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Running on fumes

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The 'Nada' sailboat sailed from Destin, FL to the Isla Mujers in the Yucatan. The crew failed to get a favorable wind due to a navigational error. They also encountered a 2- to 3-knot current that cut the boat speed down to 3 to 4 knots over the bottom.

Author: Calder, Nigel
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 1999

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Bahamian racing madness

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The National Family Island Regatta is held yearly in George-Town, Exumas, Bahamas. Sailors use traditional 28-foot wooden fishing sloops with 60-foot unstayed masts, negligible ballast, a 30-foot boom, and 16 crew.

Author: Calder, Nigel
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2003
Bahamas, Competitions, Sailboats

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Coastal cruising: a delivery run

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A personal account of the delivery of a Pacific Seacraft 40 from Annapolis, Maryland, to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, using the Intracoastal Waterway is presented.

Author: Calder, Nigel
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2000
Travel, Intracoastal waterways

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