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  Balance the Helm for Better Autopilot Performance

  Over the last few years, I have been lucky enough to make one passage from the U.S. to England and two passages from the East Coast to Antigua. ...

  On January 26, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Ocean Race Gets Underway

  On Sunday January 15, the five boats racing in The Ocean Race got underway on a perfect afternoon from Alicante, Spain. The race around the world, formerly known ...

  On January 19, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Fair Winds Charlie and Maureen Morgan

  At the end of a long, imaginative and exceptional life, Charlie Morgan liked to paint seascapes, yachts sailing, Tampa Bay sunsets. Charlie left us on January 9. He ...

  On January 12, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Safe Sailing is No Accident

  In the last month, there have been four dramatic Coast Guard rescues of sailors who got into trouble miles off the North American coast. We carry these stories ...

  On January 6, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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  Celebrating the Solstice

  This week we celebrate the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun has reached the Tropic of ...

  On December 22, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  In This Season of Giving, Thank the Coast Guard with a Donation

  Just about every week, we run a story about sailors being rescued by the Coast Guard and these rescues are often heroic. If you have ever seen a ...

  On December 15, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Starlink Future is Here

  I wouldn’t have believed it if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes during a Salty Dawg Caribbean Rally weather briefing Zoom meeting in early November. One ...

  On December 8, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  Antigua at Last

  After a weather window closed on the Salty Dawg Fall Caribbean Rally on November 1, the fleet of about 70 boats bound for Antigua from Hampton, VA had ...

  On December 2, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  The Journey Begins

  It’s Saturday morning November 12 and the crew of Pandora is getting ready to depart Hampton, VA for Antigua after 12 days of weather delays.  We are, from ...

  On November 17, 2022 / By Sandy Parks
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  When Orcas Attack

  As we were waiting for a weather window to open in the western Atlantic for our planned passage from Virginia to Antigua in the Caribbean, a news story ...

  On November 10, 2022 / By Sandy Parks