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Whether you've set your sights on learning to sail, baby's first bareboat charter, or casting off for bluewater adventures, a school close by can provide classroom and hands-on instruction that fits your goal and budget. From our May 2012 issue.
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June 17, 2013Lunenburg Hospitalityby Ben ZartmanLunenburg proved everything we could wish in the way of amenities: Two grocery stores, a big hardware store, Laundromat, library, free public WiFi, and plenty of dinghy dockage.
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June 14, 2013A Boat-Family Love Affairby Brittany MeyersIt's often said that friendships in the cruising community blossom fast and furious.
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June 14, 2013Perfecting the Daily Grind: How to Use a Winchby Mike LeeSEAMANSHIP: The mighty deck winch is an underrated tool. Here's who to use yours as safely and efficiently as possible.
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June 13, 2013iPad Around Cape Hornby Jim LengelAround the Horn, down the coast, or around the buoys, the iPad can help the sailor to navigate the course, communicate key ideas, coordinate the details of the trip, and ensure a literate voyage.
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June 11, 2013Welcome Homeby Michael RobertsonThe Robertson family aboard Del Viento deal with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on their arrival in Friday Harbor, Washington.
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June 10, 2013Passage from BVI to St. Maarten—or—Getting Reacquainted with Exhaustion of Epic Proportionsby Brittany MeyersYes, it appears we had indeed been spoiled and disillusioned by the calm and lovely waters of the British Virgin Islands—we forgot all about what cruising can really be like.
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June 10, 2013From Nova Scotia to the Caribbean?by Ben ZartmanAs the Zartman family makes their way up the coast of Nova Scotia, everything seems tropical—except for the temperature.
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June 4, 2013Extending Your Rangeby Elaine LemboThe annual Women’s Sailing Conference attracts an energetic and diverse group eager to explore more.
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June 3, 2013A Visit to Tortola's Green VIby Brittany MeyersThe other day, Scott and I happened upon a roadside glass blowing studio. Yes. This place was - like so many other thriving businesses here - a modest shack on the side of the road with some compelling signage.
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June 3, 2013Sailing Around Cape Sableby Ben ZartmanAfter a blustery stay in Provincetown, Massachusetts, the Zartman family has an uneventful crossing to Nova Scotia—and experiences some Canadian hospitality on the way.
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Horizon Yacht Charters was established in the British Virgin Islands in 1998 and since then has been offering world class sailing at our bases in the Caribbean and USA. Horizon offers bareboat, crewed and Learn to Sail (with ASA) charters on a range of monohulls and catamarans from 32ft-57ft in length at our Caribbean bases in the British Virgin Islands, Antigua and Barbuda, St Maarten, Grenada and the Grenadines, and in the US on the Chesapeake Bay, out of our base |
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