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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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December 7, 2012Welcome Aboardby Amy SchaeferExpecting guests? With prior planning and plenty of flexibility everyone can enjoy a vacation.
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December 4, 2012My LED Trickby Michael RobertsonSo I’ve been playing around with LED lights, and I discovered something. I don’t know how useful it is, or whether it will diminish the life of the bulb, or cause a fire, but that is all beside the point.
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December 4, 2012Editor's Log: A Study in Greenby Mark PillsburySailing green, living green—it all takes work. That’s a lesson well learned in the Galápagos Islands. Editor's Log from our December 2012 issue.
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December 3, 2012Sort of the Same, but Slowerby Michael RobertsonWhile many aspects of a "stationary" cruising life are the same as regular life, mornings aboard Del Viento are never a mad scramble, the days are never a pressure cooker.
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November 27, 2012Day 25 towards Cape Horn - several urgent jobs - and a flurry of flying fishby Jeanne SocratesI noticed a ship heading our way- CPA under1.5 ml in 45 mins... that's too close in my book!
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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, 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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