The Top 10 ICW Stops on the Southern East Coast
Sailing from North Carolina to Florida, Capt. Shane counts down the ten
ICW stops he keeps going back for.
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Back at the Helm
Nine years ago my wife and I sailed out of Houston with no plans to return other than to eventually empty out our 10-foot storage unit. We’d sold whatever didn’t fit in that unit or onboard our 38-foot Morgan sloop Sea Spell: condo, cars, furniture – everything gone except personal keepsakes. I’d lived on an…
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Safety, Quality and Family Connect Gunboats and Wanchese
Two years ago my husband Clint waited in line 45 minutes to get on a boat he had been on several times before. The carbon fiber Gunboat sailing catamaran, with its unique central helm station, amazing 360-degree visibility, and minimalist furnishings has an almost cult-like following. Last October we bypassed the long lines and scheduled…
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I Love Boats – There is Life after Sailing after All
Since this is kind of a personal article about boating, I should start out with an admission. I’m one of those women for whom a boatyard is the equivalent of a particularly attractive shopping mall. I don’t just like boats and boating. I love boats. Big, little or small. Wood, fiberglass or both. Stick boat…
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Cummings Brings Army T-Boat Back to Life
Steve Cummings has been messing around boats his entire life. All kinds of boats. His current work-in-progress adventure is Silent Thunder, a 65-foot former Army T-Boat, where he and his wife Rose make their home. Living on the west coast of Florida, the couple was ready for a lifestyle change – they wanted to spend…
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Gunboat Now Manufacturing in Wanchese NC
How many time have you heard, ‘If we can just get manufacturing jobs back in the U.S.A., we can get this economy turned around’? In North Carolina, Governor Bev Purdue is committed to getting people back to work and creating a strong business climate where manufacturing can thrive in a global market. When Gunboat began…
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Oriental Boat Show Kicking off in April
Popular event builds on its previous success The annual In-Water Boat Show in Oriental, NC has gotten off to a remarkable start in its first three years, and organizers are looking to build on that success in the show’s fourth year. The event is scheduled for April 13-15, 2012 at Pecan Grove Marina. “The way…
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Moratorium on Collection of New Tolls for the North Carolina Ferry System
Governor Beverly Perdue signed an Executive Order, placing a “Moratorium on the collection of new tolls for the North Carolina ferry system,” scheduled to become effective April 1. This suspension is good for one year unless ended earlier by the General Assembly. Perdue’s Order cites a negative economic impact to the travel and tourism industry,…
