Summer Sailstice News & Stories
Marion-Bermuda Race - A Nod To The Past, A Focus On The Future
by JR
It’s not often that an inaugural sailing event – especially a long-distance ocean race – draws more than 100 entries. But that was the case with the Marion-Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race.
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Just Imagine
by jarndt
Just imagine if if all sailing facilities across North America and beyond threw open their doors and invited the public to experience sailing on the longest day of the year right at the start of summer!
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Safely NOT Aground
by jarndt
As we lined up along with 6 other sailing vessels in Marigot Bay, St. Martin awaiting the drawbridge opening we turned on Navionics tracking and verified that our transducer was feeding data into our Navionics app on our iPad.
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Summer Sailstice Words of the Week – Familiar Phrases, Pt II
by JR
Long shot – in the old days, cannons weren’t very accurate at long range. So a long shot was always a gamble with only a slim chance of success – as it is today in common usage.
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Win $250 in March from West Marine
by jarndt
It's March. Spring is around the corner (we hope). If you're not already in the midst of a project we're sure there's a boat project in your not-to-distant future.
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Beware the Tides of March
by JR
A thousand years ago, Cnut the Great was a pretty popular guy. He’d not only stopped the Viking hoards from invading England, he eventually became king of the North Sea Empire, which included England, Denmark, Norway and part of Sweden.
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Sailing In the City By the Bay
by JR
Sailing is fun anywhere, but for location-location-location, it’s hard to beat San Francisco Bay. In the summer, this natural amphitheater boasts afternoon winds in the teens or ‘20s (and sometimes more) every day.
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Start Sailing Now - Who You Gonna Call?
by JR
It may interest you to know that of all the myriad avenues just a phone call away for new sailors – sailing schools, yacht clubs, community programs, dinghy days, local marinas, individual fleets, special events (such as, ahem, Summer Sailstice),
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IL - Chicago Sailing Celebrates Sailstice
by jarndt
Chicago sailing has been providing access to sailing since 1986 and, as they say on their site, they firmly believe that sailing is more than just sport, it's a way of life.
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More on the Kennedy's Beetle Cat and Wianno Senior Gaff Sloop
by JR
Our recent mention of a Beetle Cat once owned by the Kennedy family (Jackie bought it for John and Caroline to sail in Europe when she was married to Aristotle Onassis) elicited a reminder from a reader that James W.
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