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  Heaving-To: The Ocean is Your Parking Lot

  By Andrew Cross For centuries, heaving-to has been the most reliable trick in a sailor’s arsenal for “parking” a sailboat at sea.  Throughout that time, sailing vessels have ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  Dinghy & Emergency Lighting from Navisafe

  The new Navi Light 360˚ is a cost-effective, super bright LED light that is visible in darkness up to 5nm. Its high burn time, small size, waterproof qualities ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  America's Cup Newport Begins!

  Narragansett Bay and Newport, RI are alive with the America’s Cup experience this week. The America’s Cup World Series kicked off on June 23 and will run through ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  4th of July Boating Events in Florida

  Florida By Water has released the 2012 list of places where you can view fireworks from your boat. So far, more than 30 locations have been submitted by ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  Plastic in Our Playground

  The ocean is our playground. We sail on it, we swim in it, we fish from it, and without it we wouldn’t have 60-80% of the world’s oxygen…so ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 Survivor Recovery System

  Overall Winner of the 2012 Pittman Innovation Awards. West Marine 2012 Top 6 Product. The Kannad Marine SafeLink R10 SRS (Survivor Recovery System) is worn on a lifejacket ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  The Pink Boat

  The Pink Boat (Darwind) has partnered with the Breast Cancer Research Foundation in the pursuit of preventing and curing breast cancer and saving the lives of hundreds of ...

  On June 26, 2012 / By Administrator
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  Sailstice is this weekend!

  Competitors in the Clipper Round the World Race will be celebrating somewhere in the North Atlantic.  Where will you be?  There are plenty of opportunities to get out ...

  On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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  90 Years Young and Still Skippering Her Own Sailboat

  How old is too old to go sailing? One Australian woman thinks age has no limits. Parkdale Yacht Club sails off the beach in Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay ...

  On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator
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  Whale Sinks Boat Off the Coast of Mexico

  A California man was rescued after his 50-foot sailboat was struck by a whale while he was sailing alone about 40 miles off the coast of Mexico. The ...

  On June 20, 2012 / By Administrator