On the Water
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On the Water / News & EventsFollow the Science On Ethanol
Apr 8, 2010Keeping on with the ethanol theme, I got an email from BoatUS today discussing the problems with the EPA’s possible approval of E15 gasoline. Here is the link featuring the BoatUs position on E15. You already know mine. (If not, I think it’s a sham.) The email brought my attention to an organization both BoatUs and [...] …Read More
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On the Water / News & EventsTracking Plastic to the Source with Sealife Conservation
Apr 7, 2010Dave Robinson has a date with some trash under the Golden Gate this week. When? On the outgoing tide. …Read More
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On the Water / News & EventsPolaris Low on Horizon
Apr 7, 2010What could be finer than to wake up at Les Voiles de St. Barth (good mawnin’ tradewinds!) and find on top of my inbox a note from the Mayor’s office a few thousand miles away in San Francisco, advising that Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi has introduced a resolution to the Board of Supervisors, which goes on [...] …Read More
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On the Water / News & EventsA Closer Look at the New Krogen 52
Apr 7, 2010Kadey-Krogen’s recently announced 52′ is a classic example of a builder filling out a product line in specific response to customer demand. In this case, the company already had on offer its well-established 48′ and the new 55′ Expedition. The 55′ Expedition, however, is not really the “other” boat in this comparison — it’s the [...] …Read More
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On the Water / News & EventsShore power #1, Marinco GalvanAlert
Apr 7, 2010href="http://www.panbo.com/assets_c/2010/04/Marinco_GalvanAlert_on_Gizmo_cPanbo-1965.html"> …Read More
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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 & EventsJury 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 / EntertainmentNew 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 & EventsGizmo 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