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On the Water / News & Events
Brunswick Found Liable for Propeller Accident
Apr 7, 2010Ho-boy, the floodgates have been opened for idiotic law suits galore, because Brunswick has been found liable (partially, anyway), for a propeller injury accident that took place back in 2005. Here’s the scoop, as told in Boating Industry News (read their article here: http://www.boating-industry.com/output.cfm?id=2485225this) this morning: an 18 year-old named Jacob Brochtrup was wakeboarding with three friends. When the tow [...] …Read More
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On the Water / Entertainment
New Vidcast: On Charter in Norway
Apr 7, 2010href="http://www.charterwave.com/find-a-broker/reputable-brokers.html" target="_blank">reputable charter broker …Read More
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On the Water / News & Events
Jury Finds Mfr Liable In Prop Accident
Apr 6, 2010Yesterday a federal jury found a boat manufacturer — Brunswick — partially liable in a 2005 prop-injury accident which severed a teenager's leg. The accident occurred on Lake Austin in 2005. According to the American Statesman newspaper, Brunswick was ordered to pay 3.8 million in me …Read More
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On the Water / Entertainment
New Motoryacht in Greek Charter Market
Apr 6, 2010href="http://www.charterwave.com/find-a-broker/reputable-brokers.html" target="_blank">reputable charter broker …Read More
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On the Water / News & Events
Gizmo holed, for a sonar summer
Apr 6, 2010href="http://www.panbo.com/assets_c/2010/04/Gizmo_April10_OceanLED_install_cPanbo-1959.html"> …Read More
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On the Water / Fishing
Rigging for Tautog Fishing
Apr 5, 2010Rigging for tautog fishing is unlike any other form of bottom fishing. Since I had the chance to fish with a serious die-hard last week, John Unkart (the author of a how-to fishing book, Offshore Pursuit, at www.getgup.com) and get his rigging tips, I thought I’d pass them along. Green crab is the favored tog bait. [...] …Read More
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On the Water / Entertainment
BVI Sailing Cat's Calendar Nearly Full
Apr 5, 2010href="http://www.charterwave.com/find-a-broker/reputable-brokers.html" target="_blank">reputable charter broker …Read More
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On the Water / News & Events
Hurts So Good, This Ocean
Apr 4, 2010Carol Reed crossing the Pacific. Photo by Clipper Ventures So I made a wisecrack about how Qingdao-to-San Francisco, crossing the North Pacific in winter storms, would not be the leg for little old me, and Zoe Williamson shot right back, “Having done the full-circle navigation, that’s the one leg I wouldn’t let anyone take away. [...] …Read More
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On the Water / News & Events
Steve Jobs, listen up!
Apr 3, 2010href="http://www.panbo.com/assets_c/2010/04/iNavX_Navimatics_iPad-1943.html"> …Read More
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On the Water / News & Events
Second Sunreef 70 Expedition Power Cat Launched
Apr 2, 2010Sunreef Yachts said today it has launched the second in the expedition series of 70 Power Catamarans; this one named ONDIN and sold to a Chilean couple who plan to explore Patagonia. The long-range yacht will depart the shipyard in Gdansk soon and make a transatlantic passage, followed by a Panama Canal transit and final [...] …Read More