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Let Us Knot Forget The Boat Captains

I found this on one of my favorite sites, sailinganarchy.com. What a great find on SA. Enjoy this well edited video that was narrated by Tom Hanks. Remember 911, Operation Boat Lift...... [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18lsxFcDrjo&w=560&h=315]
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MOD 70 European Tour

Now this is exciting stuff! There is only one thing more exciting than flying a hull on a catamaran and that is flying two hulls on a tri-maran. The same boats from the Krys Ocean...
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Check Out The New Hydroptère…….

....... doing some practice in the San Francisco Bay to prepare for the crossing of the Pacific. The freshly painted, newly sponsored DCNS Hydroptère, the boat that flies, has recently been delivered from France to the west coast of...
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Views From Aloft….

Here we had to go aloft to replace an external boom topping lift as the rope had slipped the sheave and jammed. This caused the cover of the rope to become separated. What creek is...
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Surfs Up!

The Clipper Around the World Race is my latest discovery (although I am sure most of you already know of this). This is essentially a Volvo Ocean Race for amateurs of all shapes and sizes....
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The New Hallberg Rassy

Take a look at the new HR 412 presented by Yachting Monthly. I love the below deck furler allowing for a deck sweeping headsail, sporty! This is a beautiful boat featuring some of the latest...
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The New Volvo Ocean Race 2014-2015……

.......will have an all woman team. Awesome! Quite the line up as well. Boys you better step up your game. Remember, the new VOR boats will be one design. I can't wait! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdroQqOuMVE&w=560&h=315]
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Keeping Up With The Cup

The Americas Cup gets rolling in less than 80 hours. Make sure you catch the live coverage of day one right here (courtesy of americascup.com and youtube.com) The teams have had some good time off since...
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Views From Aloft

Okay, guess where.............. Hanging a Furler at my Favorite Place to Work!   Leave a comment below if you know where this is........ Click The Image For...
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470 Team GBR in the 2012 Olympics

These guys seem nice enough. They are Olympic virgins, but seem to have what it takes. This dynamic duo missed a bronze medal by only two points. This is quite an achievement against the worlds...
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