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The Pleasures of Pocket Cruisers

Blue Water Sailing

Safely Done Salty Dawgs

NOTABLE SMALL BOAT VOYAGES • Since the early days of yachts there have been many great adventures and cruises in pocket cruisers so it is fair to say that it is not the size of your boat that matters, it is the size of your dreams. Here are some of my favorites

ATLANTIC CROSSING • Their first ocean passage turned out to be a textbook crossing from the Caribbean to the Azores

She wanted a zephyr and got a tempest • With the world shut down by Covid-19, the only way they could get their boat home from the Caribbean to New England was to sail it themselves, double handed