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Sailing
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Looking for advice on a Christmas week sailing trip
My fiancé and I are interested in a bareboat sailing trip during the week between Christmas and New Year’s. I have done some research online about destinations, and while many sound appealing, it seems like we might be able to do this most inexpensively if we focus on the Florida Keys area. We will be traveling from the Boston area and would be most comfortable on a 30-36 foot boat (fianc...
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[Source: BMW Oracle] The New York Supreme Court has moved the 33rd America’s Cup match another significant step closer to be being sailed under the normal, fair rules of sailing.Justice Shirley Kornreich has adopted the unanimous recommendations made by the Expert Panel which took testimony from both Golden Gate Yacht Club and the defending Société Nautique de Geneve in New York on November 7, 2009.“This is victory for fair rules and common...
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From blogger.com
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Take a free 7-day Caribbean adventure sailing vacation for two in the British Virgin Islands aboard a 51 foot sailboat with a private captain. Contest drawing to be held during halftime of Super Bowl XLIV on February 7th, 2010!
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From michiganpr.net
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Types
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==Types==
==Types==
See|Sail-plan#Types_of_ships
See|Sail-plan#Types_of_ships
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At present, a great number of sailboat-types may be distinguished. Apart from size, sailboats may be distinguished by a hull configuration ([[monohull]], [[catamaran]], [[trimaran]]), keel type (full, fin, wing...
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From en.wikipedia.org
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The BMW Oracle team has packed up and left San Diego in preparation for moving to the America's Cup February venue, leaving behind some great video of flying hull under that immense fixed wing sail. Apparently even in only 6-7 knots of wind, the huge trimaran rises up with only the leeward ama still in the water. Here's a brief video showing the trimaran flying hull, and here's a longer video showing the boat maneuvering all over San Diego...
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