Missing teen sailor found safe

Just starting sailing season here, so this is some good news for the 16 year-old solo sailor. Her parents must have been going crazy. While I think you’ve got to be a little nuts to try something like this, I can’t lay any blame on the parents for this, since the kid’s probably a better […]

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Sailing the Caribbean, the Frugal Way

Fantastically cheap way to sail in the Caribbean. I think I found a way to use up those vacation days this year. We were not, however, paying much. Our berths aboard the Illusion cost us each $55 a day, a sum that covered breakfast, dinner, basic instruction in sailing, plus mooring and customs fees — […]

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