Salty Dawg Couple Missing Aboard Their Boat in Grenada
网页2024年2月24日 · On Wednesday, February 21, the Salty Dawg Sailing Association Executive Director Tatja. Hopman was alerted by a cruising skipper that a member’s yacht, Simplicity, was anchored and abandoned off a beach on the south coast of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. The good Samaritan had boarded the boat and noted that the owners, Ralph Hendry ...
Dragonfly 32 - Blue Water Sailing
网页2015年1月21日 · They may not be the lightest on the racecourse and that’s because they are also comfortable cruising boats. The craftsmanship, engineering and finished joinery that goes into each boat is of the very highest standard. Dragonfly 32. LOA 32’2”. LWL 31’2”. LOA-folded 39’4”. Beam/open 26’3”. Beam/folded 12’2”. Draft 1’8”.
Calculating the True Wind and Why it Matters
网页There are several ways to define the wind. For weather work at sea we care only about the true wind. This true wind is the speed and the direction of the wind relative to the fixed earth under the ocean. Tied up at the dock, we feel the true wind. Once we get underway, however, our own motion changes the wind we feel, and then it is called the ...
Lagoon 420 - Blue Water Sailing
网页2006年9月16日 · The saloon opens onto the back porch where the crew will doubtless spend most of their time while cruising. The 420 is designed to be simple to sail. The main sheet leads right to the helmsman and the genoa sheets can be trimmed from either side of the cockpit. The main is a large, high roach full-battened sail that will drive the boat well.
Island Packet 420 - Blue Water Sailing
网页2002年10月11日 · Island Packet 420 • Not long after Bob Johnson and his scrupulous team at Island Packet Yachts introduced the Island Packet 420 in 1999, BWS had the opportunity to sail aboard a brand-new one on a springtime romp from Norfolk, Va., across the Gulf Stream to Bermuda.It was one of those ideal boat-test situations of the sort that this magazine covets—650 miles of serious offshore sailing to ...
Cruising Guide to the Western Caribbean - Blue Water Sailing
网页2018年10月12日 · One of the greatest aspects of this itinerary is that most of this sailing route takes advantage of favorable winds and currents. This is a key difference between this Western Caribbean route via the “Thornless Path” of traveling upwind from the Bahamas to the BVI via Turks and Cacaos, Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. That can be a real ...
Hylas 57 - Blue Water Sailing
网页2019年12月17日 · The Hylas 57 was designed by Bill Dixon and is a great-looking modern take on the traditional Hylas concept. The new 57 is a center-cockpit, raised-deck saloon sloop like the venerable Hylas 46, 49, 54 and 70 but with a real difference. The 57 has a plumb bow with a bow sprit, a squared off transom …
Understanding Rotary Currents | Cruising Compass - Blue Water …
网页2015年7月8日 · Understanding Rotary Currents. By Administrator · On July 8, 2015. David Burch explains the nuances of these currents to help in your coastal navigation (published in BWS September 2014) Most tidal currents we deal with on inland waters are reversing currents. That is, from slack water the current builds in the ebb direction to a peak value ...
NOAA’s Historical Hurricane Tracks | Cruising Compass
网页By Administrator · On May 26, 2016. NOAA’s Historical Hurricane Tracks is a free interactive online tool that allows users to track historic hurricane tracks. The site, developed by the NOAA Office for Coastal Management in partnership with NOAA’s National Hurricane Center and National Centers for Environmental Information, offers data and ...
OvitalMap | Cruising Compass - Blue Water Sailing
网页OvitalMap | Cruising Compass. Website of the Week 0. OvitalMap. By Administrator · On July 29, 2015. OvitalMap is a cross-platform map browser that supports offline views of Google Map, satellite images and topographic maps, as well as voice navigation. It is an integration of Google map, Google satellite images, topographic maps, global maps ...