My personal locator beacon goes everywhere with me. When plans changed, I had to fly 1400 miles back home to get it. The FastFind return link Personal Locator Beacon It might seem a bit excessive to fly so far for …
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You know that thing when you find something that works, then keep doing that? These sailing gloves are exactly that. Short lived but unrivalled dexterity and comfort, if there is anything better out there I have yet to find it …
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Tom Cunliffe introduces this extract from The Log of Molly B Pete Hogan’s account of sailing a home built 30ft ketch around Cape HornThe Log of the Molly B stands out from the crowd of today’s cruising accounts. It opens …
Safety tethers or harness lines are an essential bit of sailing kit, so you can imagine how delighted I was to see that my favourite Spinlock performance safety tether is now available from Walmart and West Marine. A Favourite Safety …
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How likely – really – is your yacht to collide with a whale? We report on a new approach to reduce the chance of whale strikes, plus what sailors can do“When a 45-tonnes Sperm Whale is on starboard tack, it …
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Sailing to Greenland on a scientific mission on a 90ft schooner was a voyage of discovery for Julien GirardotPoling off ice and a fruitless search for a passage to Narsaq in thick ice fields; ultimately Forel had to look for …
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