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	<title>Europa Sailing</title>
	<link>http://www.europasailing.com</link>
	<description>Updates on sailing from Europa, a Passport 42'</description>
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		<title>Around Bainbridge in Two Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some photos from our recent trip around Bainbridge Island. We saw a river otter, lots of harbor seals, and a couple of pirate ships. 

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		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/08/28/around-bainbridge-in-two-days/</link>
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		<title>Wind, Sunset, Spinnaker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wind:



Sunset:



Spinnaker:


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		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/08/20/wind-sunset-spinnaker/</link>
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		<title>Race Report &#8211; July 30, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There were grumblings about skipping sailing and finding a cool movie theater to duck out of the unbearable heat we&#8217;d been experiencing the last few days. The forecast was for light breeze anyway.
But the theme for the night was Pirate Night and Travis put Brian on notice. Nobody misses Pirate Night:
&#8220;This just in &#8211; tonight [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/07/31/race-report-july-30-2009/</link>
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		<title>Race Report July 16, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What a fantastic night on the Sound. A sunny 80 degrees and 10-15 knots of breeze. Last week we had two goals: better start, and better spinnaker set. I guess 1 out of 2 ain&#8217;t bad. The start was better, mid fleet. We kept pace most of the reaching leg. On the downwind leg we [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/07/16/race-report-july-16-2009/</link>
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		<title>Race Report &#8211; July 9, 2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Memo to self &#8211; commit the following to memory:
11. STARTING SYSTEM
The Sound Signal Starting System will be as follows commencing at 1850 hours.
Signal Sound Time before Start
Warning 1 Long 10 minutes
Preparatory 1 Long 5 minutes
First Start 1 Long Fast Boats Start, Cruising Boats start five minutes later.
Second Start 1 Long Cruising Boats Start.
We were very [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/07/16/race-report-july-9-2009/</link>
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		<title>Elliott Bay Thursday Race &#8211; 6/25/2009</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is a site we&#8217;re not used to &#8212; finishing with many sails behind us! We we&#8217;re racing with only the 100% jib or yankee, not sure which one, and short handed with only Brian, Bob and me onboard, but we still managed to come in not last. Next week we&#8217;ll work on gettting more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/06/25/elliott-bay-thursday-race-6252009/</link>
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		<title>Europa Sailing &#8211; 6/11/2009</title>
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		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/06/11/europa-sailing-6112009/</link>
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		<title>Rain Delays and Kid Testing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The plans to practice docking were cancelled at 7am this morning based on the depressing but familiar January forecast of fog compounded with steady rain.
By late morning things weren&#8217;t looking so bad, though. So Carrie, Tess, and Quinn came down to the boat with me for an hour just to check things out.
Quinn is ready [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/01/11/rain-delays-and-kid-testing/</link>
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		<title>Docking 101</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter and I met Travis at the boat on Saturday morning for our first session of &#8220;training&#8221; on the boat.  We spent time walking through the checklist guide that Travis had created for operating the boat. 
My immediate concern was in getting sufficient time and practice operating all the systems on board this boat.  The J24 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/01/06/docking-101/</link>
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		<title>Info on docking a large sailboat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This page has some good overviews and animations for docking.  This will be the first big challenge for us to master.
http://www.cruising.sailingcourse.com/docking.htm
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		<link>http://www.europasailing.com/2009/01/06/info-on-docking-a-large-sailboat/</link>
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