Summer Sailstice News & Stories
G'Day, Mate and Stop the Presses!
by jarndt
We interrupt our regular programming to bring you the latest organization to sign up for Summer Sailstice: Blue Peter – The Sailing School. Why does this merit special mention?
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Win A One-Week BVI Charter With Sunsail!
by jarndt
What??!! You've sailed all these years and never taken a Sunsail BVI sailing vacation? It's not always easy to figure out how to fit a BVI sailing vacation into life but it's always worth it!
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Take a look at the Innovative new prizes for Summer Sailstice!
by Monica Grant
This week we've again added some more great prizes to the prize drawing for everyone who's signed up and sailing on the June 20th Summer Sailstice weekend.
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Hobie Mirage Adventures Around the World
by JR
It started out as a curiosity, became a novelty, caught on, started trending, and is now on the brink of becoming a downright phenomenon.
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Why Signing Up Will Save the World!
by jarndt
Our oceans continue to acidify, fish stocks continue to decrease, stress on the ocean ecosystem increases while simultaneously, public interest in outdoors sports and, sailing in particular, continue to decline.
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What's New This Week?
by Monica Grant
So you’ve signed up for this year’s Summer Sailstice and you’re getting excited? Well, here’s some news - This week has been quite exciting with several businesses coming on board to donate prizes for the 15th annual Sailstice celebration. Take a look:
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A Toast to the Forefathers
by jarndt
Today, most people sail for pleasure. But it wasn’t so long ago that sailing was serious business. How serious? Think about this: From the decks of sailing ships, continents were discovered. Trade routes were established.
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ALL TOGETHER NOW – US SAILING INVITES EVERYONE TO SAIL
by jarndt
SAN ANSELMO, CALIFORNIA (April 13, 2015) – US Sailing is inviting literally everyone to sail ‘together’ for the 15th annual, worldwide Summer Sailstice celebration of sailing.
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First Offshore Passage
by jarndt
Right after Summer Sailstice, at the end of June, 2014, four of us delivered my friend John Marsh's Tartan 40 'Asolare' from Hopetown, Bahamas to Chatham Massachusetts.
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Yaachting - No, That's Not A Typo
by jarndt
Way back in the last millennium, back in the late 1900s a parody of the classic magazine 'Yachting' was published by Elizebeth Meyer perhaps best known for restoring the famous J Class sloop 'Endeavour'.
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