Boating_Sailing
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Will Biodiesel Ever Work For Boaters?
San Francisco powers its Red & White sightseeing fleet with biodiesel. Seattle’s King County Water Taxi uses biodiesel to move people across Puget Sound.
5 min |
July 2017
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Jess Wurzbacher
Jess Wurzbacher holds a master’s degree in tropical coastal management from Newcastle University (U.K.) and a 200-ton Master license. She sailed all over the world as chief scientist and program manager for Seamester and is a PADI scuba instructor with more than 1,000 research and training dives to her credit.
4 min |
July 2017
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3 Takes On Classic Maine Style
The looks may be classic, but many craftsmen in Maine are giving their Down East builds something extra nowadays, whether working in wood or fiberglass.
7 min |
July 2017
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Lady Luck
An epic voyage immortalized Felicity Ann and her intrepid skipper. Now this pint-sized yacht is getting another lease on life.
8 min |
July 2017
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Superlative St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida, is one of my favorite cruising destinations. (And I’ve been to quite a few.) It’s pretty, historic, has a timeless ambience and celebrates with festivals year-round. And it has beaches and golf.
3 min |
July 2017
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The Great Ship WaverTree Returns
A ship saved by a city, a museum saved by a ship
5 min |
December 2016
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Coronet Around Cape Horn, 1888
Cape Horn, looming in the background of this dramatic work by Russ Kramer, is one of the most dangerous places on Earth to sail. In 1888, without electronic navigation equipment or radio communications, it was even more so.
1 min |
December 2016
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His Bark And His Bite Were Equally Friendly
What is the world coming to? Up is down. Wrong is right.
2 min |
April 2017
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Doug Zurn
A native of the Great Lakes region, Doug Zurn grew up sailing and boating.
4 min |
April 2017
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Go Anywhere, Do Everything
Today’s trawlers — and other seafaring boats with passagemaking qualities in their DNA — provide comfort, efficiency and seaworthiness
10+ min |
September 2017
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The Connecticut River Valley Is About To Get Big
Federal grants highlight the region’s boating and fishing splendor.
3 min |
September 2017
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Bottom Of The Bay
What’s In A Name? It Depends Upon What’s On The Menu
4 min |
September 2017
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Carver C34 Coupe
The new C34 Coupe is the smallest of Carver’s sport cruisers and flybridge yachts.
1 min |
January 2018
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Grady-White 270 Islander
The seeds of a boating life are sown early.
4 min |
January 2018
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The Seafair Sedan That Started It All
I sold my 53-foot Gulfstar motorsailer a little while ago.
4 min |
January 2018
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Outback 50: A Fresh Take On The Trawler
“This boat comes closest to the boat I’d actually want for myself,” says designer Michael Peters.
3 min |
January 2018
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Line 'Em Up: Navigating With Natural Ranges
Among the tricks and techniques in the navigation toolbox, few are as foolproof as the natural range.
3 min |
January 2018
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Beneteau Gran Turismo 50
Beneteau Gran Turismo 50
1 min |
March 2018
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Hunt 60 Ocean Series: Any Way You Like It
Hunt 60 Ocean Series: Any Way You Like It
2 min |
March 2018
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Vacuum Bagging
Vacuum Bagging
2 min |
March 2018
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Brant Point Light
Brant Point Light
1 min |
March 2018
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Elizabeth Dupont
Elizabeth Dupont
4 min |
March 2018
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Swim Marathon In Need Of Skippers And Boats
Organizers of St. Vincent’s Swim Across the Sound can reel off plenty of numbers that are going up — dollars raised, cancer patients and families assisted, athletes who have participated, volunteers mobilized. But there’s a number that’s gone down in recent years, and only one demographic can turn it around: boaters.
3 min |
June 2017
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Sailboats
A Classic Herreshoff In The Hands Of A Master
4 min |
June 2017
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You've Got Some Options On The Lower Connecticut River
The lower Connecticut River has been called one of the last great places on Earth. For boaters who’d like to explore the region, Old Saybrook, at the river’s mouth, and Essex, 6 miles upstream, are good places to start.
3 min |
November 2017
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'Worm Girl' Brings Science To Bait
Somewhere along the Maine coast, a man trudges through thick mud as the tide forces the river to retreat toward the ocean. Slicing the mud with his tined, handheld hoe, the digger’s eyes scan the scene beneath him for his squiggling adversary — Glycera dibranchiata, the common bloodworm. Spying one on the move, he plucks it from its hidey-hole and plops it into a holding bucket.
3 min |
November 2017
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Bertram 31 Fly Bridge Cruiser
Life doesn’t stay the same. Boats don’t, either. Dug Stowe has had his Bertram 31 for almost 20 years, and it has made the transition from a “fishing with the guys” boat to a family cruiser that’s a perfect fit for his companion, Kerri, and their 2-year old daughter.
4 min |
November 2017
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Know What To Do Before The Flood
For me, the words damage control conjure claustrophobic scenes from the 1981 German U-boat film Das Boot. Begrimed men, stripped to the waist in rising water, struggling to plug gushing pipes that depth charges ruptured, all while the prying ocean tries to entomb them in their fragile biosphere.
5 min |
November 2017
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Plastic In The Ocean? This Batch Is For Science
Areef-mimicking project in the Mediterranean Sea is deploying plastic into the ocean, not removing it. The temporary reef in the Gulf of La Spezia, off Italy’s northwest coast, should help determine whether aquatic organisms can withstand ocean acidification.
2 min |
November 2017
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Back From The Brink
Hinckley Yacht Services rescues a T29 Runabout to showcase its maintenance and refit work.
5 min |