Semiplaning boats can meet many needs bi13250971 The boatbuilding industry holds a trade show every year called the International BoatBuilders? Exhibition & Conference, or IBEX. Although there are few on display, the show floor filled vendors selling the stuff used to manufacture them ? fiberglass reinforcements, resins, electronics, windshields, seats and so on

Big Boats Move Into Top Handicap Places bi13250971 Grant Wharington's Queensland 98 footer, Wild Thing, has had a chequered Rolex Sydney Hobart history including a line honours win 2003, the latest to retire from racing, bringing the total number to three from 88 starters

Maine fishermen expect record prices for scallops bi13250971 Maine scallop fishermen expect to get record prices for catch season strong global demand and a diminished supply from Japan and other competing, scallop-producing nations

The seasonal work that part and parcel of Christmas bi13250971 For many the season of goodwill also the season of gainful employment. The Guardian's Work writers meet some people whose livelihoods help to make Christmas happy The shopping centre Santa Claus It's not easy being Santa. Yes, you get the adoration of millions of children around the world, and go on a record-breaking whisky and mince pie crawl once a year, but there are many parts of the job ..

A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens bi13250971 As a special treat to parents and young readers, the Times & Courier presents ?A Christmas Carol,? written by Charles Dickens, now the public domain and just as he penned December 1843

Team NZ confident despite speed gap bi13250971 Team New Zealand are confident they have the boat to win the Volvo Ocean Race, despite being unable to match the speed of the leading the short sprint to Abu Dhabi overnight.The final part of leg two was completed overnight..

Ocean race enters anti-piracy stealth zone bi13250971 Camper remains more than 120 nautical miles off the pace as the two leading the second leg of the Volvo Ocean Race fall off the public's radar

Friends abandon lakeside reunion after death bi13250971 The death of a 36-year-old man hit and killed by a boat being towed on a sea biscuit may spell the end of a traditional Christmas get-together for a group of close friends.Police have named the deceased Rotorua man as Andrew..

Volvo Ocean Race 2011/12: Groupama steal line honours as Abu Dhabi falter bi13250971 British skipper Ian Walker was unable to lead Abu Dhabi Racing to homecoming win as Groupama beat rivals Telefonica

Iran Saber-Rattling: Can Tehran Really Close the Strait of Hormuz? bi13250971 Since doesn't have nuclear weapons yet, Iran playing the lone trump card hand: threatening to shut down the Strait of Hormuz through Persian Gulf oil flows to fuel much of the world's economy. Iranian navy chief Admiral Habibollah Sayyari told state television Wednesday that would be "very easy" for forces to shut down the chokepoint. "Iran has comprehensive control ..

Iran and oil: The year of living dangerously | Jon Talton bi13250971 A reader asks Iran can block the Strait of Hormuz, the narrows between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, though approximately a third of the world's seaborne oil passes? The answer is, yes

Carl Safina: Enough Duck Shooting bi13250971 Unlike deer hunting, benefits people, the land, and the surviving deer, no justification for duck hunting rings true

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