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A Cruising World Featured Article: "Advice for the Offshore First Timer" by Andrew Burton http://www.sailnet.com/forums/seamanship-articles/43592-advice-offshore-first-timer.html Real nice article on what to expect in a blue water passage. Informative without being cutesy or condescending...

well, it's time here in homer, alaska to start thinking about hauling out for the winter- trailer home and begin those weekend projects (through hulls, rigging, etc)- just bought her this spring, so all is new to me... can someone with a 25 tell me how to go about preparing for, and then...