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A taste of oz

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A sailor describes his experience in sailing while learning about regional sailing conditions in preparation for their 750-nautical-mile coastal trip south to Sydney, Kingfisher Bay. Kingfisher Bay, at Fraser Island, the world's largest sand island is designated as a World Heritage Site because of its unique ecology-subtropical rain forest with contrasting remarkable physical formations called 'sandblows'.

Author: Holt, Jacqueline
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 2004
Australia, Environmental aspects, Sydney, Australia

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Reorienting in oriental

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Dave and Jaja Martin, two sailors describe their experience while halting at Oriental as a staging ground for their next route. Oriental, North Carolina is a place where many sailors halt to ride out a storm or make repairs, while others take their time to form and fabricate entirely new dreams.

Author: Smart, Jennifer
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 2004
North Carolina

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Belay that chart!

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Cruising enthusiasts often lose items of value while sailing. Examples are John and Gwen Thorpe who lost a sextant because it was accidentally thrown overboard and Karen and Pete Hendrick who lost their nautical chart because of a gust of wind.

Author: Smart, Jennifer
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
Personal narratives, Ocean travel, Sailing

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