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    Boat-Building and Boating: Book Review

    Don’t you ever go out in that thing again!” So screeched my mother that spring day in 1949 when I first paddled my recently constructed “umbrella canoe” and returned soaked and...

    Merrill Hall
    March 1, 2002
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    Nautical Almanac 2002 Commercial Edition: Book Review

    This is the yearly presentation of data used for astronomical navigation at sea. Except for 27 pages of ads, it contains the same data and format as the edition produced by Her Majesty’s Nautica...

    Merrill Hall
    March 1, 2002
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    Navigation Rules International-Inland: Book Review

    Everyone talks about the rules, but nobody does anything about them. If you’re about to head to sea and you haven’t memorized all the rules, lights, sound signals, and dayshapes, you may b...

    Merrill Hall
    March 1, 2002
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