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Monthly Archives: February 2009
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series – Ainslie and Coutts touch transoms
Even in my amateur dinghy racing days, crewing top-of-the fleet boats, it was clear that skippers knew the way their opponents thought in a tight spot. Although the margins were tighter and the occasional collision happened, it was safer to … Continue reading
Ocean Racing Trends – a podcast
I’ve tried a couple of videos, and I’ll be making more in due course, but it’s time I learned how to podcast. There are one or two problems I still have to overcome – particularly muting the sibilant esses – … Continue reading
Analogue EPIRB – no satellite service from 1 Feb 2009
If you have a 121.5MHz or 243MHz distress beacon, which may also be called an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon), PLB (Personal Locator Beacon) or ELT (Emergency Locator Transmitter), you need to switch to a 406MHz distress beacon now. … Continue reading
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New Freebooters advertising – there will be changes
I need a few pennies to cover the costs of running this blog, but I’m not happy about the way I’ve tried to earn them so far. I started off with a standard theme that incorporates Google Adsense context-sensitive ads, … Continue reading
Vendée Globe – Bilou puts seamanship first
This kind of sailing has a lot in common with mountaineering. If the weather is clearly impossible on the day when it’s your turn to try for the summit, you don’t go. Roland Jourdain, having successfully nursed Véolia Environnement to … Continue reading
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