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Sailors and Paddlers to Test Endurance in 750 mile Race to Alaska
Some 150 sailors, paddlers and rowers will climb aboard 60 assorted boats in Port Townsend and set off for the second nonmotorized Race to Alaska this week. It’s ...
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Kids Crush Newport Bermuda Race
High Noon has captured ‘Traditional’ line honors in the combined St David’s & Gibbs Hill Lighthouse Divisions in the 2016 Newport Bermuda Race. The Young American Junior ...
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Summer Squall Sailing Tactics
The danger in running before the squall (or tacking downwind, a tactic sometimes employed by Transpac racers) is the inevitable wind shift that can cause an accidental jibe. ...
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NOAA Uses Crowdsourced Data to Improve Charts
The United States has about 3,400,000 square nautical miles of water within our coastal and Great Lakes jurisdiction. Coast Survey, who is responsible for charting that vast area, ...
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9 Ways to Keep Your Log Impeller Fouling-free
Practical Boat Owner has great suggestions for the ever present problem of a fouled log impeller. They solicited their readers to send in their favorite solutions to this ...
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Merchant Ship Rescues Survivors from Damaged Yacht
Five crew members were sailing the yacht Platino from Auckland, New Zealand to Fiji when foul weather tore down the boat’s rigging, killing one and throwing one over ...
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Team Oracle Hires Airbus To Build Flying Yacht
To defend sailing’s oldest trophy, billionaire Larry Ellison’s Oracle Team USA is enlisting help from European planemaker Airbus Group SE. The pairing isn’t as unlikely as it might ...
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Meet Monique the Hen Who is Sailing Around the World
Two years at sea have fostered a close relationship between the two fellow sailors as they cross the globe, through warm weather and cold. One is a 24-year-old ...
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U.S. Sailboat Captain Fined For Undeclared Firearms
Her Majesty’s Bahamian Ship (HMBS) Arthur Dion Hanna, under the command of Acting Lieutenant Commander Berne Wright, apprehended two persons for possession of undeclared weapons aboard a vessel ...
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Invasive Lionfish for Sale at Whole Foods
The upscale supermarket, Whole Foods, is taking an innovative approach to countering the spread of an invasive species of fish in Florida. They are offering lionfish for sale. ...
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