Videos - Cruising World Passagemaking
Apr 28, 2008
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CW Editor John Burnham joins the Baltic 48 Margalo in Panama while the Caribbean trade winds blow.
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Rough upwind sailing and overnight squalls marked Margalo's first day of sailing north out of Panama.
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Nearing the Nicaraguan banks, Margalo dodges Mother Nature's wet and windy moments.
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The breeze eases off and the wind shifts aft en route to the western tip of Cuba.
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The crew of Margalo, including CW's editor, John Burnham, motorsails past Cuba in light winds.
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Light winds and adverse current slow Chip Johns' Baltic 48, eastbound between Cuba and the Keys.
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Margalo's back on the wind, but the Doug Peterson design is making tracks in the Gulf Stream.
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The northerly builds along Florida's east coast, and Margalo's crew makes the prudent choice.
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