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US Sailing

2012 Maritime Heroes Award

Don Backe, founder of Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating, is the winner of the 2012 Old Pulteney Maritime Heroes Award.

Discovery 57 sailing

Discovery 57

On the English-built Discovery 57, everything is led and arranged so an experienced couple can easily operate the boat.

Roger Swanson at the helm in the Beagle Channel in 1991.

A Final Passage to “Cloud Nine”

Roger Swanson, the self-described “pig farmer” from Minnesota who became one of the world’s most accomplished long-distance voyagers, passed away on Christmas Day after a tough bout with cancer. He was 81.

Bontrup

AMVER Ship Rescues Two Canadians Near Bermuda

Two Canadian sailors are safely aboard the AMVER-participating ship SMT Bontrup after requiring medical evacuation from their 34-foot sloop 260 miles northwest of Bermuda on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

Hurricane Sandy

Sandy: The Cost for Unlucky Coasts

Take a look at some powerful aerial shots of the devastated Northeastern coast, and watch a video of the BoatU.S. team on site. A Web Extra from our January 2013 issue.

US Sailing

2012 Maritime Heroes Award

Don Backe, founder of Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating, is the winner of the 2012 Old Pulteney Maritime Heroes Award.

Discovery 57 sailing

Discovery 57

On the English-built Discovery 57, everything is led and arranged so an experienced couple can easily operate the boat.

Roger Swanson at the helm in the Beagle Channel in 1991.

A Final Passage to “Cloud Nine”

Roger Swanson, the self-described “pig farmer” from Minnesota who became one of the world’s most accomplished long-distance voyagers, passed away on Christmas Day after a tough bout with cancer. He was 81.

Bontrup

AMVER Ship Rescues Two Canadians Near Bermuda

Two Canadian sailors are safely aboard the AMVER-participating ship SMT Bontrup after requiring medical evacuation from their 34-foot sloop 260 miles northwest of Bermuda on Wednesday, December 12, 2012.

Hurricane Sandy

Sandy: The Cost for Unlucky Coasts

Take a look at some powerful aerial shots of the devastated Northeastern coast, and watch a video of the BoatU.S. team on site. A Web Extra from our January 2013 issue.

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