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Wind in Our Sails!
Written by admin   
A sailing trip isn’t the only way to see the most amazing marine life around! You can also go scuba diving, snorkeling, or just head on over to The Reef Tank, a forum and blog where marine life topics are lifted like the wind in our sails!

Also check out TRT’s great blog, where topics like water conservation, ocean acidification and climate change, all issues that affects the seas we sail on are discussed in a productive manner.
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The Kruzenshtern: The end of the Tall Ships?
Written by pabloavanzini.com   


The Krunzenshtern, departing the port of Cadiz during the Quincentennial Tall Ships race in 1992.


The four-masted bark, built in 1926 as the "Padua", is the last vessel of its kind. Built as a cargo-carrying sailing ship, she was one of the Flying P-Liners, the sailing ships of the German F. Laeisz shipping company from Hamburg.

The last Windjammer is still active today, although it has undergone a change in profession and turned training ship. Today the "Kruzenshtern" is the world's second largest sailing ship - second to Russian "Sedov" - and, without a doubt, the most famous ship in the contemporary Russian sailing fleet.
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