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RNSA Single-Handed Race 2020

Posted on June 8, 2020October 13, 2021 by admin

This year, because of Covid-19, the annual race was shortened from a two race series to a single race, which took place June 6, 2020. The start was at the Point Grey…

Preparing for an Offshore Voyage – Part 1

Posted on January 17, 2020May 2, 2021 by admin

Tangleberry, the family yacht, is a 2001 Hanse 371. She was not specifically built for offshore sailing but is rated CE category A, open ocean. We have used her mainly for summer…

Eric and Susan Hiscock

Posted on April 30, 2019August 28, 2019 by admin

The Hiscocks were a British couple who circumnavigated the world in the 1950s and 1960s. It was their book Around the World in Wanderer III, loaned to me by a friend when…

RNSA Single Handed Race 2018

Posted on April 24, 2019April 30, 2019 by admin

2018 was the 45th Annual running of the Royal Naval Sailing Association (RNSA) Singlehanded Race from Vancouver to Nanaimo and return. Over the years the race has seen singlehanded vessels ranging from…

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