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People and Boats: Opening doors

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Two cruisers in the Cook Islands describes their hardwork they had put across to complete the design and construction of their boat, named Red, which they used to return to Polynesia, revisit their friends, and learn more about their lives. Their ideal boat had a dedicated engine room and a machine shop, room for spares, and all the tools necessary to repair the boat far from professional facilities.

Author: Leonard, Beth, Starzinger, Evans
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2005

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Catamaran performance: Beating the rap

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An experience in designing cruising and racing catamaran named Eclipse is described. Eclipse is a 32-foot cruising catamaran was the only catamaran to stay close to the Farrier and Dragonfly trimarans in the UK's 50-mile Round the Island Race and second catamaran to finish and won her class by over an hour.

Author: Woods, Richard
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2005

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Equipment: Long-eye lessons

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One of the most fundamental navigational instruments that sailors prefer is a binocular, an invaluable instrument for locating landmarks and navigation aids and essentially two telescopes tied together. Some of the conditions that one should consider while buying marine binoculars are presented.

Author: Baldwin, Dave
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
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Subjects list: United States, Equipment and supplies, Practice, Design and construction, Sailboats, Boating industry, Sailors
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