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​​​​​​​Fire in the Boat – Lithium Batteries - Prevention: an Update

by Dick York, | Safety Moment
Subject: Fire/Flooding, Electronics
Lithium batteries are a fact of life in this day and age, and, like so many other things aboard, we must treat them with care. When I wrote the CCA article on Fire in the Boat – Prevention, I gently danced around the issue of fires in smaller…

Capsize at Cape Horn

by , | Feature Article
Subject: Emergencies, Heavy Weather
In this reprinted article from SAIL magazine, CCA member Rich Wilson shares the tale of a terrifying capsize at one of the roughest patches on the water.…

Survival Sailing

by Evans Starzinger, | Feature Article
Subject: Emergencies, Heavy Weather
Techniques, Tactics and Equipment As weather conditions get progressively more severe, there is a line that is eventually crossed.

Passage East (excerpt) by Carleton Mitchell

by Carleton Mitchell, | Feature Article
Subject: Narratives
Excerpts from Passage East (the skipper/author’s log of the 1952 transatlantic race aboard his yawl, Caribbee) By Carleton Mitchell

Evolving as Skipper or Crew

| Feature Article
Subject: Seamanship and Awareness
In the attached article, Ralph Naranjo reviews his development as a sailor. Opening paragraph:

Sherman Hoyt in Command

by John Rousmaniere, | Feature Article
Subject: Narratives
By John Rousmaniere, The New York Yacht Club: A History © John Rousmaniere