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Piracy or Thuggery?

The Central American cruising community was shaken this week at the news that longtime cruiser Cliff Vaughs was robbed by a group of thugs off the Caribbean coast of Honduras. Not only did they take everything he had, but they took his sailboat, Amistad (which ironically means friendship), and left him to swim ashore. According…

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Lawyers 2, Litigants 0

There is a saying around courtrooms that once you’ve gone to see a lawyer, you’ve already lost. Neither William Simpson of the Portland-based Holland 70 Iron Maiden nor Richard Spindler, publisher of Latitude 38, will argue with that. Following the ’09 Ha-Ha, there was a contretemps between Capt Simpson and Mr. Spindler over a letter…

Doo Dah’ers Treated Like Kings

After being treated like royalty at Sugar Barge on Bethel Island for two nights, participants in the Delta Doo Dah rally had a hard time believing they’d receive as warm a welcome somewhere else. But when they started trickling into King Island Resort yesterday, which is located on Disappointment Slough (a misnomer if there ever…

The Buddha of Sailing Does it Again!

At 97 feet in length – with a waterline essentially the same – the maxi-tri IDEC is one of the fastest offshore boats ever built. We can’t even imagine single-handing her across an ocean. © 2012 IDEC Is there a greater offshore sailor than Francis Joyon of Locmariaquer, France? Not to our thinking. That’s because…