Propeller Injury Risk Reduction

July 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Propeller Injury Risk Reduction-000


Propeller Guards
The term “propeller guard” is a widely misused term since there are basically four different types of propeller guards available today, as well as several alternatives to propellers. Each “guard ” or alternative has its own listing of pros and cons. The various types and some of their advantages and disadvantages are listed below. Additional details on these propeller guards as well as information on other methods of reducing the risk of propeller-related injuries will be [Read more...]

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Car In Water

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Car In Water


Last Saturday evening Jordon Nelson heard, once again, that the fish were running. He leapt into his new Ford Explorer, drove out to the East End and headed down Peter’s Pond Lane to the beach. He hadn’t been there in awhile, maybe in six months. But he knew it as a broad sloping beach with plenty of room for a 4-wheel drive vehicle to negotiate parallel to the surf line, running either east or west.

He’d follow the birds. They’d be out diving for fish, swimming around in a frenzy for the little baitfish. And there would probably be [Read more...]

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Is Cupid a Sailor?

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Is Cupid a Sailor


The beach provides the perfect setting for romance. The two come together to create that fantasy of which almost everyone dreams. Yet, while the beach may seem a likely spot to find it, romance has a time and a place all of its own.

As a long-awaited gift to ourselves, my friend Josie and I managed to squeeze a week-long vacation into our busy schedules. We found a perfect spot in Florida and drove down there in late December. Our goals: rest, relaxation, and of course, romance.

We couldn’t have asked for a better location. It was right on the beach. And the weather? Spectacular. We didn’t once have a rainy or overcast day. The vacation gods were taking very good care [Read more...]

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Look Ma, No Board: The trick You Need to Begin Bodysurfing Like This Guy

July 28, 2011 By Leave a Comment
No Board


Here’s how your garden-variety bozo bodysurfs: First, he finds a wave that’s too steep to ride, then he buries his head in the water, waiting, driftwood-like, perpendicular to the swell, to be engulfed and, a few seconds later, body-slammed onto shore with a bathing suit full of sand. David Ford, on the other hand, gets up onto the wave’s face, then carves in and out of its tube for 20 seconds, executing moves like spinners (tight corkscrew rolls) and Nixons (planing on his stomach and flashing two victory signs).

The reason he can do this and you can’t is that [Read more...]

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