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    The Spirit 28

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    Allied Boat Company

    Builder of the Seawind and other legends The Allied Boat Company established its building site on Catskill Creek in Catskill, N.Y., 100 miles north of New York City. Just off the Hudson River, it was ...

    Dan Smith
    January 1, 1999
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    A Unit of Water A Unit of Time: Book Review

    Douglas Whynott spends June 1996 to July 1997 observing events at the Brooklin Boat Yard in Maine. It turns out to be a significant year for observation, and he weaves a detailed tapestry of the boatb...

    Karen Larson
    January 1, 1999
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    Sweet Waters: Book Review

    Susan Peterson Gateley of Silver Waters Sailing/Whiskey Hill Press has a new book out on Lake Ontario — Sweet Waters, Tales of Fishing, Sailing, Romance and Adventure, with a special photo suppl...

    Karen Larson
    January 1, 1999
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    WATER CRAFT MAGAZINE

    Not on AMAZON (SIX ISSUES USA $38US; CANADA $39.50) REVIEWED BY JERRY POWLAS Water Craft magazine is a little different. It is a publication from “across the pond” that has all the mystiqu...

    Jerry Powlas
    January 1, 1999
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    Yacht Design Explained: Book Review

    Why do some yachts have long overhangs and sharp ends while others have plumb bows and very broad sterns? In Yacht Design Explained, Steve Killing and Douglas Hunter explain how different racing handi...

    Jerry Powlas
    January 1, 1999
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    The Compass Book: Book Review

     A while ago and some miles off Los Angeles Light, I was sitting in my boat with water over my shoes watching the remains of a breaking sea trickle out of the cockpit footwell. I remembered that dog h...

    Robert Chave
    January 1, 1999
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    Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: Book Review

     Another little gem which has crossed our desks in recent weeks is a revised version of John Rousmaniere’s Illustrated Dictionary of Boating Terms: 2000 Essential Terms for Sailors and Powerboat...

    Karen Larson
    September 1, 1998
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    Cruising 101: Book Review

    If you ever wondered whether a long-term commitment to a small fiberglass home is for you, you’ll want to pick up Cruising 101: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Paradise by Amy Sullivan and Kevin Donnel...

    Karen Larson
    September 1, 1998
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    Dragged Aboard:Book Review

       Before we contacted Don Casey to invite him to get involved with our new magazine, we decided to take another look at his best-known book, This Old Boat. Unfortunately, our copy wasn’t w...

    Karen Larson
    September 1, 1998
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    Cruising Rules: Book Review

    Sailors’ libraries are filled with every conceivable subject matter from dinghies to clipper ships – alcohol stoves to diesel engines, etc. but missing is a book to explain personal relati...

    The Editors
    June 1, 1998
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