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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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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, 2012Mounting the New Liferaftby Jeanne SocratesIn an emergency safety stop during her around-the-world voyage, Jeanne Socrates installs a new liferaft on Nereida.
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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 21, 2012Far, Far Awayby Ben ZartmanFor this family of liveaboard sailors, “home” proves to be a fluid concept. Under Way from our November 2012 issue.
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November 20, 2012Insulationby Michael RobertsonThe Robertsons find that life aboard in the wintertime is more damp than they expected.
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November 15, 2012Reader Tip: Fixing a Fouled Transducerby Irving GatesFrustrated with a fouled paddle-wheel speed transducer? Try this!
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Hooking up a 100+-lb sailfish is easy. Hoisting it on board DOMINO is the hard work. JP Dufour in las Perlas, Panama.
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Loved sailing aboard the 433 this past week. Easy to handle, great performance and extremely comfortable. Thankful for the watermaker!
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