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After the Sails are Furled: Leaving a Legacy in Brazil
After more than 100,000 nautical miles and a circumnavigation of the Great Capes, Brazilian sailor Captain Silvio dos Passos Ramos decided – after being asked what happens after crossing the oceans – that he would start helping others cross oceans too. So began the genesis of a rally to encourage more cruisers to the coasts and cruising grounds of Brazil, as he recounts in this report for Noonsite.
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Portrait of a Cruiser: Christine and Matt Mitchell – Slowly Heading West
Full time liveaboard sailors Christine and Matt Mitchell have been cruising for the past nine years. Currently in New Zealand for upgrades, repairs and maintenance on their Catana 471, they say their future plans are written in the sand at low tide, but will probably include slowly making their way westward to New Caledonia, Australia, Indonesia and across the Indian Ocean. Read about their life aboard in this Portrait of a Cruiser for Noonsite.
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Comment on Papua New Guinea: Floating Trees and Logs Create Navigation Hazard Along Northern Coast
I was surfing in the Mentawai Islands the other year. 14 days on a charter boat. The amount of telegraph pole sized trees floating was astounding...
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Cruising Musings: Holidays on a Boat
Noonsite Sub-Editor Megan continues the monthly series covering cruising topics that are often overlooked, yet a major part of life on board. For the past 8+ years, Megan and her family have called their Boreal 47 expedition monohull, SV Zephyros, home. This eighth installment in the series covers some thoughts on holidays celebrations while on the move.
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South Pacific, French Polynesia: Coping with Murphy’s Law and a Medical Emergency
Sailing in remote locations is one of the advantages of long-distance cruising and for self-sufficient cruising couple Peter Hoefnagels and Inge Van Berkel, it is a challenge they relish. However, when one of you becomes incapacitated 250 miles from land with strong headwinds, support and assistance should be sought to ensure the situation doesn’t escalate.
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Atlantic Crossing: First Boat of ARC+ Fleet Arrives in Grenada
The first boat of the ARC+ 2025 fleet has made landfall in Grenada, to jubilant scenes on the docks at Camper & Nicholson Port Louis Marina, completing the second leg of their transatlantic voyage in just 10 days from the Cape Verde Islands.
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INSIGHTS: SSB is Social Networking for Nostalgics
Despite the proliferation of satellite communications and digital WhatsApp groups in the cruising community these days, the decades-old radio communications technology of Single Sideband Radio – or SSB – is not yet dead and buried, as Ocean Cruising Club past Commodore Simon Currin found out while cruising in the South Pacific.
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Caribbean: CSSN 2024 Annual Report Highlights Rise in Crimes Against Yachts
The Caribbean Safety and Security Network (CSSN) annual report for 2024 provides details and analysis of reported crimes against yachts in the Caribbean and notes that reported incidents of crimes against yachts reached an all time high during the year, driven by non-violent offenses.
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Australia Biosecurity: New Pre-Arrival Reporting Obligations for Non-Commercial Vessels
Australia’s Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF) which manages the country’s biosecurity risks, has advised that from 27 February 2026 all non-commercial vessels (recreational and private) arriving into Australia will have to provide their Pre-Arrival Report (PAR) in writing (including electronically).
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