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Jul 2, 2009, Flood took out safety line over Des Moines River
A steel cable across the Des Moines River that served as a safety line for boaters who floated perilously close to the Center Street dam was washed away in last summer's floods and...
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Jul 2, 2009, Israel to deport peace activists sailing to Gaza
Israel is planning to deport within the next few days the 21 peace activists who arrived on a boat from Cyprus with the intention of entering the Gaza Strip...
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Jul 2, 2009, Sailing toward a better
ST. PETERSBURG - Eidy Diaz decided to put his life and his son, Pedro's, in the hands of the south winds and the currents of the Gulf of Mexico...
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Jul 2, 2009, Wooden Boat Festival welcomes treasures of maritime history
About 150 boats, as small as six and a half feet and as big as 140 feet, will be docked by Lake Union Park over the weekend to the delight of boating enthusiasts as part of the 2009 Wooden Boat Festival...
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Jul 2, 2009, Boat Week in Port Clinton sinks
The inaugural Lake Erie Boat Week was scheduled to set sail Sept. 1 in Port Clinton...
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Jul 1, 2009, Temporary boating certificates for out-of-state visitors
But now that Missouri requires some people to have a certificate in order to drive a boat, we wanted to know what happens when people from out-of-state rent a boat here in Missouri...
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Jul 1, 2009, When you know what you're doing, this sport's a breeze
Hang one of those 24 x 36 flat maps of the world on your wall and throw a dart at it. If you hit a body of water, chances are...
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Jul 1, 2009, Science aids inventory of Florida Keys shipwrecks
Archaeologists and biologists cooperate to explore, date and map the hundreds of shipwrecks off the South Florida coast...
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Jul 1, 2009, Bareboat chartering in Hawaii, perhaps the best in the world
If seas were rated for sailors the way mountains are rated for skiers, Hawaii would rate black diamonds, expert, with some double black tracks...
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Jun 30, 2009, Coast Guard assists sailing vessel in distress
CLEVELAND - The U.S. Coast Guard assisted a sailing vessel that was lodged against a rock wall at Edgewater Park...
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Jun 30, 2009, Sailing Home...To Florida (Part 1 -- Out of the Cold North)
BLOCK ISLAND, RI -- I’m cold and exhausted. I’ve worked for the past 12 hours fueled entirely by desire, a stale donut and Diet Coke. The small parts of my hands that aren’t bloody are filthy. It is dark outside...
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Jun 30, 2009, Love of boating leads to service
WALLINGFORD - Lil and Mark Haines have been interested in boating as long as they can remember. As a young child growing up in Meriden, Mark Haines would go out on his family's boat while his now-wife, a New York native, was also cruising the Atlantic Ocean...
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Jun 29, 2009, Relying only on a GPS can make sailing risky
Last week Richard Brill in his science column explained the world's modern navigation technique, GPS, Global Positioning System. This is rocket science at its best, and I enjoyed learning more about how it works...
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Jun 29, 2009, Staying Close to Home This Summer? Boating Industry Announces Top Boating Spots
The U.S. recreational boating industry's trade association, National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA), today announced the top 10 boating states...
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Jun 29, 2009, Couple sets sail for new shorelines
On a homemade 52-foot boat, they plan to set sail from Superior, Wis., to the Atlantic Ocean — and a new world of ocean-going possibilities...
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Jun 29, 2009, Wind — and women — power
Aboard 'Unicorn,' teenage trainees take the helm and set the sails under tutelage of all-female crew...
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Jun 28, 2009, It just makes good sense to be safe while boating
At 5 p.m. Friday afternoon, thousands of Mid-Southerners will clock out of their weekly routines with nothing but holiday boating on their minds...
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Jun 28, 2009, Where to watch fireworks on the 4th from your boat
Fireworks always seem more exciting when you watch them from a boat. Boating adds a sense of adventure, and a link to history...
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Jun 28, 2009, Ancient boat to sail again
MANILA, Philippines—A replica of an ancient balangay boat, which the first Philippine expedition team to Mt. Everest will use to retrace the Filipino ancestors’ migration route, was christened and set afloat for the first time yesterday...
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Jun 28, 2009, Charleston Harborfest 2009
Did you ever wonder what it would be like to be a pirate? Well if you answered yes to that question then you may want to take a trip to...
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Jun 28, 2009, Dale Dimitruk of North Shore Boat Brokerage said his biggest mistake was waiting 8 years to get a Web site
The mistake: My biggest mistake was taking too long to get a Web site and use technology to help increase sales...
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Jun 27, 2009, July 4th liability insurance issues for Los Angeles home and boat owners
If it's your boat, then it's your responsibility...
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Jun 27, 2009, New weather buoy off Orange Beach is a boost for boaters
ORANGE BEACH — Officials are hoping that a new $300,000 weather buoy recently anchored 12 miles south of Perdido Pass will provide boaters with better data when planning trips to sea.
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Jun 27, 2009, Dogs go for a boat ride all prepared
Most dogs love the water, at least from inside a boat. With their noses pointing into the wind, they cherish the cooling air brushing their furry faces while they glide over a lake, a river or a bay. Just like humans, however, they are not...
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Jun 27, 2009, Sailing plastics to the Garbage Patch
The plastic bottles will soon be a boat. That boat will then sail from Pier 29.5, where it is being built, to Sydney — a 10,000-mile journey with the humble aim of...
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Jun 26, 2009, Olympic hopefuls set sail for arduous journey from South America to Beijing
AUSTRALIA'S best young sailors will begin their apprenticeship towards Olympic success at the youth sailing world championships in Brazil next week...
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Jun 26, 2009, Terrell gets chance to sail in Australia
Coleman Terrell, a Boerne High School student, recently had the opportunity to sail while visiting Australia in June with his family...
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Jun 26, 2009, 4th of July Boat Parade
Spectators will be treated to the 58th Annual Old Glory Boat Parade Friday, July 4, 2009 sponsored by the American Legion Yacht Club. Boaters are invited to...
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Jun 26, 2009, Boaters need to exercise proper caution
Seaworthy" boats with stable hulls designed to handle wave action are crucial to safe boating whether in sheltered harbors or on the open sea. Boats used on lakes are often...
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Jun 25, 2009, Saginaw Man's Brush with Death Offers Lessons in Boating Safety
A 61-year-old Saginaw man had planned a fun summer getaway: he was going to kayak from Michigan State University to Grand Rapids. He was barely on his way when...
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Jun 25, 2009, Aspiring filmmaker to set sail with Floating Doctors
Marblehead - TV cameraman and aspiring documentarian Bryan Adams constantly finds himself on the road. The Marblehead native, now a resident of Santa Monica, Calif., is often away...
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Jun 24, 2009, Dragon boat club starts season with a bang
On Tuesday and Friday nights, the once tranquil Jordan Harbour buzzes with activity as groups of athletes push themselves to the limit, sweating with exertion to defeat their competitors’ time in the belly of a dragon...
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Jun 24, 2009, Goats head sloop
Stephen Hume feeds a strip of cloth into an antique sewing machine to demonstrate that it still works. It's one of 15 he has scattered around the...
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Jun 24, 2009, Annual Sea Festival Kicks Off With Sailing, Pirates, Volleyball
Long Beach’s Charter Communications’ Sea Festival kicks off this weekend with a bit of everything that makes it a signature series...
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Jun 24, 2009, Paralympic gold medalist honored with Leadership in Women’s Sailing Award
Marblehead - After proving that despite a major setback, the will to sail and compete at the highest level can prevail, Maureen McKinnon-Tucker of Marblehead was honored with the...
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Jun 23, 2009, Mixing business & pleasure
Canoe-building classes fit owner's skills...
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Jun 23, 2009, Rescue drama as boat capsizes
A SURVIVOR of a boat that capsized at a notorious shipwreck spot said lives may have been lost if not for two heroic fishermen...
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Jun 23, 2009, Round the world sailing bid for Marlow woman
The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race will take her on a 35,000 mile voyage, crossing both Atlantic and Pacific oceans, and will keep her at sea for ten months...
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Jun 22, 2009, Patrols guard against smugglers on Michigan-Ontario border
As the weather heats up, so does the smuggling across the waterways between Michigan and Ontario. And the numbers are on the rise each year, with a 6% increase in...
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Jun 22, 2009, Ask Skip: A boat that won't sink?
In response to my article "How to sink a boat in one easy step," a reader commented...
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Jun 22, 2009, Dragon boat season splashes off in Flushing
Twenty Goldman Sachs employees in life vests are wet with sweat and lake water, paddling furiously to the sound of a beating drum on Meadow Lake. They are spending their Sunday afternoon in...
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Jun 21, 2009, Sailing is not always an easy activity
It was over 30 years ago that I gave my son his first sailing lesson. It resulted in him having a prolonged bout of hiccoughs brought on by excessive amounts of laughing...
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Jun 21, 2009, Sailing crown prince Ainslie toppled in Isle of Wight
Britain’s crown prince of sailing, quadruple Olympic medallist Ben Ainslie, was toppled yesterday in a Round the Island race slowed by light winds as 1,750 starters tackled the...
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Jun 21, 2009, Sailing: Zubari sails to gold medal in Tel Aviv
After picking up medals at last year's Olympic Games and World Championships, Shahar Zubari added European Championship goldmedal honors to his ever growing resume on Saturday...
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Jun 21, 2009, A perfect day's sailing on Sydney Harbour - Audi Winter Series
After a very wet, rainy and cold week in Sydney, Race Eight of the Audi Winter Series 2009 turned out to be a perfect day’s sailing after a small delay...
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Jun 21, 2009, Freighter sinks replica of Ming Dynasty Chinese sailing junk near Taiwan, sailors rescued
HONOLULU — A replica of a Ming Dynasty Chinese sailing ship sank off the coast of Taiwan after it was rammed by a freighter, but its sailors were...
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Jun 19, 2009, U.S. Military Tracking North Korean Ship Suspected of Proliferating Missiles, Nukes
The U.S. military is tracking a flagged North Korean ship suspected of proliferating weapons material in violation of a U.N. Security Council resolution passed last Friday, FOX News has learned...
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Jun 19, 2009, Boat Adapted for Disabled Fisherman
SOUTH BRISTOL (NEWS CENTER) -- Patrick Simmons may have a disability, but he also likes to enjoy life. Simmons is a quadriplegic who lost the use of his legs and much of his arm and hand function in a car accident when he was in college...
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Jun 19, 2009, New sailing programme for kids
A NEW programme that will train aspiring sailors has been launched by the Singapore Sailing Federation (SSF)...
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Jun 19, 2009, Morning Light Sailing Movie and TransPac 2009
Contenders large and small are readying for this year's TransPac sailing race, ranging in design extremes from the ultra-modern Reichel Pugh yacht Alfa Romeo, to Lynx, a traditional tall ship...
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