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Excellent! An imaginary passage from the Chesapeake to Narragansett Bay, seen through the eyes of an experienced offshore sailor. What it′s like to plan, navigate, steer, keep watch - and reduce your worries by preparation. Gives a list of skills used.
[Cruising World, March 2003]
Here′s a good place to whet your appetite and examine the adventure of ocean sailing. Introduces you to the processes of getting the skills, the funds, the boat, and the gear.
[ExplorersWeb Inc., New Yokr, NY, USA]
Some suggestions for taking the fear out of a first offshore passage, including knowledge, practice, comforts, and some mental tricks.
[SailNet, 12 February 2002]
Circumnavigations by definitions have finishing points. Here′s a lyric description of the joys of cruising and the postpartum blues of completing the voyage.
[Cruising World, 6 April 2005]
A forum thread. One participant asks how she can tell a boat that′s suitable for blue-water sailing. The result is a thoughtful discussion of boat qualities, with a number of specific boats mentioned. Size, displacement, cockpit location, layout
[Blue Water Sailing, Middletown, RI, USA]
Thoughts on planning for the first overseas passage, including getting the boat, and yourself, ready.,
[Illywhacker, USA]
One man′s opinions and advice on everything about cruising: boat choice, navigation, communication, life on board, Atlantic passages, cruising in Norway, and topics in between.
[Jan Bruggeman, USA]
About the passage to the Caribbean in the fall. Covers comfort, clothing, seasickness, emergency gear, navigation and communication.
[Cruising World, July 2003]
After visiting 547 ports, the author discusses choices, including displacement, rig, furling system, anchoring system, communications gear, and more. Many snippets of advice about planning such a trip. 6 pages with photos.
[Blue Water Sailing, July 2003]
A 40-year-liveaboard couple analyze the good feelings that long-term cruising gives, how it changes your perspective.
[SetSail.com, Charlotte, NC, USA]
Relatively few boats were actually designed for ocean passage making.
John Neal
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