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Practicing
What He Preaches
Latitude 38, Febraury 2010
by LaDonna Bubak |
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Connolly started sailing on Long Island Sound on an
18-ft Pennant at the age of eight, and was singlehanding
the boat by the time he was 10..." |
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Man
Overboard!
Marin Independent Journal,Dec. 2008
by Michelle Slade |
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for a minute on how difficult it would be, under duress,
to haul a 180-pound body from the water up onto a boat
on your own. It's a deeply worrisome thought that never
leaves the mind of a sailing instructor..." |
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World
Sailing Adventures
Bluewater
Sailing, May 2006
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"Modern
Sailing Academy's advanced cruising class to Monterey
and back is a demanding way for experienced coastal
sailors to gain valuable..." |
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Adventure
Sailing |
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Marquesas
to the Tuamotus: A 900-mile Bareboating Adventure
Latitude 38, June 2008
by Robert Moon
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"San
Francisco Bay sailor Robert Moon steamed across the
South Pacific in naval warships during his 20-year stint
as a military officer, but he's always dreamed of sailing
there. He finally got his chance this year when he joined
John Connolly and a group of sailing students from..." |
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School's
In For Winter
SAIL Magazine, January 2006
by Mark Corke and Dave Baldwin
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"Lured
by visions of Tahiti's legendary lagoons and a 100 -
mile passage through the South Pacific, I signed up
for Modern Sailing Academy's 10-day trip...which offered
an optional ASA Offshore Passagemaking certification
course..." |
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Get
Certified in Exotic Locales
Blue Water Sailing, December 2005
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"With
the school's adventure sailing program, Modern Sailing
Academy is offering a great way to gain the skills and
confidence to qualify for..." |
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Changes
- Cyclone Alan
Latitude 38, July 1998
by Don McGreevy |
"I've
spent years reading various accounts - many in Latitude
- of being caught in hurricanes or cyclones. I assumed
that I'd never experience a hurricane first hand...my
assumption recently proved to be very wrong." |
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Crew
Overboard Symposium |
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Taking
An Unplanned Dip
Blue Water Sailing, October 2005
by Greg Jones
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"The
COB Recovery Symposium was sponsored by Modern Sailing
Academy and West Marine with major support provided
by the Bonnell Cove Foundation of the Cruising Club
of America..." |
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Man
Overboard
Yachting, November 2005
by Chris Caswell |
"We
heard the splash and then the blood-chilling cry, 'Man
overboard!' Leaping out of the cabin, all we could see
was a fast-diminishing dark head in the broad white
wake, tossed about by the swells and clearly..." |
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Crew
Overboard: Four Recovery Methods
Sailing World, Nov/Dec 2005
by Tony Bessinger |
"While
racing sailors usually spend more time practicing man-overboard
drills than casual sailors or cruisers, it doesn't make
them immune to being lost overboard. Two sailors I knew
drowned off raceboats in the past three years..." |
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Best
Recovery Gear
Sailing World, Nov/Dec 2005
by Tony Bessinger |
"The
primary purpose of the Crew Overboard Recovery Symposium...was
to assess conventional rescue methods. But another equally
important component of the symposium was testing rescue
and recovery..." |
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Overboard
and Back
Sail Magazine, December 2005
by Kimball Livingston
& John Connolly
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"Over
a period of 12 years, a group of organizations and individuals,
including Modern Sailing Academy, has organized four
national event on San Francisco Bay to study man-over-board
(MOB) safety and recovery techniques..." |
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