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Evelyn Osborne Master Trainer George Lakes Yacht Club
Evelyn is training a group of sailors from York High,George, and she has now got them onto Dabchicks.Evelyn has a number of Dabbies in her sailing school and has been supporter of the Dabbie for a number of years.
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Volvo Race – Welcome onboard Dongfeng Race Team
By Agathe Armand Imagine being in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, sailing one of the Volvo Ocean Race’s toughest legs. The boat is a 65-foot carbon machine and it’s slamming down the waves. Now imagine you don’t speak the … Continue reading
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Its almost Volvo Time again – starts October 2014
Click here for Volvo Race Ports and route By Agathe Armand The Volvo Ocean 65 is a brand new boat, a one-design class specially built for the next two editions of the race. We did lots of calculations and ran … Continue reading
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Alligators
Alligators While sports fishing off the Florida coast, a tourist capsized his boat. He could swim, but his fear of alligators kept him clinging to the overturned craft. Spotting an old beachcomber standing on the shore, the tourist shouted, “Are … Continue reading
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Sailing in waves 10 tips – Yachts & Yatching
Sailing in the Waves Tip 1 ‘Inland, or on the sea in flat water, I am as fast as anyone. But as soon as we are sailing in waves, I struggle for height upwind. How should I steer the boat?’ … Continue reading
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The Rules in brief – Southwinds Magazine
RIGHT-OF-WAY RULESPORT-STARBOARD. Port-tack boats must keep clear of starboard-tack boats. Rule 10) Note: You are “keeping clear” of another boat when she doesn’t have to avoid you. WINDWARD-LEEWARD. When boats are overlapped on the same tack, the windward boat must … Continue reading
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