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Sextants are obsolete relics, they said. Spending time studying celestial navigation or using paper charts and hand tools to plot your course is a silly pastime for dinosaurs, they said. We can rely on our phone to get around with confidence, by land and sea, and the entire world has
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The Young Cruisers Association makes waves around the world, from their annual Annapolis meetup each October to the "Floatchella" raft-up that started in The Bahamas and moved to points beyond. Members host real-world raft-ups, meetups, and even award ceremonies. Many are single while others are
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The phrase, “your ship has come in,” is used to refer to becoming successful or wealthy, and as you probably guessed, it used to have a literal meaning, when one’s ship came in to port, bringing with it goods to be sold and profits and riches to be made.
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Crocs, your favorite foam clogs, started out as boat shoes. Today, over 100 million pairs of Crocs are made each year. They’re an international sensation, and a favorite among celebrities like Heidi Klum, Diplo, Paris Hilton, and Al Pacino. CROX is even listed on the NASDAQ, with a peak
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$100 million worth of treasure sits locked inside a sinking ship, and under maritime law, a piece of the prize is there for the taking, for anyone brave enough (or crazy enough) to try to save it before it slips away. The crew of the cargo carrier Cougar Ace were
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132 Main Street is the home of the official Helly Hansen store in Annapolis – and if you miss that, just walk down three stores over to 118 Main Street, on the same block, where you will find a second Helly Hansen. To find out why there are two Helly Hansen
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Before “flexing” was flexing, there was Thornstein Veblen. He identified social signals and flexes long before Silicon Valley knew what a Patagonia sleeveless vest was, and certainly before executives ditched neckties for hoodies, in the ultimate workplace flex. Veblen actually lived in Silicon Valley before the silicon, with an address
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Think you got a tough knot? Here are knots so complicated that they only exist in another dimension. The whole point of nautical knots is that they need to be strong and reliable while remaining simple to tie and untie quickly and with ease. But every sailor still deals with
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“Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water? Vodka. That's what they drink, isn't it? Never water… Have you ever heard of a thing called fluoridation? Fluoridation of water?…Do you realize that fluoridation is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot
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You’re on a Zoom call and the guy on the other line has a background of a tropical island scene, replete with palm trees and azure waves lapping against a beach. Obviously just a digital backdrop, right? But imagine if you really could work remotely from your boat while