AFTER a long-range cruising adventure - the hard part...



2:34 AM Sat 7 Aug 2010 GMT
'The voyage is over - but then what...' .
Around the Americas was a 27,524 mile sailing circumnavigation of the American continents with the mission of inspiring, educating, and engaging us all to to protect our fragile oceans. The crew of volunteers, sailors, journalists, photographers and scientists, departed Seattle on May 31st last year in the 64ft steel cutter, and have recently finished the journey, pronounced a resounding success. However, we at Sail-World found the blogging of one of the crew, journalist Herb McCormick, particularly moving, on how difficult it is, to come back . Many a returned cruising sailor will empathise with his tale: It's been precisely seven ...


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by Sail-World Cruising/ Herb McCormick




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