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Jul 15 2010

Sailboat burns, sinks at Anacapa Island

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Apr 29 2010

Did you hear that idiot?? My list of VHF procedural peeves

Published by Capt. Dan under safety

There are some folks whose conversations on VHF channel 16 are quite entertaining. Most of us know that #16 is for hailing and emergencies only, but that does not seem to be the universal rule, or at least not universally embraced. In fact, in some parts of the world – I’m thinking BVI – you [...]

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Apr 03 2010

Channel Islands boaters can learn lesson from Mexican experience

Published by Capt. Dan under Sailing,safety,safety at sea

Capt. Rob Walton of S/V R Escape sent us a link to the Latitude 38 “Lectronic” edition. I used to read “Latitude” cover-to-cover when I was boat shopping the Bay Area. It’s got the best classified ads in the sailing business in California, and it’s got the best sailing stories of any of the magazines, [...]

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Mar 09 2010

Unclear on the concept

Published by Capt. Dan under safety

It’s spring The powerboaters are on their way. This picture is clearly worth more than 1,000 words, but we’d like you to add a caption. Click on the responses link at the bottom of the post. _ – - ——————//d—————–

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Mar 02 2010

After action report – Tsunami in Ventura – a view from the docks

From: Rob Walton, Capt. S/V R Escape I fully agree with the plan for “next time” but being one of those who was on a boat in the harbor I’d like to relate what a “goat roping” this event was. We awoke aboard Saturday morning to predicted scattered showers and possible t-storms. Sailing was most [...]

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