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Tide tactics: working with the ebb and flow.

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Information about how to improve performance in a race or increase cruising speed by working, along with the tidal currents is presented. The importance of proper utilization of time and tide, tidal currents in channels, wind effects and tide tactics to increase speed are detailed.

Author: Hyatt, Jason
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
Evaluation, Tidal currents

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Weather & Sea: Dead water

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Fridtjof Nansen discusses the conditions experienced while tracking the ice drift across the Artic in 1893, which he described as dead water. Dead water conditions can occur when the wind is calm, the sea is smooth, and less-dense surface water is overlying denser water.

Author: Hyatt, Jason
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
Personal narratives, Sailing, Nansen, Fridtjof

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Fun and the games

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The cruisers heading to Athens can watch the Summer Olympics to be held there in 2004. It is suggested that they should beware that the prices for the Olympics accommodation and other basic things will continue to rise in Athens until the games are over.

Author: Istvan, Zoltan
Publisher: Primedia Enterprises, Inc.
Publication Name: Sail
Subject: Sports and fitness
ISSN: 0036-2700
Year: 2004
Forecasts, trends, outlooks, Forecasts and trends, Market trend/market analysis, Olympics

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