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    Daniel Shea

    On one of his first outings aboard Cruzan Time, Daniel gets a sense of how it feels to be sailing — really sailing.
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    A sea less sailed

    In a sailors’ paradise, why do engines rule? Issue 85 : Jul/Aug 2012 Soon after slipping our mooring at The Baths, Virgin Gorda, with our shoddy outboard pushing just enough to weave our way out of th...

    Daniel Shea
    June 18, 2026
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    Initiation by squall

    Mayhem begets a teaching moment Issue 92 : Sept/Oct 2013 It’s amazing how fast things can change on the water. How does that salty expression go . . . that sailing is 99 percent boredom and one percen...

    Daniel Shea
    June 2, 2026
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