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CT Spring Boat Show Box
Juniors

Sailing Fitness in the Off-Season

By Chris Szepessy

Sailing Fitness in the Off-Season

Temperatures hover around freezing, the daylight hours are short and those sailing boots have most likely been pushed to the farthest depths of your closet. By now, most boats are hibernating safely in the garage or basement. Yes, it’s winter, but that doesn’t mean you can’t stay in “sailing shape” during the off-season…and it might be easier than you think!

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Sound Environment

Seas of Change: The Restoration of Ecosystem Services at Stratford Point

By Benjamin Cesare

Seas of Change: The Restoration of Ecosystem Services at Stratford Point

by JENNIFER MATTEI, MARK BEEKEY AND JOHN RAPAGLIA  Over geologic history, the seas have risen and fallen, following the decline or increase in the volume of the world’s glaciers and ice caps. Currently, glaciers are melting, ocean temperatures are increasing and seas are rising at an accelerated rate. People living by the sea have attempted to block rising waters and prevent subsequent coastal erosion by armoring the shoreline. One method of armoring the shoreline is building a seawall….

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Coop's Corner

A Glimpse of Pitcairn

By Joe Cooper

A Glimpse of Pitcairn

In late July of 1999, I had what some might call the good fortune to be among the few in the world who have seen Pitcairn in the flesh. I was accompanying the yacht I was the master of, on a steamer, sailing from New Zealand to the U.S. and we passed by within the proverbial biscuit toss of this infamous island.

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Letters

Letters – December 2013

By Benjamin Cesare

Letters – December 2013

Charting a New Course: A Response to NOAA Discontinuing Lithograph Charts A lot is being written about the “crisis” over NOAA ceasing lithograph nautical chart production. This decision was as inevitable as the decline of the horse and buggy as a primary form of transportation. It’s simply a story of obsolete technology. The reality is, most of the NOAA charts sold over the past 10 years have been Print-on-Demand (POD) charts. Starting in 2000, NOAA partnered with…

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