Category Archives: Sailing Blogs

Sailing Photo Of The Day – Primo Cup

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Adam Turinas

Primo Cup: Day 1 Photo: Carlo Borlenghi

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Songs For Friday: Everybody Needs Somebody -The Blues Brothers

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Adam Turinas

 

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News From The Bow – Great Perspective on the Costa Concordia

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Adam Turinas

This month’s News From The Bow is a good one including reviews of the NY Boat Showand the Sea Joule solar-powered bilge pump, how to "un-document a vessel", an outlook on this season, last but not least an especially thoughtful… Continue reading →

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Puma and the net | Racing news from Yachting World | Yachting World

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Adam Turinas

via www.yachtingworld.com

Great account by Ken Read on Puma’s entanglement with a Malaysian fishing net. Unbelievable frustration. Click the little link above for the full story.

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Alex Thomson Does His Amazing Keel Walk Again : Challenge and Adventure.com

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Adam Turinas

via www.challengeandadventure.com This was re-blogged from George Bekris’s blog. You can read the full post through the wee link above. Here’s a video of how he did this which is actually even more awesome. Continue reading →

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An Outstanding Maintence Resource For Yacht Owners

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Adam Turinas

Whenever I am doing some kind of maintenance on cadence, one of the best resources is this site by Compass Marine. In his won words: My name is RC Collins and I am an independent "ABYC Certified Marine Electrical Systems… Continue reading →

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Seacocks Bloody Seacocks

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Adam Turinas

One thing that is not intuitive to the uninitiated in sailing is the importance of seemingly mundane boat parts. The seacock is the perfect example. To the landlubber, it’s nothing more than a few rusty faucets placed in incredibly inconvenient… Continue reading →

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Cape Horn On A Cat

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Adam Turinas

These two intrepid guys sailed around the islands at the bottom of the world on a 6metre catamaran. They spent 60 hours in …well, the type of conditions you get around Cape Horn. Chapeaux as they say in France! Continue reading →

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Costa Concordia – One week later

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Adam Turinas

Photos by Carlo Borlenghi taken from Giglio Island, one week after the accident.

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From Zero to a Hundred | Cruising World

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Adam Turinas

via www.cruisingworld.com

A candid account of a Canadian couple transformed from landlubbers to Blue-water sailing liveaboards in a few years.

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