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National Women's Sailing Association Conference
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Join the National Women's Sailing Association at the 12th annual conference, June 1, in Marblehead, Massachusetts. As these photos from previous years show, you'll learn a lot, meet new friends, and have fun!
Photo Galleries
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November 27, 2012Days 23/24 towards Cape Horn - sun at times, mostly light wind from NE, problemsby Jeanne SocratesThe autopilot rudder bar display disappeared again - while in 'Standby' and under windsteering....grrr!!
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November 27, 2012Day 22 towards Cape Horn - A booby comes to visit, in continuing grey conditionsby Jeanne SocratesOn going up on deck to keep an eye out for the ship, I was kept entertained for a good half hour by a brown booby trying to land in our rigging to roost overnight - darkness was just falling.
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November 27, 2012Day 21 towards Cape Horn - Grey, cloudy.... Autopilot issuesby Jeanne SocratesAfter taking a look at the rudder reference unit in the autopilot system, we stayed on that for a time to see how it coped - and if any error messages came up...
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November 27, 2012Day 20 towards Cape Horn - Another problem just caught in time - and fixed.....by Jeanne SocratesAfter lowering the pole to the deck, I happened to have a look at the pin which had given a problem the other day - that was fine, but I then noticed that another big pin, holding the pole end to the mast car attachment, was nearly out of its hole! A circlip holding the end in place was missing and there was nothing to stop the pin from falling out - which it was clearly well on its way to doing ...!!
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November 27, 2012Day 19 towards Cape Horn - Bright sun and good speed in more settled windby Jeanne SocratesAfter several overnight bands of squally rainclouds, with light winds in between, we've finally settled into a nice, sunny day with some white clouds around and fairly consistent good wind from the north.
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November 26, 2012Marion to Bermuda Race 2013Thinking about racing to Bermuda next summer? Check out one of the Marion-Bermuda Race information sessions.
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November 26, 2012Ambassador Meby Michael RobertsonI thought Canada was the 51st state. No, not literally. But I did think living here would be nearly indistinguishable from life in the United States. It ain’t so.
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November 7, 2012The Complete Overboard Bagby Alvah SimonTime to abandon ship? Plan and pack your ditch kit to stack the odds of survival in your favor.
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October 31, 2012Salish Sea Portsby Michael RobertsonTo get to Victoria, we had to come up the relatively desolate Washington coast until we could make a right turn into the strait that separates the United States and Canada: the Strait of Juan de Fuca. This is all new and exciting geography for the crew of Del Viento.
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October 26, 2012When the Wrong Sail is the Right Sailby Cap'n Fatty GoodlanderCall it fate, karma, or kismet. Call it whatever you like, but some encounters, and the sails that turn up with them, are meant to be. From our October 2012 issue.
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