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In Search of a New Record
The 97-foot Qingdao China getting ready for a trip through the Northeast PassageThese days it’s getting harder and harder to do something in sailing that's never been done before. It used to be that a...
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Death in the Clipper Race
This past weekend there was a tragic death aboard one of the boats competing in the Clipper Round the World Race. A crew member, Andrew Ashman, was struck on the head by either the mainsheet or the...
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Whitbread/Volvo Ocean Race Retrospective
I was interested to read that Knut Frostad was stepping down as CEO of the Volvo Ocean Race. Curious as to why I went online to read the official statement and then something hit me. Knut was only six...
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Little boats with a big history
The start of the mini Transat from Douarnenez, France - photo credit Jacques VapillonThis past Saturday the Mini Transat started from the tiny town of Douarnenez located in Brittany in the northwest...
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Blood Moon Rising
There has been a story circulating around the Internet lately that has really got my goat. I thought that I might just let it pass but then it popped up again on my Facebook page and I took that as a...
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The Transat returns in 2016
When I was ten years old there was a huge news story in South Africa. A local sailor from my hometown had just won the single-handed transatlantic race from Plymouth, England to Newport in Rhode...
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Boris who?
Boris who you ask? Since you asked, let me tell you. Boris Herrmann. If you are still not sure who Boris is let me explain. A number of years ago I co-founded a new around-the-world race for smaller...
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To wear or not to wear - that's the question
I read a blog by my mate Skip Novak the other day. Skip and I have logged north of 70 thousand miles together so we do agree on many things but I really agree with him on this one. He was taking to...
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Meā culpā when it comes to pfd's
A small portion of the hundreds of coments and emails receivedOK, meā culpā, my bad, however it can be expressed I am taking responsibility for article I wrote about the use of pfd’s and would like to...
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London to London
Sarah Outen completes the first ever human powered circumnavigation of the worldThis is an amazing story and one that will surely inspire you. It’s a boating story, not strictly a yachting one but it’s...
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