Sail-World.com : EDITORIAL...and the sailing is splendid
EDITORIAL...and the sailing is splendid
'Natasza Caban - on the last leg of her solo circumnavigation'
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Summer is bursting upon us and the sailing is splendid. With Summer Sailstice just over and – in the USA - 4th of July celebrations just about to occur, it's good to know that sailors are really making it a summer for sailing.
The Atlantic Rally for Cruisers (ARC) has been so successful this year that they have closed the entry almost five months before the 22nd November departure date.
Maybe the economic outlook is so gloomy that one might as well go sailing and forget it all.
Completely untroubled by such stressful subjects as global economic crises, there are two solo circumnavigators on the final legs of their magnificent voyages.
The sailing world is watching the challenges thrown to seventeen-year-old Zac Sunderland as he beats his way up the coastline, and in the same ocean is Polish Natasza Caban, a little older but just as game, as she completes her last leg from Panama back to Hawaii.
We feature a couple of great products this week – a new weather-proof marine fan (well shouldn't ANYTHING marine be 'weather-proof'?) - and the AIS Watchmate, making interpretation of AIS data just so much easier and pertinent for the cruising sailor.
Lots of other stories too, from the newsworthy to the bizarre, from the useful to the sad.
As usual, Sail-World Cruising will keep you up to date with all that's going on in the world of non-competitive sailing, so skip through the articles below to find those that interest YOU.
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