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Gig Harbor Boat Works Expands Operations

Looking for a handcrafted rowing skiff to go along with your cruising boat? Gig Harbor Boat Works is a custom builder known for quality rowing and sailing craft. ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Archaeologists Discover Scandinavia’s Oldest Known Burial

(maritime-executive.com) – This past summer archaeologists were surveying a burial mound in Leka, Norway. They found large rivets confirming it was a ship burial and recently have been ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Making Whiskey Wave by Wave

(boatus.com) – Kerry Shaw Brown decided to craft his own bourbon blends and was curious as to how whiskey and rum has been transported by sea over the ...
On January 4, 2024 / By Sandy Parks
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Living Aboard While Making a Living

(cnbc com) – In 2008 software engineer Brian Trautman sold all his possessions and embarked on a two-year sabbatical aboard SV Delos, a 53-foot sailboat. In 2011 he ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Singlehander Rescued by Coast Guard Off North Carolina Coast

(stripes.com) – Coast Guard crews rescued a boater more than a week after his family lost contact with him following his departure from New Jersey in a sailboat ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Safety Around Orca Whales

For the past couple of years there has been an increase of attacks by orcas on sailboats passing through the waters of Spain and Portugal. An organization has ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Mapping the Ocean Floor

(nautil.us) – We are in the 21st century, have been to the moon, landed a robot on Mars and still, the ocean floor is basically a blank slate. ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Crossing the Pacific to French Polynesia

(Yachting Monthly) – Max Campbell along with his crew made the passage from the west coast of North America to the Marquesas. The passage was a journey in ...
On November 30, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Should Your Next Boat Be Made of Plywood?

Plywood is a lightweight material but also very stiff which works well for a sailboat. Practical Boat Owner takes a look at what makes plywood a good candidate ...
On November 16, 2023 / By Sandy Parks
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Two Sailboats Wrecked Off Coast of North Carolina in Three Days

(cbs17.com) – The North Carolina coast is proving to be quite difficult this year. A 51-foot yacht ran aground off the Ocracoke Inlet, with the crew able to ...
On November 16, 2023 / By Sandy Parks

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