Charter: It Takes What It Takes
June 25, 2024
It was October, and Hurricane Maria had just stomped over Les Iles Sainte, devastated Dominica, and was still cooking up 12-foot seas and 25 knots
It was October, and Hurricane Maria had just stomped over Les Iles Sainte, devastated Dominica, and was still cooking up 12-foot seas and 25 knots
It’s a well-accepted truth of offshore sailing that things get more dangerous the closer you get to land. An extension of that axiom in chartering
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