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2024 Hurricane Season: NOAA Releases Forecasts for Atlantic and Central Pacific
NOAA National Weather Service forecasters at the Climate Prediction Center have released their predictions for the 2024 season and are expecting above-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic basin and below-normal activity in the Central Pacific.
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INSIGHTS: Easy Pressure Cooker Recipes
If you are thinking of buying a pressure cooker, already have one on your boat or have just read Sarah Powell’s article about how the pressure cooker can revolutionise your galley, then here are some tasty recipes to whet your appetite.
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Tunisia: Wintering in Monastir
Long-standing Noonsite contributor Wade Alarie and his wife Diane stayed at Cap Monastir Marina in Tunisia during the winter of 2023-2024 and despite the wind and the dust, found it to be a popular live-aboard destination for Mediterranean cruisers.
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Comment on St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Here's a quick synopsis of our travels in the Grenadines. We visited Bequia, Canouan, Tobago Cays, Mayreau, Union, Petit St...
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Haiti, Ile a Vache: Humanitarian aid from Cruisers
Humanitarian organisation Sail Aid International is making preparations to embark on its 20th aid voyage to Haiti, bound for the southern coastal island of Ile a Vache, with a cargo of food supplies and solar equipment.
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Straits of Gibraltar: Vessel Sinks After Damage from Orca Interaction
A pod of orca, identified as “Gladis”, has caused the loss of a sailing yacht in Moroccan waters in the southern Straits of Gibraltar. This is the first yacht to sink after an orca interaction this year, but the 5th to date.
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Honduras, Offshore: Yacht Reports Suspicious Activity off NE Coast
A yacht heading to the US from Panama’s San Blas Islands has reported being suspiciously shadowed by a white fishing vessel approximately 130NM from the NE coast of Honduras in the Thunder Knoll area.
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Tripping Over the Ocean
An exciting addition to the shortlist of sailing fiction. Anne Millen's latest book is a fiction story about a young female sailor who wants to sail single-handed from NZ to Vanuatu. To get some ocean miles she takes on a yacht delivery from NZ to Fiji with a couple of crew that she knows, however, despite best-laid plans she takes on more than she expected! A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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