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iPhone apps for sailors
August 6th, 2010 | News | Michael James | 1 Comment
By Susannah Palk for CNN http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/mobile/08/06/sailing.iphone.apps/index.html 1. iNavX Marine Navigation $49.99 Highly rated by users, iNavX is an all-in-one navigational program, providing detailed maps and high-quality charting features including GRIB weather display and waypoint (navigation reference points in space) and track plotting. If you are sailing in the U.S. this app can be very useful, [...]
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Tips on how to try sailing (DiscoverBoating.com)
August 6th, 2010 | News | Michael James | No Comments
Media Contact: Dana Fennewald 312.946.6256 312.946.6256 dfennewald@nmma.org Beat the Heat with Easy Ways to Cool Off on the Water Boating experts offer convenient, affordable options to get feet wet this summer As summer heats up and temperatures rise, Discover Boating, the non-profit awareness program for the U.S. recreational boating industry, has affordable tips to help [...]
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THE HOTTEST 40 FOOTER IN NORTH AMERICA?
August 4th, 2010 | News, Sail, Seatrials & design reviews | Michael James | No Comments
In the past month, J/122s have won both the Chicago-Mac Race and the Doublehanded Mac Race, plus division wins in the Bayview-Mac, NYYC Rolex IRC Nationals and IRC Great Lakes. All this and the second class North American championship in Newport. For a great all-around race, cruise and just plain fun boat, check out the [...]
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New Debuts at the Annapolis Boat Show
August 3rd, 2010 | News | Michael James | No Comments
Annapolis Boat Show: October 7-11, 2010 Beneteau Sense 50 J Boats J/111 Beneteau Oceanis 58 Beneteau First 30 Beneteau First 35 ARE YOU PLANNING TO ATTEND THIS YEAR’S BOAT SHOW? Please RSVP if you plan to be at the show Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday. We would love to meet with you and provide you [...]
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Beneteau 34 #39 Has Arrived in St. Pete, FL
July 30th, 2010 | News, Sail | Michael James | No Comments
Our latest Beneteau 34 has recently arrived in St. Pete to be commissioned for her new owner. The B34 is a fantastic and fun to boat to sail and cruise. Beneteau hit the numbers right on with this design. Please contact us to see the new design while she is in St. Pete. OUR BENETEAU 34 [...]
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Discover Boating 'Makes Waves' with New Facebook Game
July 29th, 2010 | News | Michael James | No Comments
Discover Boating recently launched a series of online games, titled Making Waves, to put at-home current and potential boaters and outdoor enthusiasts in the virtual captain’s chair to experience the fun of life on the water. Placing the game within the U.S. Facebook network of 120-150 million users, or approximately 40 percent of the U.S. [...]
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Motion Sickness and Biofeedback (reprinted from Scuttlebutt)
July 29th, 2010 | News | Michael James | No Comments
Motion sickness, to quote Dr. Patricia S. Cowings, of NASA’s Ames Research Center, “won’t kill you – you just wish it would.” She and a colleague have discovered that a regimen of biofeedback training is more effective than even the powerful anti-nausea drugs given to NASA astronauts – some 50 percent of whom suffer from [...]
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10 BEST PLACES TO LIVE AND BOAT (reprinted from boatingmag.com)
July 21st, 2010 | News | Michael James | No Comments
Somewhere the grass is always greener and the water always bluer. The question: Don’t such thoughts have more to do with fantasy than reality? Maybe not. Boating Magazine investigated boating communities throughout the country, looking for the variety of boating opportunities, boat-friendly regulations, water access, availability of waterfront homes, health of the local economy and [...]
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Beneteau Sense
July 20th, 2010 | News, Sail | Michael James | 2 Comments
Give full expression to all your senses, beginning with the pleasure of living on board a contemporary yacht with a totally innovative design. One does not need to be a great sailor to enjoy the happiness of life at sea and discover new horizons; sense is moving the boundaries of pleasure. From stem to stern, [...]
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BOAT TEST:: 2010 Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 By Richard Thiel
July 12th, 2010 | News | Michael James | No Comments
BOAT TEST:: 2010 Beneteau Swift Trawler 34 By Richard Thiel Franco-American Beneteau introduces a single-engine cruiser that’s got some American soul. I admit to harboring a prejudice when it comes to single-diesel-engine cruising boats—I like ‘em. Maybe it’s because I do most of my boating in New England where there are a lot of [...]
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