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Sailing crew wanted from Gibraltar To Suez.

Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:06:09 +0200
I am looking for competent and qualified sailing crew for cruising the Mediterranean sea in my Westerly 41'. Departing from Portimäo (Algarve, Portugal) 15th July, crossing Gibraltar and arriving at Egypt at the end of this summer.

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Caribbean or Bahamas - where to keep a yacht?

Sat, 1 Dec 2007 13:25:38 +0200
This is a somewhat general question but where would be a good place to moor a yacht - the Bahamas or in the Caribbean? When I say good, I mean a combination of relatively cheap-to-fly- to, close to an airport, relatively cheap and safe to moor a sailing yacht that is also a good cruising destination.

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Australian Sailing Yacht Cowrie Dancer In Trouble In Southern Ocean, Australian and South African crew aboard

Wed, 2 May 2007 18:05:16 +0200
The Antarctic research vessel SA Agulhas is steaming through rough seas in the Southern Ocean to rescue the crew of an Australian sailing yacht, Cowrie Dancer, after its mizzen mast broke and a crew member was washed overboard in a storm with swells of between five and eight meters. A South African crew member, Carol Erasmus, 32, of Uvongo on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast, was unhurt but exhausted on Tuesday after the ordeal, which took place about 700 nautical miles south of Port Elizabeth. The two other crew members, both Australian, were injured.

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Regular Sailing Yacht Maintenance Tasks - What needs to be done and how often?

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:49:26 +0200
All this talk of sanding and varnishing leads me to the thought that there are plenty of other things that need to be checked over/maintained on a regular basis if we're to stay afloat safely and remain healthy on a sailing yacht.

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