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• Wild Oats dominance under threat

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 645
  WILD Oats XIs dominance of the Sydney to Hobart race - a remarkable four consecutive wins - is expected to come under threat by a combination of late repairs to its keel, unfavorable weather and the presence of several...
  8 hours ago

• Wild Oats dominance under threat

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 645
  WILD Oats XIs dominance of the Sydney to Hobart race - a remarkable four consecutive wins - is expected to come under threat by a combination of late repairs to its keel, unfavorable weather and the presence of several...
  12 hours ago

• Merry Christmas and happy holidays to all our readers and contributors!

  
  intheboatshed.net intheboatshed.net — Authority: 422
  I saw three ships, from Walter Crane’s beautifully illustrated book of 1900, Baby’s Opera Merry Christmas and happy holidays everyone. Thanks to all of you – those who follow this weblog, and particularly to the kind souls who have contributed so generously to its content. We hope you all enjoy the ...
  13 hours ago

• My Exclusive Journeys Luxury Latin America Tours

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  My Exclusive Journeys, a new tour operator based in Miami, is introducing affordable luxury trips to Central and South America, including Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador and Peru. Jaime Alvarez, president of My Exclusive Journeys, has 30 years of experience in Latin American travel, as a tour operator, ...
  13 hours ago

• Race greats amazed at growth of big event

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 456
  One of the legendary names associated with the Sydney to Hobart says the massive modern day event is a different sport altogether to the one he graced in its early years. Trygve Halvorsen who along with his brother Magnus, were overall winners of the Hobart on five occasions, are involved in the lead-up to the start ...
  16 hours ago

• Sydney-Hobart set to start under a southerly

  
  The Roar - Your Sports Opinion — Authority: 456
  A race record is unlikely in this year’s Sydney to Hobart, but a spinnaker start is likely for the star-studded fleet. The skippers of the 100 boats receive the latest weather information at two separate race briefings at the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia (CYCA) on Friday morning. After contrasting weather ...
  16 hours ago

• Experts devise bang-up cracker formula

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  British researchers say they have devised a guaranteed method of pulling crackers, to avoid disappointment at the dinner table this Christmas. The researchers say the method for always winning the long end of the cracker, and therefore the prize inside, is in the angle that you grip it. They have released a ...
  1 day ago

• New Hotels In Qantas Holidays

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  Fantastic Offers, New Tours And New Hotels In Qantas Holidays’ 2010/11 Australia And New Zealand Brochure Qantas Holidays (www.qantasholidays.co.uk Tel 020 8222 9124) has introduced a whole raft of special offers, new tours and new hotels to their 2010/11 Australia & New Zealand brochure, offering travellers ...
  1 day ago

• Update on 14-year old sailor Laura Dekker

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Europe , Netherlands , News Yesterday we posted a story about 14-year old Laura Dekker, a Dutch girl who has dreams of sailing solo around the world in an attempt to claim the title of youngest person to achieve that goal. Several months back, the Dutch government ruled that she would have to ...
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• My Old Man and The Sea

  
  The Nervous Breakdown — Authority: 598
  Sometimes Zara Potts wishes she could have a father who does normal things. When he tells her that he is planning on running away to sea with just a cat called Scratcher for company, she offers to give him a hundred dollars to help kick start his mission. Then she wonders just how her father and his pussycat will fare ...
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• Turks and Caicos’ Northwest Point Discount, Free Car

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  Northwest Point Resort, an all-suite property on the pristine Northwest beach in the Turks and Caicos Islands is offering 40 percent off its best-available rates and a free car for bookings made until April 15. The promotion also includes 25 percent off on diving, special deals on snorkel trips and can be applied to ...
  1 day ago

• Discounts On Trips to Central America

  
  Jetsettersblog — Authority: 159
  Aventouras CONTACT: John Watson TEL: 800-930-2846 E-MAIL: info@aventouras.com WEB: www.aventouras.com Aventouras’ sustainable adventure trips take travelers off the beaten path to areas that many tourists often miss in Costa Rica, Guatemala and Belize Aventouras, an award-winning company that specializes in ...
  1 day ago

• Laura Dekker Update: She Stays With Dad, Prepares To Sail

  
  The Adventure Blog — Authority: 561
  More breaking news today on Laura Dekker, the 14-year old Dutch girl who has big plans to sail solo around the world. This past weekend, the teenager made headlines when she disappeared from Holland and turned up in St. Maarten , an island that falls in the Dutch Antilles of the Caribbean. A local there spotted her ...
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• New spat arises between Cup rivals

  
  Shanghai Daily: Latest News — Authority: 645
  AFTER fighting in court for more than two years over rules, dates and ports, the bitter Americas Cup rivals heading for a February showdown in giant multihulls are now tussling over sails. Challenger BMW Oracle...
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• Vera Lynn records interview for Snowbow documentary on Arctic Convoys

  
  For Argyll — Authority: 443
  The ever resourceful Des Cox, who left sixties’ rock stardom (and the partying) for a career in film production has experienced yet another of the strange coincidence of good fortune that seem to accompany his making of a documentary on the Arctic Convoys.Because of her association with keeping the national spirit ...
  1 day ago

• Smooth sailing for pre-Christmas getaway -- mostly

  
  The Washington Post — Authority: 947
  The holiday spirit seemed in short supply at the junctures where last-minute shoppers met drivers headed out of town, but other than near the malls and accident scenes, the weeklong exodus of an estimated 2.5 million holiday travelers was going smoothly less than 48 hours before Christmas.
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• UN imposes sanctions on Eritrea

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 164
  The UN Security Council imposes sanctions on Eritrea for aiding Islamic insurgents in Somalia. Originally posted here: UN imposes sanctions on Eritrea
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• Sharp fall in US new home sales

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 164
  Sales of new homes in the US plunged in November, casting fresh doubts about the housing market, figures show. Read the original here:  Sharp fall in US new home sales
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• RFR Samurai 200 sets on a luxuriously green sail

  
  The Design blog — Authority: 592
  With luxury cars losing their charm and sheen on cramped city roads, personal watercraft or yacht floating the sailors on the waves in utmost comfort have emerged as the new viable means of luxury transportation. Developed by the young designers, including Riccardo Delle Donne, Fabio Merzari, Raffaele Pennazzi, from ...
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• Teenage Hell-Raiser of the High Seas

  
  Wend Blog — Authority: 501
  You may have heard of Laura Dekker before. She’s a 14-year-old Dutch girl with hopes of becoming the youngest person to attempt a solo circumnavigation of the globe. Concerned about her welfare, the Dutch government barred Dekker from beginning what it stated was an “undeniably daring and risky” voyage in order ...
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