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Sea Savvy

Down and dirty in the engine room

Bilge diving may not be an Olympic sport – it’s more like the nautical equivalent of Twister – but it’s a necessary evil when it comes to making repairs onboard. Tom Neale writes that it’s also a great way to bloody your knuckles, lose hand tools and parts and ruin a good change of clothes.

A big sportfish and trouble at the bridge

Heading down the Intracoastal Waterway, we were passing through one of our favorite Southern states. Beautiful forest, marsh, winding creeks and rivers blended together in

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