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The story behind the number: consider this before you read another 'boat test'

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Evaluations of boat performance is not based entirely on hull design. Sea conditions, location and air temperature affects the speed and performance of a boat. Alterations in the center of gravity of ships with similar hulls and minute changes in propeller design also affect ship performance.

Author: Coyle, Jay
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1997
Research, Testing, Hulls (Naval architecture), Propellers

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Zero tolerance: in the boating world, opposites really can, and should, attract

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Recreational sailors and powerboaters have unfavorable images of each other, but in reality both groups have their personality faults. Sailors are too indolent and powerboaters are too impatient. Both groups need more tolerance for the the other.

Author: Coyle, Jay
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 1995
Social aspects, Sailing

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Friendly advice: our behavior in the Bahamas should be as nice as the views

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Large numbers of Americans visiting the Bahamas are failing to behave in an appropriate manner, with some openly flouting the laws on recreational fishing and lobster hunting.

Author: Coyle, Jay
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Yachting
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0043-9940
Year: 2001
Bahamas, Description and travel, Americans abroad, Americans in foreign countries

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