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Suriname: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Canadian circumnavigators Brent Crack and Mary Bevan are on the homeward stretch of their voyage – heading for the Caribbean where they will both have “crossed their wake.” After leaving the Brazilian offshore island group of Fernando de Noronha, they headed for Suriname where they found the Good, the Bad and the Ugly side of the cruising life.
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Australia: Tropical Cyclone Alfred Bears Down on Queensland Coast
For the first time in more than 50 years a Tropical Cyclone is forecast to cross a densely populated part of Australia’s east coast. TC Alfred is currently 500kms off the state of Queensland and is already bringing damaging winds and huge swells to coastal areas.
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Papua New Guinea: Sailing the Northern Route from Rabaul to Vanimo
The northern route “over the top” of Papua New Guinea is favoured by cruisers sailing from the Solomon Islands to Indonesia. In this report for Noonsite, cruiser Catherine Hayward recounts her return to the East New Britain area of Papua New Guinea (after working there for two years in the 1980s) as she and her husband sailed from Rabaul to Vanimo.
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Canada, Nova Scotia: Transportation Board Releases Findings into Fate of Missing Sailors
In July 2024, an inflatable lifeboat was found washed up on an island of the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada with human remains inside which were thought to be those of a sailing couple from British Columbia who had left Halifax in June 2024. An investigation by the Transportation Board of Canada (TBC) has now concluded that they likely abandoned their yacht because of a fire.
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Crossing the Pacific: Taking a Lesser-Travelled Path
With many boats now preparing to cross the Pacific from Panama, Mexico and the west coast of the USA on the famous Coconut Milk Run, Francis Hawkings, author of the latest edition of the Pacific Crossing Guide, has some options for those who want to take a route less-travelled.
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French Polynesia: Paradise Requires Prior Preparation
In the eight months they have been cruising French Polynesia, US sailor Jill Gallin and her husband Michael have experienced what they describe as quintessential French Polynesia – a real, uncharted paradise, yet one that has its fair share of ups and downs and for which prior preparation is invaluable.
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Atlantic Crossing to Brazil: Fantastic Fernando de Noronha
Circumnavigators Brent Crack and Mary Bevan have the intention to follow a course where “others don’t go”. So, the homeward stretch of their voyage from St. Helena in the south Atlantic brought them to the Brazilian offshore island group of Fernando de Noronha – a special stopover that they say deserves more than just a few days.
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Your Guide to Safe Tropical Sailing
This very comprehensive guide by Richard Chesher of the Vanuatu and New Caledonia Rocket Guides to Cruising, will equip you with the knowledge you need to keep yourself and your crew healthy, safe, and ready for any adventure, particularly when cruising in remote places.
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