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Dufour Announces New U.S. Dealer

The venerable French sailboat builder, Dufour Yachts, was one of the first European builders to enter the U.S. market back in the late Sixties. Michel Dufour was already ...
On June 5, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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It’s Nearly Time to Go Cruising

As we look forward to June and the gradual relaxation of the stay-at-home rules, a lot of us are heading to the boat yards and marinas in anticipation ...
On May 29, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Tartan Yachts: The Phoenix of the Sailing Industry

In April, Peter Whiting, managing director of Seattle Yachts announced that his company had acquired the assets and brands of Tartan and Legacy Yacht. Seattle Yachts is a ...
On May 22, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Cruising Close to Home

In Rhode Island where I live, the governor, Gina Ramundo, has done a good job leading the state through the pandemic and has been pretty strict about people ...
On May 15, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Are Those Zephyrs on the Horizon?

We’re now into week seven of the economic shutdown and the shelter-in-place rules in most states. I’ve heard economists say that the economy is like a ship hove ...
On May 8, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Atlantic Hurricane Season Looming

With only a month before the Atlantic hurricane season begins on June 1, NOAA and the National Hurricane Center are predicting that 2020 will be well above average ...
On May 1, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Making Landfall in a Caribbean Closed by Coronavirus

Elena Manighetti and Ryan Osborne are yet another cruising couple whose long-planned world cruise has been interrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic and the subsequent closing of countries all ...
On April 24, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Messing About in Boats

This morning (Wednesday) a couple of things happened that are the new normal for living just about anywhere in the world. First, the U.S. administration decided that the ...
On April 17, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Hand Steering All the Way

It happened at 0200 on a dark and blustery night, as it always does. I was on watch alone. Rosie and the boys were asleep in their cabins ...
On April 10, 2020 / By Sandy Parks
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Hunkered Down in the Caribbean

The Caribbean is now basically closed and boats cruising there for the winter are hunkered down somewhere whether they like it or not and waiting for the pandemic ...
On April 3, 2020 / By Sandy Parks

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