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Mad Max Makeshift Magic
Cruisers often have to rely on their own resources when something breaks, needs to be replaced or invented, especially for must-have items. Sometimes the parts used for make-shift ...
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Dismal Swamp Canal to Re-Open in September
The Dismal Swamp Canal is scheduled to reopen to vessel traffic by the end of September, with the Lake Drummond Reservation and Feeder Ditch opening to canoes and ...
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Explorer Going on an Expedition to the North Pole by Sailboat
Picture the North Pole. What does it look like in your mind? Ice as far as the eye can see? In the past, that is what the area ...
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Mayday On Passage from Mo’orea to Huahine
On July 23rd, at approximately 8pm, Danny and Belinda Govatos with four of their children aboard their 46′ Leopard catamaran hit an unmarked reef on the approaches to ...
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Navy Vessels Use Shipboard Signal Lamps for Text Messaging
The signal lamp aboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Stout flashed fast light bursts to the USS Monterey, located pierside 250 feet away. Aboard the Monterey, a guided-missile cruiser, ...
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Solo Sailor Lisa Blair Completes Historic Antarctic Circumnavigation
Blair, 32, set off from Albany in Western Australia in January and is set to be named the first woman to circumnavigate Antarctica solo. Blair was expected to ...
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Sound Signals in Restricted Visibility
Fog, mist, falling snow, heavy rainstorms, sandstorms or any other similar causes can make conditions that hamper visibility. Sound signals for vessels in restricted visibility, whether underway, at ...
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Handling Rough Conditions in Port
In this Practical Boat Owner article Rupert Holmes describes the course of action he pursued – and the lessons learned – when storm conditions threatened to cause damage to ...
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Salty Dawg Experiences in Cuba
Twenty three boats and one hundred and twenty four sailors participated in the epic 2017 Salty Dawg Rally to Cuba. As a tax-exempt private educational organization, the SDSA was ...
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Work on Erie Canal Began 200 Years Ago and Changed History
A few days after the first shovel was thrust into the central New York state dirt on July 4, 1817, to ceremoniously begin the building of the Erie ...
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