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Vik’s Greatest Summer Ever Ends
One of the big lessons that Vik learned during his summer of cruising in the Med and Adriatic is that Eastern European girls “love to pose.”© 2008 Andrew Vik Some of you will remember that San Franciscan Andrew Vik, who is actually "36 going on 26", not 26 as we previously reported, is the third…
Piracy Doesn’t Always Pay
While more than 150 people and 15 ships are being held hostage by Somalian pirates, two French yachties are now free. Jean-Yves and Bernadette Delanne were delivering the 50-ft Carre d’As from Australia to France when they were attacked by pirates on September 2. Their captors demanded $1 million and the release of six Somali…
Lowell Leaves Little Damage; Ike Thrashes Texas
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Eight Bells – Olin Stephens
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Big Boat Series Recap
John Kilroy Jr.’s Samba Pa Ti smokin’ past Alcatraz on the way to a hard-fought win in IRC A. latitude/Rob© Latitude 38 Media, LLC The 2008 Rolex Big Boat Series is in the books, and after four days and seven races, a lot of familiar names ended up at the top of the heap. With…