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Andrew Parkinson

  • Senior Officer, Northern NSW Football
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How racing made me a better sailor

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By Andrew Parkinson
| Scuttlebutt Sailing News
Feature Published on August 18th, 2026 by Andrew Parkinson There is a photograph somewhere in a box in my mother’s closet of a skinny teenager in a borrowed life jacket, sitting on the rail of a Flying Junior on the Thames River in New London, Connecticut, looking absolutely terrified. That would be me, circa 1991, racing for the East Lyme High School sailing club at a qualifying regatta hosted by the United States Coast Guard Academy.
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Coastal Navigation: Why It's Harder Than Offshore Sailing

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By Andrew Parkinson
| Yahoo Life Verified
Here's a quiet truth we don't always say out loud: Offshore sailing tests endurance, but coastal sailing tests judgment. Near shore, mile after mile, the sea doesn't give you space. It gives you consequences. Depths change by the minute. A channel that looked fine at breakfast can turn into a soft grounding by lunch. Sandbars migrate. Debris floats half-submerged and unafraid of your prop. Then there's traffic. Sometimes lots of it. Big ships that can't move out of your way. Fast boats that won't.
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No Pink Spinnakers Here: How Team Allegiant Defied Sailing Norms

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By Andrew Parkinson
| Cruising World Verified
Marianna Fleischman had just finished racing one of the East Coast’s most prestigious offshore events. At the post-race party, clad in a matching crew shirt like many others in the crowd, she was swapping sailing stories with a man from another boat. He gestured at her top and asked, “So did all the wives of the racers wear those matching shirts?” She blinked. “Actually,” she said, “my husband is still out racing.
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