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SailStudy.com New Sailing Wiki
Mike, a recent visitor to my site contacted me via email and we began chatting about boats (really!), repairs, etc. He commented how he has a big book of articles and notes for various repair jobs, but thought it would be nice if there was an online resource. That sparked the old brain and I [...]
Cuba May Be Opening For Biz?
Top of Yahoo this a.m. - Fidel says he would talk to Obama. Maybe, after all the mutterings, an end to the sanctions is near? Being born in 1969, I guess I’m a little “young” to understand (or care about) the bad blood between the U.S. and Cuba. The old timey Cuban posters make it look [...]
Solar Power Game-Changer
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. By developing a new antireflective coating that boosts the amount of sunlight captured by solar panels and allows those panels to absorb the entire solar spectrum from nearly any angle, the research team has moved [...]
Disturbing: A Strange Case of Justice
At approximately 9:30 p.m. on April 29, 2006, five friends on a 27-foot O’Day were sailing on California’s Clear Lake. It was a dark, almost moonless night with barely a hint of wind. The sailboat was ghosting through the water when a 24-foot Baja Outlaw with three people aboard sped through the darkness and struck the sailboat’s starboard stern quarter. After a brief investigation by the Lake County Sheriff ’s Department, 39-year-old Bismark Dinius, who had been at the helm of the sailboat, was charged with manslaughter and now faces up to four years in jail. The driver of the powerboat, Deputy Sheriff Russell Perdock, was not charged. Perdock is the number two official at the Lake County Sheriff ’s Department. If you think there’s a story here, you’re right. And the story is still unfolding…CLICK “CONTINUE READING” FOR LINK TO FULL ARTICLE.
INTERNATIONAL Talk Like A Pirate Day!
YAARRRRR! Today is the day! All across the globe people will be talking …
Even 350 Miles Away, Ike Jacks Our Tides
9:00 a.m. Gulfport, Florida, high tide. Driving down to the marina to check out an expected two to three feet above normal high tide, I’m stopped halfway down 29th st, my normal route to the marina. The road is flooded. If I had a Humscalade or other monster earth wrecking vehicle I may have made [...]
An Incredible Story of Love, Sailing and An Island
An amazing and inspiring story about a lifetime of sailing. In a desperate attempt to cross the pacific ocean from Panama to Australia, John Caldwell reunites with his wife and begins a life of sailing.
Article from the Citrus County Chronicle. There site is sort of a mess so I’m trying to post the entire story in [...]
Did Fossett Fake His Death?
Hmmm. It seemed stranged that one of the largest rescue efforts in the nation never found any evidence of missing adventurer-rich-dude Steve Fossett. The Mega-Rich can have personal problems like everyone else - maybe he needed to disappear. Seems like it would be difficult to remain incognito after you’ve been on the cover of tons [...]
