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    Robert Beringer

    Robert Beringer is a Florida-based free-lance marine journalist and photographer and a member of Boating Writers International. He learned to sail on the Great Lakes in a Hobie 16, holds a USCG 50-ton master’s license, and has logged more than 28,000 miles under sail. His first book, Water Power!, a collection of marine short stories, is available at Barnes & Noble.

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    The Dawn’s Peace

    Quiet morning moments on a boat bestow a tranquil richness Issue 149: March/April 2023 Is there any doubt that the best place to be in the world is on a boat first thing in the morning? Listen: For a ...

    Robert Beringer
    May 28, 2025
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    Book Review: Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway

    Graveyard of the Pacific: Shipwreck and Survival on America’s Deadliest Waterway by Randall Sullivan There are many North American inlets out there that at times can be difficult, even dangerous. I on...

    Robert Beringer
    January 10, 2024
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    Book Review: Empire of Ice and Stone, The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk

    It is a tale oft told, a bright and promising voyage of brave young people who sail off to conquer terra incognita, well equipped and well led, only to be taught cruel and tragic lessons by the extrem...

    Robert Beringer
    December 13, 2022
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    Book Review: High Latitude Sailing

    To the experienced sailors out there who have read the addictive narratives of Cook, Ross, Amundsen, and Shackleton, and who have dreamed of their own voyage to extreme latitudes, your book has been w...

    Robert Beringer
    April 14, 2021
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    Held Hostage in a Boatyard

    A couple of days’ work extends into an odyssey Issue 126: May/June 2019 Way in the back of the long-term storage lot where old boats go to die, I looked at my Catalina 34, Ukiyo, and thought of an ins...

    Robert Beringer
    May 1, 2019
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    The Trouble with Screws

    Trying to undo them exposes their stubborn side Issue 125: March/April 2019 The title of Henry James’ classic novel The Turn of the Screw is a metaphor for the stress felt by a governess in her strugg...

    Robert Beringer
    March 1, 2019
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