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Tom's Sailing Blog
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All the news about what's happening in the world of sailing.
- Added on: Sep 10th, 2009
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: AboutSailing
- Listed in: Sailing
- Tags: sailing sailboats how to sail sailboat maintenance
Recent Posts
Choosing a Sailing Charter Company
With the snows of winter approaching northern climates, many sailors are contemplating a sailing charter in the Caribbean or Bahamas this winter. Choosing the best boating charter company for a bareboat or crewed charter often involves difficult dec...
America’s Cup Oracle Sailing Videos
The BMW Oracle team has packed up and left San Diego in preparation for moving to the America's Cup February venue, leaving behind some great video of flying hull under that immense fixed wing sail. Apparently even in only 6-7 knots of wind, the hug...
Mandatory Boating Safety Courses?
After some initial hubbub, I haven't heard much recently about the new boating laws in Canada and Florida that require certain pleasure craft operators to carry a special ID card or face a fine. Mandatory boating safety courses and licensure have be...
America’s Cup BMW Oracle Goes with Fixed Wing Sail
Sailors often compare the shape of a sail to that of an airplane wing to explain how sailboats can sail upwind, since the physics of both (the Bernoulli principle) is similar. And now the new fixed wing sail of the US contender in the America's Cup ...
Caribbean 1500 Rally Sailing Halfway to Tortola
Waking to heavy frost this morning in New England, my thoughts naturally turn to those sailing south in warmer climates. Over 60 cruising sailboats in the Caribbean 1500 rally left Hampton, Virginia, earlier this week headed for Tortola in the Briti...
Winterize Your Boat!
If you're living in a northern climate and you've hauled out for the winter, better get moving soon on winterizing your boat's engine and water systems before the first hard freeze comes along. Don't make the mistake I once made and had to pay for i...
