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Avoiding Costly Boating MistakesIt's critical to learn from the mistakes of other boaters.
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[August 27, 2009]Our Ten (Once) Secret Spots 1Given a week off and a command to boat somewhere quiet, here's where you'd find our editors.
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[June 10, 2009]Great Loop Blog: Small Boat, Big Summer 2Follow along with two sisters as they travel the Great Loop in a 16-foot Duroboat.
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[April 8, 2009]The Other Side of the Cleat 6A weekend in Washington's Roche Harbor is 48 hours of pure pleasure — unless you happen to be working.
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[January 20, 2009]Lake James, North CarolinaTravel with us as we visit the sometimes overlooked Lake James in North Carolina.
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[November 3, 2008]Sanibel Island, Florida 1The tropical aura isn’t the chief reason Sanibel is so popular within boating’s inner circle. There’s more to it — rooms and restaurants practically on top of the marina, and easy boat access to protected water. But the atmosphere does explain why the island is a favorite in the larger scope of the nation’s recreational boaters.
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[June 27, 2008]Harbor Springs, MichiganIt's a weekday in late June, and in the grass not too far from the waterfront of Little Traverse Bay kids are snatching fireflies and giving them temporary homes in jars. Two couples sit at a picnic table, sipping sodas — correction, this is Michigan, so they're sipping "pops."
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[June 19, 2008]Orange Beach, Alabama 2Unless you live near the Gulf Shores region of Alabama, the thought of boating in the state probably includes mental images of sticky summers and bass boats. It might be surprising to find out that families who can’t decide between a beach vacation and time on the boat often wind up in a nautical Alabama haven called Orange Beach.
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[May 6, 2008]ExplorathonToo many people had too much fun on this boat-fish-snorkle-Sea-Doo fest to not tell the story.
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[May 6, 2008]Livin' on Sponge CakeTarpon Springs was founded on the shores of the Anclote River in 1887 by Greek sponge divers and their families. The sponge industry thrived in the settlement until 1940, when sponges were wiped out by a bacterial infestation. It wasn’t until nearly 40 years later in the 1980s when divers began to find healthy sponges again.




