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Climate change

March 19th, 2013

Rapidly melting ice has already remade shipping possibilities in the Arctic. Over the past decade, commercial use of the Northern Sea Route during late summer has become commonplace, dramatically shortening the journey from Europe to the Far East.If present trends continue, though, the options for shipping goods across the Arctic will expand even more. According


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Edgartown Race Weekend

March 19th, 2013

The Edgartown Yacht Club has added an extra day to its 2013 Big Boat Buoy Races (BBBR), which were inaugurated in 2012 as a one-day partner event to the club’s famously popular ’Round the Island Race. Now the club, located on the renowned island retreat of Martha’s Vineyard, can offer three full days of racing


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Quote / Unquote

March 19th, 2013

“One of the biggest changes to an America’s Cup campaign since the introduction of the wing has been that instead of having to be ‘switched on’ from dock-out to dock-in as was the case with the old monohulls…you now are on full alert from the moment that wing rolls out the shed in the early


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Marine Conservation Grants

March 18th, 2013

In support of its ongoing efforts to improve and conserve the marine environment, West Marine is seeking applications for Marine



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