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More Volvo Ocean Race Boat Failures – Team Sanya Sails for Madagascar

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Rick Spilman

The Volvo Ocean Race is a big money around the world race, with corporate or state sponsored teams, racing with professional crews on Open 70 sailboats. With that much money, expertise and hardware, what could go wrong? Quite a lot … Continue reading →

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The Schooners of Madagascar and the Brittany Shipwrights

Posted on December 17, 2011 by Rick Spilman

Last month we posted about the Bugis schooners of Indonesia – Where the Age of Sail Never Ended – the Bugis Phinisi, an Appreciation. Recently AFP (Agence France-Presse) published an article about another region where the age of commercial sail … Continue reading →

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