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The new 'Chez Nous.'

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A sailboat enthusiast relates the difficulties in transferring and adopting to a bigger Gulf Star boat after using the previous one for 20 years. Disappointments with the new boat, which is actually older than the previous boat, include a malfunctioning main sail and several leaks.

Author: Neale, Tom
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1999
Sailboats

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Freedom ain't free

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A man talks about the growing frequency of private boats being boarded by federal agents in search of drugs. He says that the Fourth Amendment which protects people on land does not apply to people at sea because of the government's right to protect its borders.

Author: Neale, Tom
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1997
Laws, regulations and rules, Searches and seizures, Boats and boating, Boating, Boats

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Live and let luff: like voodoo and other sorcery, "performance cruising" is best left to its own special sect of practitioners...

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Performance sailing or sailing fast and effectively may be fun for some people but there is nothing like a relaxed and slow cruise if you like long sea voyages. Moreover, performance cruising needs expensive equipment such as sails made of high-tech fabrics.

Author: Neale, Tom
Publisher: World Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Cruising World
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0098-3519
Year: 1998
Analysis, Ocean travel, Sailing

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