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BOAT DOG ORIENTATION: Can Baxter Hack It Afloat?
This is Baxter, a more-or-less 2-year-old male mongrel (we suspect a Jack Russell terrier mixed with some sort of pit-bull) who came north on the Underdog Railroad from Georgia last fall. We adopted...
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RACING SCHOONERS: Sterling Hayden Versus Bluenose
Back in the 1930s the next most important match-racing event after the America’s Cup didn’t involve yachts but fishing vessels. The Sir Thomas Lipton International Fishing Challenge Cup had only a...
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SAILING ON FOILS: Will the Latest Racing Technology Divide Our Sport?
I was just stoking the antique coal-fired bunkers in my brain getting ready to write something about foiling sailboats, when I got a query from a Red Bull flack asking if I could help get the word out...
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BECOMING A BOAT DOG: The Further Adventures of Baxter Afloat
There were some suggestions after I introduced Baxter here that I needed to get him a life-jacket. I knew this, of course, and wanted one as much for the handle on the back, so I could heave the beast...
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TANKER MASHES UP SAILBOAT: Fun and Games in the Piscataqua River
Here’s an interesting mishap that took place mere footsteps from my home here in Portsmouth while I was off roaming the Maine coast last week. A 477-foot tanker, Chem Venus, was exiting the Piscataqua...
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LUNACY IS FOR SALE: Well-Maintained 39-Foot Aluminum Cutter With Recent...
For reasons we’ll go into later I’ve decided the time has come to part ways with Lunacy, which I’ve now owned for 10 years. Not exactly an easy decision, as she is a fantastic boat–strong as all...
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2016 ROUND ISLAND REGATTA: Tickets On Sale Now!
The time has come for Lucy and I to wreak our revenge. We were quite competitive in our Melonseed Skiff in last year’s Round Island Regatta (see image up top), but were denied our rightful...
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2016 ROUND ISLAND REGATTA: Tickets On Sale Now!
The time has come for Lucy and I to wreak our revenge. We were quite competitive in our Melonseed Skiff in last year’s Round Island Regatta (see image up top), but were denied our rightful...
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DRAKEN HARALD HARFAGRE: Viking Raid on Great Lakes Repelled by Ruthless...
Legend has it the first time Vikings came to North America they were driven away by irate natives, called skrælings by the Norse. Now more than 1,000 years later it’s the U.S. Coast Guard who are...
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DRAKEN HARALD HARFAGRE: Viking Raid on Great Lakes Repelled by Ruthless...
Legend has it the first time Vikings came to North America they were driven away by irate natives, called skrælings by the Norse. Now more than 1,000 years later it’s the U.S. Coast Guard who are...
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2016 ROUND ISLAND REGATTA: Racing In No Wind At All
This photo right here tells much of the tale of my bid to ascend the podium at this year’s Round Island Regatta (held last Saturday). Note first that I did not succeed in getting daughter Lucy to crew...
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LUNACY UPDATE: Prospective Buyers and Poop On the Foredeck
I was surprised, flattered even, when I heard from some of you that you’ve missed my appearances here. And yes, it has been unprecedented, my neglect of WaveTrain of late, but I do have an excuse. I...
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RAINMAKER FOR SALE: Used Gunboat 55 On the Block For Just $15K
No kidding! Though she is in rough condition. This is Gunboat 55 hull number one, which was dismasted and abandoned by its owner and crew 200 miles off Cape Hatteras in January 2015. She was spotted...
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FIGURE-8 VOYAGE: Solo Round Antarctica and the Americas All in One Go
Speaking of aluminum boats, some of you may be wondering whatever happened to Taonui, the 41-foot German-built full-keeled expedition vessel that Tony Gooch sailed on a solo non-stop circumnavigation...
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CATANA 58: A Luxury Cruising Cat With Speed Potential
This is a high-end performance cruising catamaran from France that tries to split the difference between high-speed sailing and posh liveaboard comfort. The design by Christophe Barreau includes all...
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2016 NEWPORT INTERNATIONAL BOAT SHOW: The Resurrection of Gunboat and Other...
I can say without doubt the most interesting conversation I had while cruising the docks at Newport on Thursday was with this man, Xavier Desmarest, one of the principals of Grand Large Yachting, seen...
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PURCHASE SURVEY: Everything Right Is Wrong Again
I have not mentioned this, as I didn’t want to jinx anything, but Lunacy has been under contract to be sold for some time now. The putative buyers, Nico and Amy, mentioned earlier, enjoyed two...
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NATHAN CARMAN: Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding His Week Adrift in a...
Not a sailing story this one, but it does involve boats, and it’s a fascinating breaking news item. The question raised: could a young man with Asperger’s Syndrome possibly have contrived to kill his...
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2016 ANNAPOLIS SAILBOAT SHOW: Odds and Ends and Just Plain Odd
I knew this would be an amusing show when I quickly deduced that this unlikely looking vessel, the new Exquisite X5 catamaran from South Africa, would likely prove one of the more interesting vessels...
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2016 ANNAPOLIS SAILBOAT SHOW: Odds and Ends and Just Plain Odd
I knew this would be an amusing show when I quickly deduced that this unlikely looking vessel, the new Exquisite X5 catamaran from South Africa, would likely prove one of the more interesting vessels...
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