Donald Crowhurst – a true sailing icon

rick 18 November, 2017
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Fifty years and gallons of ink have passed since the first Golden Globe Single Handed Around the World Race and to coincide with this anniversary, Hollywood is releasing a film about one of the competitors and a personal hero of …

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Get a copy of Get Real!

rick 22 July, 2015
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‘Don’t even think of buying a boat until you have read this book’. – Tom Cunliffe (legendary sailor and author of The Complete Yachtmaster). Calypso’s recent appearance on Ben Fogle’s New Lives in the Wild introduced the idea of budget sailing to a …

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Sailing to Tahiti? Don’t forget…

rick 6 December, 2014
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Hello everybody! This is a letter I wrote for the PPJ Yahoo Group and now I’m posting it here as well, hoping that someone will stumble upon it and find it helpful… * * * This is our 8th month …

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Best Books About Affordable Cruising

rick 2 July, 2013
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Every Cruiser was once a Dreamer. He knew that a life on the sea could suit him. When he looked at the sea he could easily imagine himself sailing toward the horizon. Then one day our would-be cruiser decides to take a …

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