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Daniel Mihai Popescu is a ship engineer with background in sea transportation, real estate, yacht brokerage, construction, entrepreneurship. Avid reader, traveled the world, explorer of the human nature. Never stopped learning, now I create and manage Wordpress based sites.
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Stokey Woodall’s Atlantic Circuit

Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Monte Cara in Cabo Verde

Captain Stokey Woodall, from SWAC, added me to a newsletter I don't remember to have signed for. Anyway, I am sure I have his permission to make public some of it, as he has mine, to send me more of his stuff. It is called Why SWAC ? The organizers of SWAC are very much aware that there are other sailing rallies available to sailors, which at first glance might appear to be very similar. To help answer this question it is important to understand that the company slogan's is "We Know You Have a Choice" and it was not decided upon by chance. It actually represents what they feel and what they believe about SWAC's elevated position in the market place and why they strive to stay there.. SWAC was designed, created and put together by two very experienced long distance offshore sailors, who have been there, done it and now own several 'T' shirts [that was funny]. [source - from the newsletter, the pic is magnificent, I wish I had more details on it] SWAC entrants benefit from this combined knowledge bank of experience, by reaping the rewards of all this intelligence in the form of the professional organization of the rally. With the aid of the expert weather routing skills of Stokey Woodall, who has a lifetime's understanding of weather patterns, SWAC … [Read more...]

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Dufour Yachts

Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Dufour Grand Large 450 exterior

After a long pause, we continue here with Dufour Yachts, a company founded in 1964 by Michel Dufour, an engineer with a love of sailing. The shipyard is in La Rochelle, France. They do now two classes of sailing yachts, Performance and Grand Large. Both are for cruising in comfort. There are three types of Performance, the 36, the 40E and the 45E. I'm not advertising any of them, so everything outside technical details or pictures are personal opinions. Length overall 10,99 m / 36' Length waterline 10,21 m / 33' 6" Hull length 10,99 m / 36' Hull width 3,61 m / 11' 10" Displacement 6 400 kg / 14,109 lbs Draft 2,20 m / 7' 2" Mainsail surface 72,1 m² / 776 Ft² Water capacity 220 L / 53 Gal Fuel tank capacity 90 L / 24 Gal Engine 40 KW / 30 HP Certification CE Category A As you see, the 36 has two cabins. A price I found is €120k. Length overall 12,35 m / 40' 6" Length waterline 10,76 m / 35' 3" Hull length 11,99 m / 39 ' 4" Hull width 3,89 m / 12' 9" Displacement 7 950 kg / 17,651 lbs Draft 1,75 m / 2,10 m / 6'10" / 5' 8" Mainsail surface 88 m² (mât standard) / 93 m² (mât long) / 980 Ft² (std mast) / 1,022 Ft² ( tall mast) Water capacity 360 L / 95 Gal Fuel tank capacity 200 L / 54 Gal Engine Volvo 40cv / … [Read more...]

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SailingNetworks.com Is Careless

Tuesday, March 19th, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Great Escape - Sun Odissey 52

What a pity! Experience Antigua Sailing Week aboard this highly competitive Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 52. We have crew spaces for this great regatta which is one of the biggest in the Caribbean series. Warm water sailing at its best. Antigua Sailing Week has become one of the biggest events in the international sailing calendar. It is also one of the most fantastic times to visit Antigua and take advantage of the island-wide party scene throughout the event. Most of the racing is off the south coast of Antigua with some of the fleet going up the west coast to Jolly Harbour. The Event Village is located in Nelson’s Dockyard, English Harbour and is the central point at which all the crews gather after the day’s racing is finished to exchange stories and enjoy happy hour. [source] There is a combination of background and live music every day and evening in the Event Village and some nights there are parties in various other locations. Great Escape offers the opportunity to be aboard a highly competitive race boat and share in the excitement and glamour of one of the finest sailing events in the world. There are crew places available, click on the photograph for further information. If you click not on the pic, but on the source (I try to always taking care … [Read more...]

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Princess Yachts

Thursday, March 14th, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Princess V39 Yacht

Plymouth based Princess Yachts became the first significant British boat builder to achieve the Rina Green Plus (Y) notation for their entire range of V Class and Flybridge yachts up to 24m (85 feet). Since the launch of their first 31-footer in 1965, Princess Yachts have been rewriting the rules of luxury cruising. From their Flybridge range and V-Class sports yachts, to long-range Motor Yachts and M-Class superyachts. The variety of Princess is expressed in: M Class, Flybridge and V Class. M Class The M Class range is composed of 40M and 32M types. Princess M40 The flagship Princess 40M is a sublime expanse of interior and exterior living space which can comfortably accommodate up to twelve guests and seven crew in complete privacy. [source] Length overall 131ft 9in (40.16m) Beam 26ft 4in (8.02m) Draft 7ft 6in (2.29m) Displacement approx. 230,000 kg* (507,063 lbs) (MTU 12V 4000) Fuel capacity 6,455 gal/7,752 US gal /29,345l Water capacity 880 gal/1,057 US gal/4,000l Engines - Diesel Twin MTU 12V 4000 M73L (2 x 2938mhp) Speed range 18-20 knots† Twin MTU 12V 4000 M93L (2 x 3509mhp) Speed range 20-22 knots† Princess M32 With her elegant profile and unparalleled sea-keeping abilities, the 32M is every inch a … [Read more...]

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