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ANXIETIES and NAKED FLYING FISH
There’s a zombie crowd of anxieties that anyone can take on as sailing crew. Docking, picking up a mooring, flying a spinnaker, installing..
Kathleen Tison
Mar 25, 2021
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Despite COVID-19, We Slip the Lines.
Despite the pandemic we were committed to slipping the lines and embark on our new life of fulltime cruising. We left Whitehaven on...
Tanya Moxon
Mar 17, 2021
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INTERVIEW: Author Carole Fontaine
Interview with author Carole Fontaine. Carol discusses her book S.A.I.L above the Clouds.
Mike D.
Mar 13, 2021
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This Man.
Docking can be so scary for new and old sailors alike. Kathleen writes about a man, a dozen fenders, and a genuinely funny interaction.
Kathleen Tison
Mar 8, 2021
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Sailing Over the Shelf & into the Atlantic
Crewing with Gary, my husband, on a passage from Whitehaven to A Coruna in Northern Spain seemed a perfect way to test my resolve.
Tanya Moxon
Mar 3, 2021
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Ask A Question.. I Dare You.
Asking the "wrong" sailing question in the wrong Facebook group or online forum can be brutal. It's time to change the conversation.
Mike D.
Feb 19, 2021
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Learn fast, our lives depend upon it!
Easter 2017 and the dream of sailing oceans was becoming our reality but did we have the necessary knowledge, skills and attitude...
Tanya Moxon
Feb 18, 2021
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The Tyranny of Catchphrases
I’d been racing maybe twice? Maybe three times when I heard this phrase. This “PIE SHAPED WEDGES” being shouted from the mouth of one man...
Kathleen Tison
Feb 15, 2021
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Moving On Up, Moving On Out!
Our dream was to sail the oceans later in 2020 and you have to start somewhere. It was a crazy idea I know but why not...
Tanya Moxon
Feb 3, 2021
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OceanResearchProject.org - Changing Ocean Research
There are people in the world that talk a lot of s#!t. They say they want to do this, or that they have plans to do that. But rarely do...
Mike D.
Feb 2, 2021
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Have A Story To Tell?
Sail Junky is more an idea than it is a thing. It is focused on articles for those that are new to sailing or old salts. But the biggest...
Mike D.
Jan 28, 2021
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WHERE DO DREAMS BEGIN?
I would like to capture my sailing adventure from the very start. Today I would define our mission as ‘’To sail as far as we can, for as...
Tanya Moxon
Jan 27, 2021
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Boat Yoga & A Bilge Counter
So it’s become very clear that working on a boat will be harder than working on my car, my house, my whatever.. and by working I mean...
Mike D.
Jan 23, 2021
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ASA 101 - Is it worth the time & money?
Jumping in a sailboat for the first time and really feeling the power the wind can have when its blowing even a little is an eye opening...
Mike D.
Nov 3, 2020
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Sailing Stories | Worth A Listen
The team at 59° North have nailed it with this podcast. (sure, it has rough edges). Podcasts have become an awesome escape for so many...
Mike D.
Nov 3, 2020
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