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• Somali Pirates Release Danish Cruising Family
• Three Generations of Boaters Save a Boat
• A Moment for Chubby Love
• FASTNET MEMORIES: With Don Street Aboard Iolaire
• WE LIVE ON A SCHOONER: By Elizabeth Jay Etnier
• ROUND ISLAND REGATTA: Lassen at Work
• HANS KLAAR: Released From Prison
• Why Use a Boat Broker?
• Excuse Me, It Takes a Sailor
• INSANE CLOWN POSSE: Is It Art? Or Is It Voytec?
• DEAD GUY: Edgar Thomas Cato
• Amazing
• Now That We Have a Hall of Fame
• Light the Candles
• TO THE SHORES OF TRIPOLI: Winning the War in Libya
• Schock Adding Logo'd Apparel
• Dick Simon Broker Profile
• MISSING (AND MISSED) PERSONS: Dickie Lemont, Mike Harker, Spike Perry
• Tiger Woods to Sell Yacht
• 14 AC Teams (?) & Umpiring Redux
• BAD NEWS FRIDAY: Japanese Tsunami, Danish Hostages, Dad
• TANTON 37: Lunacy's Alter Ego
• How a Few Cal 40s Transformed America’s Cup
• SAILING INTO DANGER: Pirates and Ice and Obama's Big Chance
• JAVIER MARTIN: Cruiser Wanted for Two Murders in Panama
• CHINA AFLOAT: Return to East Africa
• HANS KLAAR: Iconic Cruiser Jailed For Rape
• WAYNE'S WORLD: Sailing the Beneteau Sense 50
• ALESSANDRO DI BENEDETTO: Snags CCA Seamanship Award
• Round the World Records The Stan Honey How-To
• Broker Profile - Jordan Yachts
• POPPA NEUTRINO: Dead in the Big Easy
• CRAZY SINGLEHANDERS: The Special Men of God
• LAURA DEKKER: Return to St. Maarten
• RAW FAITH: Swan Song for a Mock Galleon
• CRUISE OF THE LANIKAI: FDR's Sacrificial Pawn
• 41 Years in the Saddle
• Lats & Atts TV for Christmas
• Remote Control Model Boats, Barbie Dolls, and 40-MPH
• VIDEO: Underwater Free Swimming Blue Marlin
• The Mighty Aphrodite
• POPPA NEUTRINO: Raft Wreck on Lake Champlain
• A Functional and Safe Leisure Object
• A New World Record
• Honoring Frank Butler at Annapolis Boat Show
• JOHN LENNON: Bluewater Sailor
• Buccaneer Days Catalina Island
• DEAD GUYS: Chuck Husick and Dodge Morgan
• World Sailor Nominees
• Brad Van Liew Finishes TRANSAT in Prep for Velux 5 Oceans
• Nancy Cann Annapolis Broker Profile
• CHUCK PAINE: Hawking His Big Book
• Peligroso, Si. Danger, No
• The Torture Rack of Glory
• LAURA DEKKER: Sneaking Out of Gib
• Guardian Angels Apply Here
• Suddenly Lighter
• THE BOY, ME AND THE CAT: The First Snow Birds
• Season 5 of Lats & Atts TV
• LAURA DEKKER: Not Just Another Teen Record-Breaker?
• Alessandro di Benedetto ARRIVED: Non-Stop RTW Voyage in Smallest Boat Ever is Now Complete
• PLASTIKI RESCUED: Or Not
• UK Olympians Lead on Fluff, Too
• MIKE HARKER Update: Should Have Had A Gun?
• ROCKWELL KENT: Voyages to Greenland and Tierra del Fuego
• Hunter Marine's Mike Harker Beaten Senseless in St. Martin
• JOSHUA SLOCUM: His Family Cruise Aboard Liberdade
• A Daysail With Reid Stowe
• COMPREHENDING REID STOWE: Crucified on the Internet
• ABBY SUNDERLAND: Three-Ring Circus
• ABBY SUNDERLAND: Gone Fishing
• ABBY SUNDERLAND: Alive and Well
• ABBY SUNDERLAND: Alive and Well (Updated)
• ABBY SUNDERLAND: Lost at Sea
• COMPREHENDING REID STOWE: His Various Purposes
• No Record For Abby or Jessica?: More Teen Sailing Rumpus
• Comprehending Reid Stowe: Early Voyages & The Moitessier Factor
• Ann Davison: La Navigante Solitaria
• Tom Schock on Harbor 20
• Cruising Schock
• That Crazy Italian Guy
• TOO MUCH TEEN SPIRIT?
• Sir Robin Knox- Johnston
• GOLDEN GLOBE REVISITED
• THE LEGEND OF PLUMBELLY
• COOK STRAIT KNOCKDOWN
• TEEN SAILOR BUSTED
• THE MYSTERY OF JIM GRAY
• LONGEST SOLO VOYAGE
• WOUNDED BOATS (AND FOLK) IN BERMUDA
• OFF THE BOAT, BOY
• And Is This The Coolest Kiteboard Film Ever Made?
• Storm Warning!
• From FLIR Comes Night Vision You Can Afford
• iPhone for the Boat? Jeffrey Siegel of ActiveCaptain Says “Yes”
• REMEMBERING BILL CREALOCK
• Sea Bass Saver
• Yachtie Film Fest to Benefit Charity
• Before The Tourists Came
• Skiff Sailing on Steroids

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