thanks. ...
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Mindbender
What do you call the northerly winds that blow on the eastern side of the North Atlantic Ocean? Send your answers to george@bwsailing.com. A winner will be ...
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New RM-Yachts 1380: Fast Blue Water Cruiser
Now here is something a little different coming from RM-Yachts who builds their plywood and epoxy boats in La Rochelle, France. That’s right, marine plywood and epoxy construction. ...
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How top Heave-To on Your Own Boat
Heaving-to is a time-honored seamanship skill that sailors use to stop their boats when the need arises by backwinding the headsail. Yes, having-to is not something most skippers ...
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Discovering Turkey’s Turquoise Coast
I’ve had the good fortune to have spent two summers cruising the southwest coast of Turkey from Kas in the east to Bodrum in the west and count ...
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