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Tips About san juan 21 sailboat

Sailing equipment is an important part of the purchase of a new or second-hand boat. It is one of those things where you can spend as much money as you wish on equipment for your new cruiser or sailing yacht, so you must give yourself a budget. Obviously, there is a set of essential equipment that all water goers must have, but then there are different sets of equipment required, dependent on whether you will be messing around locally or being more adventurous with long off-shore trips.
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Most monohulls larger than a dinghy require ballast, depending on the design ballast will be 20 to 50 percent of the displacement. The ballast is often integrated into their keels as large masses of lead or cast iron. This secures the ballast and gets it as low as possible to improve it's effectivness. External keels are cast in the shape of the keel. A monohull's keel is made effective by a combination of weight, depth and length.
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Make sure you are seen on the water. Even in bright, calm conditions a kayak can be nearly invisible. It is especially difficult for power-driven vessel and large vessel operators riding high in the water to see kayaks. Choose bright colours such as red, yellow or orange for your flotation device and kayak. Also, remember to keep signalling devices within hand�s reach in case of emergency.
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Boating, Sailing And Marine News

Marine Woman of the Year Award presented in Las Vegas

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 19:30:01 GMT

LAS VEGAS a ' The Darlene Briggs Marine Woman of the Year Award was recently presented to Ann Baldree, the national and international sales manager of Chaparral Boats and Robalo Boats in Nashville, Tenn.



Greece Cruising Guide - A Free, Online Resource For Sailors

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 22:15:39 +0200
The Greece Cruising Guide, a section on the free, online World Cruising and Sailing Wiki, has now developed into a VERY usable sailing resource along with many other well developed cruising guides for regions around the world. The World Cruising Wiki Cruising Guides are developed and written by cruisers, for cruisers. These Cruising Guides contain up-to-date information on countries, immigration and customs, world ports, marinas and yacht clubs, anchorages, approaches and navigation details, ocean passages and much more. World Cruising and Sailing Wiki

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Big Ketch From Venezuela/Grenada Northwards, share expenses, no experience required, start November.

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 16:08:03 +0200
We have an empty private cabin and are looking for an agreeable person or couple to help us sail back north, up the Windward Islands as far as Florida. You could join us now in Venezuela or later in Grenada. We want you to chip in on your groceries, about $50 US per week, and of course pay your own travel etcetera.

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Bowled over by Brunswick? Buy its bonds for high return, yields

Fri, 28 Nov 2008 22:48:34 GMT

Recent news from Brunswick Corporation has been virtually all negative. A major drop-off in the company's boat business, sagging sales of its marine engine unit, apparent dissatisfaction among company employees ...



Sailing Crew needed - N Z To Fiji May 08

Sat, 3 May 2008 16:27:09 +0200
1/ Boat; 46 foot Alloy swing keel GARCIA Sloop, Rolls Royce of cruising yachts, fully equiped with everything & everything works perfectly; launched 2001

2/ Depart; from Wangerai NZ, you join boat there, we arrive Savu Savu Fiji. you leave the boat there (and so do I) I need one other person only, so total on board will be 2. I will need help with putting all the sails and gear back into order on the boat and taking them off at the other end as the boat is laid up on the ground now and will be left the same way in Fiji. this takes about 2 casual days.

3/ Crew; is responsible for travel expenses to and from port of arrival and port of departure

4/ Trip duration; 7 to 9 days, departure date betwean may 7 and 12 weather permitting

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