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    HELP! Wedding Attire

    ]My Fellow Sailors; I need any and all advice you may have to offer. Here is the situation; My bride wants me to wear my uniform to our wedding. Our date is set for late August of 2010. Here is the problem; I can't decide which of my formal uniforms I want to wear. The real diffculty...
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    New To Norfolk (Virginia that is)

    Greetings All, As the title gives away, I've recently arrived in the Norfolk area. Ocean View/Willoughby Spit to be precise, and well to put it shortly, I need to find some guys (and gals) to sail with. Laser one designing or otherwise, if you need a bowman, that would be great too! I'm...
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    Moving to Norfolk, needing to race

    Greetings all; Today I just recieved my orders for this fall and I have been ordered to Norfolk VA. I was wondering what local fleets are active and where I can sail out of? If anybody has any advice I'd be very greatful. E-mail address is [email protected] Thanks for your time!
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    Pre-season fitness

    Pre Season fitness, time to shead that "winter coat" Ok guys, lets admit it, those of us who have been snow bound all winter are looking forward to the spring sailing season, which is right around the corner. But if your like me who just stepped on a scale yesterday and came to the...
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    Mainsheet/Traveller Blocks

    Now as we all know, these two blocks, with their sister clips can be a pain in the rear. If you tape them together at the sister clips, they are far more likely to get caught on the transom during jibes. However if you don’t tape them, they like to come undone at the least opportune moments. So...
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    Laser sailing in Diego Garcis

    As a Midshipman at the US Merchant Marine Academy, we are required to spend one year at sea. During my first tour I sailed aboard the USNS Shasta (T-AE 33) and had the honor to partake in Operation Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. And it was during this voyage I came to an island known as the...

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