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Dock Talk 0
Salty Dawg’s Spring Rally Heads to the East Coast or Bermuda

The Salty Dawg Spring Rally to the U.S. departs the Virgin Islands from Crown Bay Marina, Charlotte Amalie, St.Thomas, on May 4 to head to various ports on ...
On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
UP FRONT 0
Sargassum Seaweed Continues to Impact Open Water and Beaches Including the Caribbean

Joan Conover of the SSCA has a useful article regarding Sargassum seaweed on Noonsite. Cruisers in particular need to be aware of the spread of Sargassum seaweed which ...
On March 1, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
For the Hungry Crew 0
Bell Pepper Eggs

This fun, easy egg dish from Delish takes all of five minutes to prep. Slice up a bell pepper, drop an egg in the middle, cook to your ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Charter Chatter 0
Dream Yacht Charter Launches Dream Boat Club

Dream Yacht Charter continues its strategy of diversifying its services in 2019 by introducing Dream Boat Club in North America in partnership with boat manufacturers Beneteau and Zodiac ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Tech Talk 0
Shorthanded Sailing with Alan Lucas

Single-handed sailing is filled with the pleasures of self-reliance, responsibility and challenging situations, foremost amongst the latter being the ability to establish a balance between good watch-keeping and ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Boat Reviews 0
Excess Catamarans

Last fall at the Cannes boat show, the Beneteau Groupe, which is the world’s largest builder of recreational vessels, introduced their all new Excess line of cruising catamarans. ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Just Cruising with George Day 0
Tracking Boats in our Modern Age

The amazing image above, which looks like colorful yarn wrapped artfully around the islands of the Eastern Caribbean in a giant Christo installation, is in fact the tracking ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Prison Time for Honeymoon Theft

In the “truth is stranger than fiction” category comes this tale of a Florida Keys couple who stole a 40-foot cataraman which they sailed to Cuba for their ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
Dinghy Theft in the BVI

The Royal Virgin Islands Police are warning sailors that there has been a rise in reported thefts of dinghies and dinghy engines in the last couple of weeks. ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks
Dock Talk 0
New App to Secure A Mooring in the BVI

We came across this new app which has been designed to make it easier to pick up moorings throughout the BVI. BoatyBall.com was created to provide boaters ...
On February 21, 2019 / By Sandy Parks