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Gone fishing: quick-thinking anglers save six lives on the water

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Two men fishing the Connecticut River in a 60-hp Bas Tracker boat saw a seaplane fall into the river. A family of five and the pilot managed to get into the water ashe fishermen arrived. Quick action brought two small children aboard their board. About 20 rescue vessels arrived to help.

Author: Stepler, Richard
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1996
Personal narratives, Humor and anecdotes, Fishers (Persons), Rescue work, Aircraft accidents

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Speed school

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A boating enthusiast describes his training session on the Scarab at the Wellcraft Marine Offshore High Performance Boot Camp around islands off Florida's Gulf Coast. Prominent drivers have been hired by the school to train boaters in the safe handling of speedboats.

Author: Stepler, Richard
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1996
Services, Training, Motorboats, Genmar Industries Inc. Wellcraft Marine

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Blue highways: on the road with Boating, from New York City ot Los Angeles by water

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Boating writer David Seidman is planning a 5,000-mi boat trip across the US from northeast to southwest in a Sea Ray Sundancer 270. The route of the trip will include the Erie Canal, the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway.

Author: Stepler, Richard
Publisher: Hachette Filipacchi Magazines, Inc.
Publication Name: Boating
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0006-5374
Year: 1996
United States, Planning, Description and travel

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Subjects list: Editorial, Boats and boating, Boating, Boats
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