Boating & Sailing

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IEEE Spectrum February 2013 Ariel Bleicher	PlanetSolar's Christian Ochsenbein Sails the Seas on Sunshine Christian Ochsenbein was the engineer on board the only solar boat to circumnavigate the globe
AskMen.com James Bassil	Volvo Ocean Race The Volvo Ocean Race is the world's premier sailing competition -- and it's most punishing.
Outside June 2010	Haiti Earthquake Relief Sailing post-earthquake aid to Haiti as part of an ad hoc group seemed like an urgent -- and adventuresome -- opportunity. One out of two ain't bad.
Outside April 2010 Wells Tower	Vogalooooonga Ah, Venice, city of love -- and site of one of the world's largest, goofiest rowing regattas, where anybody is welcome to paddle anything through the storied canals for 19 glorious, grueling miles.
Popular Mechanics March 2010 T. Edward Nickens	How to Catch Big Game Fish -- From a Kayak According to the Paddlesports Industry Association, kayak fishing is the fastest growing segment of human-powered water recreation.
Real Travel Adventures March 2010 Bob Brown	The Smallest Powerboat to Cross the North Atlantic The journey from Canada to Greenland was in jepardy from the get-go. We left in strong opposing curents, strong winds, and big seas.
Popular Mechanics January 2010	How to Cross the Atlantic in a Rowboat--Alone Katie Spotz's quest to become the youngest person ever to row solo across the Atlantic Ocean seems a little odd. But she's doing it for a cause -- and with a plan.
Popular Mechanics January 11, 2010 Joe Pappalardo	Boat Maker of Choice for Drug Smugglers Now Marketing to Cops Cigarette Racing Team this week announced that it will be marketing high-end speedboats to military and law enforcement customers.
Popular Mechanics January 8, 2010 Chris Maag	Anti-Whaling Captain Reflects on True Cost of Collision This week's face-off between whalers and anti-whaling activists in the Antarctic Ocean was seemed like a deep-sea battle straight out of a comic book. But the collision sent one of the most unique boats around to the bottom of the Antarctic Ocean.
Popular Mechanics October 7, 2009 Tyghe Trimble	The Backwater DIY Electric Boat Marathon The Wye Island Marathon is located on the east side of the Bay Bridge by St. Michael's, Maryland, where the Wye River meets the Chesapeake Bay.
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